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  2. Renewal community - Wikipedia

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    The renewal community employment credit provides businesses with an incentive to hire individuals who both live and work in a renewal community. Employers can claim the credit if they pay or incur “qualified zone wages” to a “qualified zone employee”. The credit is for wages paid or incurred after 2001. The credit is 15% of the ...

  3. Empowerment zone - Wikipedia

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    You can claim the credit if you pay or incur “qualified zone wages” to a “qualified zone employee”. The credit is 20% of the qualified zone wages paid or incurred during a calendar year. The amount of qualified zone wages you can use to figure the credit cannot be more than $15,000 for each employee for each calendar year.

  4. General Schedule (US civil service pay scale) - Wikipedia

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    The General Schedule (GS) is the predominant pay scale within the United States civil service. The GS includes the majority of white collar personnel (professional, technical, administrative, and clerical) positions. As of September 2004, 71 percent of federal civilian employees were paid under the GS.

  5. Uniformed services pay grades of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pay grades are divided into three groups: [1] enlisted (E), warrant officer (W), and officer (O). Enlisted pay grades begin at E-1 and end at E-9; warrant officer pay grades originate at W-1 and terminate at W-5; and officer pay grades start at O-1 and finish at O-10. [a] Not all of the uniformed services use all of the grades; for example, the ...

  6. Social programs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first large-scale social policy program in the United States was assistance to Union Civil War veterans and their families. [13] The program provided pensions and disability assistance. [ 13 ] From 1890 to the early 1920s, the U.S. provided what Theda Skocpol characterized as "maternalist policies", as it provided pensions for widowed mothers.

  7. Five Empowerment Zone schools show bigger gains than South ...

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    The growth is happening at almost all grade levels, as well as with nearly every subgroup of students in the Zone. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

  8. Atlanta Empowerment Zone - Wikipedia

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    The Atlanta Empowerment Zone was established in November 1994 as a 10-year, $250 million federal program to revitalize Atlanta's 34 poorest neighborhoods. Scathing reports from both the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs revealed corruption, waste, bureaucratic incompetence, and interference by mayor Bill Campbell.

  9. Community Services Block Grant - Wikipedia

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    The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) provides federal funding for Community Action Agencies (CAAs) and other programs that seek to address poverty at the community level. Like other block grants, CSBG funds are allocated to the states and other jurisdictions (including tribes, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and ...