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Southern Good Faith Fund is the new administrator for Entergy’s “Project Deserve”

April 10th, 2007
Source: KARK Channel 4

Project Deserve, a fund established by Entergy Arkansas to help elderly and disabled customers pay their electric bills in times of financial crisis, has begun its 25th year in 2007 with a new fund administrator, Southern Good Faith Fund.

Source: KARK Channel 4

In 2006, Entergy Arkansas customers and employees contributed $317,413 for Project Deserve. Today Entergy announced that it has matched $135,512, raising the total 2006 contribution to $452,925. Checks

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Archive: April 2007 | Section: Media, Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund, Video

Angela Duran named Nonprofit Executive of the Year

March 7th, 2007
Source: Arkansas Business

Angela Duran, President of Southern Good Faith Fund was named Nonprofit Executive of the Year at the 2006 Arkansas Business of the Year Awards.

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Archive: March 2007 | Section: Southern Bancorp, Southern Good Faith Fund, Video

Children’s Savings Accounts

March 7th, 2007
Source: Newamerica.net

America’s personal savings rate is abysmally low. Last year the personal savings rate was negative, the lowest annual rate since the Great Depression. Whether the objective is to promote retirement security, improve educational attainment or increase financial literacy, the need to increase household savings is vitally clear.

Arkansas Higher Education Trust Fund to make college possible for every Arkansan

January 4th, 2007
By Kim Betton // KARK Channel 4

Mike Leach, Director of Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy Program, during a news conference at the state Capitol in January 2007 explains a report by the Policy Program that proposes creation of an Arkansas Higher Education Trust Fund to make college possible for every Arkansan.

AR Supreme Court Hears Payday-Lending Case Arguments

November 7th, 2006

A lawyer representing a consumers group asked the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday to repeal the state’s check cashers law.

The high court heard oral arguments in an appeal brought by several consumers and Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending after a Pulaski County judge dismissed their lawsuit.

The plaintiffs say the state law allows payday lenders to illegally loan money with triple digit interest rates.

Thursday, attorney Todd Turner

Arkansas Assets and Opportunity Scorecard 2005 news conference at state Capitol

December 20th, 2005
By Melissa Dunbar // KTHV Channel 11

Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy Program in December 2005 hosted a news conference at the state Capitol to release the Arkansas Assets and Opportunity Scorecard 2005, a publication that outlined several key policy proposals to improve asset-building opportunities for Arkansans.

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