Ericka Blount Danois This is Me

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1. 1. www.washingtoncitypaper.com

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   Published on: 7/5/2007   Last Visited: 7/5/2007

   By Ericka Blount Danois

2. 2. Baltimore City Paper: Borrower Beware (January 29 - February 4, 2003)

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   Published on: 1/15/2003   Last Visited: 1/29/2003

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   Home Cheap Home - Predatory Developers Are Using Federal Funds and HUD Houses to Subsidize Their Schemes... in Mobtown Beat (Jan. 1, 2003)
   
   There Goes the Neighborhood - Edmondson Villagers Worry That Ominous Real-Estate Signs Bode Ill for the Area's Future... in Mobtown Beat (Dec. 11, 2002)
   
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   Gas Pains - BGE Closes Last Walk-in Payment Centers--and Steers Patrons Toward Controversial Firm - Ericka Blount Danois (May. 15, 2002)
   
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   She raised her three sons on her own and managed to find the time to go to medical school for a year, while working full-time at the University of Maryland. Her schedule was stressful, and money was often tight, but because she felt her boys had to see that their mother was "strong," the only time she let herself cry was in her room alone at night. Finally, when she landed a job as a medical assistant in 2001, she began earning enough to keep the family afloat.
   
   Though she earns more money now, she still qualifies for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which she has received every year since 2000. The EITC is a refundable tax credit that offsets income taxes owed by low-income workers like Hamilton. For many, the EITC can mean the difference between no refund and getting back a few thousand dollars. A single parent raising two or more children and earning between $10,350 and $13,520 in 2002, for example, was eligible for the maximum EITC of $4,140.
   
   Hamilton, like many others in similar situations, relies on her refund check to catch up on unpaid bills and other debts. Signs posted by tax preparers, such as Jackson Hewitt and H&R Block, that promised she could get money now from her tax return always caught her eye.

3. 3. Baltimore City Paper: Ahead of the Curve (August 14 - August 20, 2002)

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   Published on: 8/26/2002   Last Visited: 8/26/2002

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