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From Individual Development Accounts to Community Asset Building: An Exploration in Bridging People- and Place-Based Strategies

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This resource provides information on how community organizations can help low-income individuals build assets. Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are matched saving accounts that can be used for the purchase of a home, small business start-…

Individual Development Accounts: A Tool for Achieving Family Economic Success

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Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) have been a proven mechanism for supporting low-income families on a path to self-sufficiency by promoting asset-building. Asset-building programs can use a variety of strategies and tools to help create…

Individual Development Accounts: An Asset Building Product for Lower-Income Consumers

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This article reviews the benefits of Individual Development Accounts to help low-income people save money and build assets for the future and toward self-sufficiency.

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