In less than two weeks, staff from Neighborhood Partnerships will travel to Washington, DC for the Assets Learning Conference hosted by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED). CFED, one of our partner organizations, is dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for all Americans for over 30 years. The conference, The Assets Movement at its Moment: Creating […]
Asset Building
Strategies to Increase IDA Program Recruitment and Retention
Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are a matched savings program that help low and moderate-income families purchase assets such as a home, a post-secondary education, or the capital needed to start or expand a small business. Neighborhood Partnerships brought Amy Shir—an expert asset building consultant—to present strategies to increase participant recruitment and retention to forty of […]
Preliminary Findings from the IDA Initiative Evaluation
Neighborhood Partnerships is proud to oversee the administration of the Oregon Individual Development Account (IDA) Initiative. IDAs are matched savings accounts that help low and moderate income Oregonians purchase assets, such as a first home, that build economic security. Participants can also use their IDAs to start or expand a small business, get more education, […]
Next Steps in Expanding Minority Homeownership
On June 16, a rainy Wednesday in Salem Oregon, 50 people from across the state joined Neighborhood Partnerships, Oregon Housing and Community Services, JP Morgan Chase, and others in a thoughtful and provocative conversation about minority homeownership. Victor Merced began the day by calling on all of us to look carefully at what we are […]
Individual Development Accounts Help Oregonians Secure Employment and Achieve Their Goals
With the help of Oregon’s Individual Development Account (IDA) Initiative, low income Oregonians are given the tools to build their financial security through financial education classes and matched savings incentives. With the money saved, IDA participants purchase a major asset such as a home, post-secondary education, a small business, or assistive technology that helps them […]
The EITC Supports Hardworking Oregonians and Boosts Oregon’s Economy
Over the past year, Neighborhood Partnerships has worked with Oregonians for Working Families and Oregon Thrives to encourage Oregon legislators to expand our state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). We want to expand the tax credit because it has a track record of successfully helping families who are struggling to make ends meet. In 2009 […]
Over $4.3 Million Awarded to Oregon Nonprofits!
Neighborhood Partnerships and Oregon Housing and Community Services are proud to announce the award of $4.397 million to six nonprofit agencies by the Oregon Individual Development Account (IDA) Initiative. Through the IDA Initiative, low income individuals work with a local nonprofit organization to set a financial savings goal. Participants save to purchase their first home, […]
IDA Initiative raises over $4.7 million! Thank you to our donors!
The Oregon Individual Development Account (IDA) Initiative will reach all corners of the state in 2010, thanks to the support of a wide range of Oregonians. Neighborhood Partnerships is happy to report that we received contributions over $4.7 million dollars to support the IDA Initiative. In what was described as one of Oregon’s worst economic […]
2010 IDA RFA
Neighborhood Partnerships invites qualified organizations to become fiduciary organizations or to renew their status as fiduciary organizations in the Oregon Individual Development Account (IDA) Initiative. Below are the documents necessary to complete the 2010 Oregon IDA Request for Applications. Note that applications are due on January 14, 2010. If you have any questions about the […]
Oregon Receives a “C”, Advocates Call for Changes
Yesterday, Neighborhood Partnerships and Oregon Thrives, in conjunction with the national Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) released its 2009 – 2010 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard. The Scorecard gave Oregon a “C,” and highlighted areas for improvement in Oregon. To help more Oregonians, the state could expand the refundable earned income tax credit, remove asset limits […]