Asset Development and Individual Development Account Training Institute

Posted by on October 6, 2006

CASH Campaign Members, Partners, and Friends-

IDA Training Opportunity, only $50.00 for CASH Members and $100.00 for General Registration.

CASH Asset Development
and Individual Development Account Training Institute

November 30 and December 1, 2006
2 FULL-DAY Training Institute
Los Angeles, CA

This training is for people interested in designing, improving or expanding Individual Development Account initiatives.

This two-day, highly participatory training will cover a wide range of topics including:

* Designing the account to meet the needs of different target markets and market segments
* Implementing strategies that increase accountholder success during the savings period and after leaving the program
* Finding adequate funding for both program operations and account match; the training will also cover some of the ins and outs of federal IDA funding
* Promoting the IDA program and asset building more broadly to community stakeholders, political leadership, and potential partners
* Structuring collaborations that work and benefit accountholders
* Negotiating with financial institutions in the set up and ongoing management of the accounts
* Linking IDAs with other asset-building strategies that create long-term and sustainable opportunities for IDA program participants
* Delivering engaging financial education; the training will also cover selection of an appropriate curriculum
* Using effective and best practice information to improve the design, implementation, management and potentially expansion of IDAs
* And more.

The training will also include:
? a question and answer session with representatives from financial institutions, and
? an in-depth look at program sustainability and strategies to help achieve program sustainability.

The training will be facilitated by members of the Assets Alliance, all former community-based IDA practitioners with national IDA and asset-building experience. For more information on the Assets Alliance, visit http://www.assetsalliance.org or send an email to [email protected].

For registration and information contact:

Zenae Scott at 916-443-1721 x 203 or visit http://www.cal-neva.org and follow the link to the CASH IDA Institute.

The training will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank, 950 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90015.