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Asset Building Assistance to Cities
Questions about Asset Building? YEF Institute staff are standing by to assist you and to answer your questions on how to promoting savings and asset building in your community.
Please contact Heidi Goldberg at (202) 626-3069 or goldberg@nlc.org, Sarah Bainton Kahn at (202) 626-3044 or bainton@nlc.org, or Laura McComas at (202) 626-3056. |
Technical Assistance Projects
2009 Bank on Cities Campaign
NLC’s Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute) has selected eight new cities to participate in a second phase of the Bank On Cities Campaign, a technical assistance project aimed at helping municipal leaders connect low- and moderate-income families to mainstream financial services and products. The cities selected for the project include Bryan, Texas; Denver; Gaithersburg, Md.; Indianapolis; Louisville, Ky.; Newark, N.J.; Rapid City, S.D.; and St. Petersburg, Fla.
Background Information on the Bank On Cities Campaign »
Bank On Cities Campaign (2008-09)
In 2008, the YEF Institute launched a Bank On Cities Campaign to help cities replicate Bank On San Francisco, which connects residents with mainstream financial services.
Read About the Project in this Nation's Cities Weekly Special Report (9/4/08) »
Background Information on the Bank On Cities Campaign »
Learn About the Bank On Cities Roundtable Meeting (9/22/08) »
Cities Helping Families Build Assets Project (2005-07)
Between September 2005 and late 2007, the YEF Institute sponsored a project to help municipal leaders take action toward helping low-income, working families build assets. The Cities Helping Families Build Assets Project (CBA Project) helped build municipal leaders' capacity to help families increase their economic stability.
Cities selected for phase one of the project visited Phoenix, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Miami, and San Francisco, which already had asset-building strategies in place, in order to develop local asset-building action plans. Phase one project cities included Burlington, Vt.; Durham, N.C.; Grayson, Okla.; Itta Bena, Miss.; Louisville; Milwaukee; Orlando; Savannah, Ga.; and Seattle.
In phase two of the project, six cities were selected to receive customized technical assistance to help them implement their local action plans: Burlington, Itta Bena, Louisville, Orlando, Savannah, and Seattle. The YEF Institute supported these cities' efforts by providing peer networking opportunities, customized technical assistance, access to national experts, and other relevant resources.
To learn more about this project and the Institute's efforts to assist city leaders in helping families build assets, contact Heidi Goldberg at (202) 626-3069 or goldberg@nlc.org.
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