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REGIONAL
ARKANSAS
In Arkansas, the Arkansas Asset Coalition is run by the >>> Southern Good Faith Fund.
LOUISIANA
>>> The Center for Social Research at Southern University runs the Louisiana statewide IDA Initiative—The Louisiana Asset Building Coalition.
MISSISSIPPI
The Mississippi IDA Program can be reached at P.O. Box 3782, Jackson , MS 39207-3782.
TEXAS
Visit the >>> The Texas Asset Building Coalition website for more information.
>>> Entergy Corporation - Community Page
Entergy has a long history of support for the community, and believes that reinvesting in the communities they service will enhance the vitality and quality of life in those areas that are, in large part, responsible for Entergy's success. Entergy Corporation recognizes the importance of turning good intentions into positive action. Visit this website to read about the Entergy Low-Income Initiatives, corporate giving, the Entergy Charitable Foundation, and the many areas in which Entergy works.
August Conference Presentation (pdf)
>>> Dual Outcomes for Individual and Community Wealth Building Projects
NATIONAL
>>> IDA Network
The IDA Network serves as a gateway to the individuals, organizations, and ideas that are collectively shaping the Individual Development Account (IDA) field. As a member of this fast-growing, high-spirited community, you can exchange information and ideas about how to best structure IDA initiatives and policies that enable low-income families and individuals to save, build wealth, and contribute to the nation's continued economic growth.
>>> Corporation for Enterprise Development
CFED is a non-profit organization that works to expand economic opportunity to all people in hopes of bringing greater social equity, alleviating poverty, and leading to a more sustainable economy for everyone. CFED identifies innovative ideas, tests the ideas in communities, and finally, crafts policy and products to take ideas to scale. They provide important research and evaluation of IDAs and asset building in America.
>>> Asset Building
This website is sponsored by the New America Foundation and provides news, events, research, policy updates, and links related to asset building and especially Individual Development Accounts.
>>> New America Foundation
The purpose of the New America Foundation is to bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of the nation's public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy ideas that transcend the conventional political spectrum. Through its Fellowship Section and Strategic Initiatives, New America sponsors a wide range of research, published writing, conferences and events on the most important issues of the time.
>>> Center for Social Development
The Center for Social Development (CSD) is a unit of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work (GWB) at Washington University in St. Louis. CSD's work has focused in the following areas: (1) building assets of individuals and families, so they can invest in life goals such as homes, education, and enterprise development; (2) investing in people to increase participation in the economy and involvement in society; (3) promoting strong communities, active citizenship, mutuality, and interracial harmony; and (4) creating responsive and effective human service and community development organizations.