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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
Wider Opportunities for Women has created a self-sufficiency standard to determine how much money working adults need to meet their basic needs without subsidies. While this standard is not used for eligibility for federal assistance programs, it provides an interesting context for the existing federal poverty guidelines.
This page provides an overview of state IDA policies and scores for each state based on four key elements.
It includes online resources, a snapshot of participating programs across the country, and sample interview questions when working on financial literacy with immigrant populations.
An examination of 22 highly successful IDA programs for refugee communities indicates certain strategies are important for program success. This brief report highlights 10 such strategies.
Results indicate that participating in an IDA increases financial assets, and participants with less wealth experience greater benefits than those with more wealth. Importantly, the research suggests that participating in an IDA program changes participant's overall savings behavior and increases the affinity for saving.
The Center for Social Development undertook a review of current research on IDAs in the U.S. This report details this data gathering project, and highlights prime research examples as well as both common and uncommon findings.
This report provides findings from a survey of IDA programs across the country. The results include key aspects of the IDA field including information on accountholders, common asset purchases, and funding sources, as well as resource gaps of the field.
Many public policies mandate financial education for low-income people, but little research has documented the impact of these mandates on credit behavior. This paper summarizes an evaluation of mandated financial education for clients in a housing voucher program.
The author outlines the need to incorporate economic abuse, financial literacy, and asset building into all aspects of direct services, and policy and research agendas.
This brief describes the connection between intimate partner violence and economic instability, and details various efforts to increase financial literacy for survivors. Results from surveys with program participants are included, as well as key terms.
