"ASSET BUILDING refers to the process by which individuals and families build permanent economic independence. It is an area in which Indian Country is engaged in a more and more active conversation..."
The Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI) at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, recently convened a panel of leading experts to discuss the fundamental obstacles standing in the way of asset building in Native communities, and the innovative strategies that Native nations, Community Development Financial Institutions, and other organizations are deploying to overcome those challenges and build stronger futures for Native people.
"Asset Building for Indian Country" Roundtable
Moderator:
Miriam Jorgensen, Associate Director for Research, Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy
Panelists:
Elena Chávez Quezada, Senior Associate, Initiative on Financial Security, Aspen Institute
Karen Edwards, KME Consulting, LLC, and Research Associate, Center for Social Development, Washington University
Elsie Meeks, President and CEO, First Nations Oweesta Corporation
Peter Morris, Director of Strategy and Partnerships, National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center
Tools for Native Nations
Asset Building for Indian Country - Useful Resources
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in Indian Country
Innovative Programs and Strategies for Asset Building
Asset Building for Children
Helpful Links
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Useful Resources
First Nations Development Institute Resources
Integrated Asset Building: A Grassroots-driven Model of Community Change
Asset Building in Native Communities: An Asset Building Framework
Building Native Communities: Investing for the Future
Investing in Community: Community Development Financial Institutions in Native Communities
Development in Native Communities: Native American Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)
Building Native Communities - Saving for the Future, Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) for Native Families (2006)
Assets for the Future: Saving for the Seventh Generation
Oweesta Corporation Resources
Deepening Our Understanding of the Financial Education of Native Youth
Our Native Circle
Financial Education in Native Communities: A Briefing Paper
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Oversight Hearing on Economic Development
The Native Communities Financing Initiative
Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies, Washington University,in collaboration with the Center for Social Development, Washington University Resources
Contributions of the Earned Income Tax Credit to Community Development in Indian Country: 2005 Native Community VITA Site Project
Contributions of the Earned Income Tax Credit to Community Development in Indian Country: 2006 Native Community VITA Site Project
Asset-Building in Tribal Communities; Generating Native Discussion and Practical Approaches
American Indian Tribal Communities and Individual Development Account (IDA) Policy
Exploration and Use of Individual Development Accounts by Three American Indian Tribes in Oregon
Building Tribal Economies: Linking Asset Building Strategies
Dialogues on Assets in Native Communities: Recording a Native Perspective on the Definition and Benefits of Retaining and Building Assets
The Relevance of Asset-Building Policy Coalitions in the United States
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center Resources
Asset-Building in Tribal Communities: Generating Native Discussion and Practical Approaches
Weaving Our Future: A Proposal For Economic Stimulus In Indian Country
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in Indian Country
Map of Certified and Start-Up Native CDFIs
Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation
Four Bands Community Fund, Inc.
Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation
Lakota Fund
Innovative Programs and Strategies for Asset Building
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) Alaska Growth Capital
Cherokee Nation - Native Individual Development Account (IDA) Program
Cook Inlet Housing Authority
The Lakota Fund's Individual Development Account (IDA)
Native American Bank
Navajo Partnership for Housing
Oglala Sioux Partnership for Housing
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Yurok Indian Housing Authority
Asset Building for Children
Ariel Community Academy
Aspen Institute - Children's Savings Program
Aspen Institute - The Case for Child Accounts
Aspen Institute - The U.K. Child Trust Fund: Early Results
Asset Building and Student Achievement
Center for Social Development - In Depth Interviews with SEED Youth
Child Trust Fund
How Alaskan Organizations Are Supporting Youth
Native Financial Education Coalition - Youth Financial Education Resources
Oneida Trust Scholarship Fund
Tulalip Minors Trust
Helpful Links
Annie E. Casey Foundation - Rural Family Economic Success
Aspen Institute - Individual Development Accounts
Asset Building.org - New American Foundation
Assets and the Poor: Implications for Individual Accounts and Social Security
Center for Social Development - IDAs and Asset Building Policies
Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
Ford Foundation - Asset Building and Community Development
Opportunity Finance Network
U.S. Department of Treasury CDFI (Community Development Financial Institutions) Fund
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