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Home-Ownership Center on Wheels
Freddie Mac, Chase Home Finance and The Community College Foundation are sponsoring an innovative program called the Chase Home Finance Mobile Homeownership Center.
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IDA Program Rebuilding Lives in Louisiana
Louisiana legislators recently approved $2 million in funding for a statewide individual development account program aimed at getting low-income hurricane victims back on their feet.
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United Way THRIVE Focuses on Financial Goals
The United Way THRIVE program’s strategy is to help individuals and families reach their financial objectives through asset-building efforts, using a three-pronged system.
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New Product for Unbanked Taxpayer
Many financial institutions view tax-filing season at VITA sites as an opportunity to reach new customers by opening accounts for those who are unbanked, therefore providing an opportunity for direct deposit of their refund.
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Building Wealth Characters Get Animated
When the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas updated its popular print publication, Building Wealth: A Beginner's Guide to Securing Your Financial Future, it also produced a new animated, interactive CD-ROM version.
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Texas New Alliance Task Force members
List of Texas New Alliance Task Force Members.
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Banking on Financial Education
Last fall, the Texas Department of Banking surveyed Texas banks to identify the financial education services and programs they offer. One hundred and fifty-four banks responded to the online survey.
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Houston Strikes It Big with Drilldown
Forward-looking cities opting for a "drill down" aren't searching for oil, although they are looking for sources of wealth. They're utilizing an innovative research method called the Neighborhood Market DrillDown, designed to reveal the hidden economies and true business potential that conventional surveys of inner cities may not find.
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California CDFIs Fill Capital Gap
The "Momentum Texas" conference offered two examples of successful for-profit community development financial institutions (CDFIs), both from California. They were the Clearinghouse CDFI of Lake Forest and CEDLI (California Economic Development Lending Initiative) of Oakland.
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Disability Opportunity Fund: Opening Doors to Financing of Disability Housing
In September 2011, the Disability Opportunity Fund (DOF) and the Dallas Fed partnered on a conference that addressed the financing of disability housing.