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Issue Position: Safe Blood Bank

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income Entitlements and the Safety Net

The Benefit Bank - TBB, for which Fattah has won appropriations as chief Congressional advocate, assists low and moderate income citizens learn about, apply for and "bank" the government benefits to which they are entitled. It is currently available in nine states with four more in development. Since its inception, TBB helped approximately 85,860 households file their tax returns generating $128.1million in tax refunds and credits and assisted some 44,656 households receive more than $235 million in benefits.


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