The lack of intergenerational wealth transfer is a driving force preventing residents with low incomes from building wealth. Additionally, in many localities, because of both historic and current systemic racism...
...charged by covered debit card issuers. The letter notes the CFE Fund’s learnings from our national Bank On initiative, which partners with financial institutions, community organizations, government leaders, and banking...
The 15-member CFE Coalition has weighed in on key federal policy issues since its founding in 2008. In this 2014 letter, the Coalition weighs in on proposed revisions to the...
This issue, Issue 7, provides a number of Bank On updates, including the launch of the Bank On National Account Standards, the announcement of the Bank On Capacity Grant Fund,...
The 15-member CFE Coalition has weighed in on key federal policy issues since its founding in 2008. In this 2016 letter, the Coalition highlights how programmatic experience has shown members...
...Empowerment Center initiative, the CFE Fund offers a number of recommendations to the Commission. These include: encourage federally funded programs, including block grants, to bake evaluation into program design; support...
...empowerment programming efforts. This brief details why municipal leaders have invested in this critical work, outlines the work of OFEs, and highlights how a number of cities launched their OFEs....
...enroll and persist in higher education. This brief details why city leaders are investing in youth savings initiatives, provides details on how these programs operate, and highlights how cities have...
...enroll and persist in higher education. This brief details why city leaders are investing in youth savings initiatives, provides details on how these programs operate, and highlights how cities have...
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