Emmy Award-Nominated Documentary on Struggles of Working Poor Available on DVD

ST. PAUL, Minn. (January 12, 2009)   Is it worth it to accept a higher paying job if it puts you over the income limit for your child care subsidy?   Maybe a raise would mean you no longer qualify for low income housing.   Those are some of the challenges of working families depicted in Living with a Hole in Your Pocket, a video documentary that examines the policies and practices – a web of  “Catch 22’s” – that that make it difficult for people working one or more jobs to build the assets needed to get out and stay out of poverty.

Living with a Hole in Your Pocket, produced by CFED, Northwest Area Foundation and Twin Cities Public Television, received a 2008 regional Emmy Award nomination in the Topical Documentaries category for the Upper Midwest Region of the National Television Academy.  The hour-long documentary can be viewed online at  http://www.mnchannel.org/video_archive.php?video_id=13.   It is also scheduled for broadcast periodically on the Minnesota Digital Channel.

Free copies of the DVD can be ordered online at NWAF Solutions Depot   A podcast exploring the behind-the scenes work on the documentary is available at:  http://programs.nwaf.org/pr/nwaf/info/electronic.asp.

The Northwest Area Foundation is dedicated to supporting efforts by the people, organizations and communities in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable prosperity.  These states were served by the Great Northern Railway, founded by James J. Hill. In 1934, Hill’s son, Louis W. Hill, established the foundation. To learn more, visit www.nwaf.org.

CFED (Corporation for Enterprise Development) expands economic opportunity by helping Americans start and grow businesses, go to college, own a home, and save for their children’s and their own economic futures.  To learn more, visit www.CFED.org

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