Transcript Frontera Asset Building Network

Frontera Asset Building Network
NALCAB 2009 Border Community and
Economic Development Summit
El Paso, TX
July 17-18
The Frontera Asset Building Network
A Learning Community dedicated to improving
asset building pathways and outcomes for
families living along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Region.
Who Are We?
A Network of over 80 Border organizations
• Border NGOs: Community Action Agencies, United Ways, Housing
Authorities, direct service providers
• Community Foundations
• Academic Institutions: state universities, community colleges
• Financial Institutions: CDFIs, credit Unions, banks, federal reserve
• Local/regional government- Housing authorities, municipalities
• National Partners: Annie E. Casey Foundation, National Community
Tax Coalition, Internal Revenue Service, NALCAB, U.S.-Mexico
Border Philanthropy Partnership,
Regional Coalitions
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San Diego, CA
Southern Arizona
Las Cruces, NM
Albuquerque, NM
El Paso, TX
Cameron County, TX
Laredo, TX
Hidalgo County, TX
Regional Coalition Asset Building
Programs
• Provide an array of asset building services
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Free or low-fee tax preparation
Year round tax clinics
Earned Income Tax Credit outreach
Savings and IDA programs: education, auto, home,
etc.
Credit repair/counseling
Foreclosure
Financial education
Microbusiness
Many more…
Why does the Network Exist?
• Many practitioners along the border find
themselves working in isolation
• Connect and lift up best practices of how to
effectively work and serve border
communities
• Drive innovation and support for local work
• Provide a national voice to the border
FABN Membership
- Peer learning and capacity building opportunities
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Annual Learning Institute
Peer learning site exchanges
Webinars: ARRA, Border Census outreach
Grant opportunities
- Research and Data
- Latino Financial Behaviors and Preferences Study
- Over 15,000 surveys on border residents financial
preferences/behaviors
- Informs program development, areas of advocacy, and
resource development
Continued
- FABN Asset Building Survey: Aggregates our
partners’ work and impact on the border
- Examples (2006-2008) *
- over 17 million saved in tax fees
- 95 million returned to border families through free tax
prep
- Over 1,200 completed/enrolled IDAs
- 14,000 financial education courses complete
- Over 1,000 homes purchased
- 3,000 new savings accounts
* Does not include 2009 survey which is currently being conducted
Continued
• Communications—Keeping people connected!
– Quarterly Newsletter
– Job announcements
– Grant announcements
– Promotion of asset building trainings/events
FABN in the Field
• A voice for the Border in the broader field
– Seat on the NCTC Steering committee
– Research presentations around the country and
internationally
– VITA Grant Roundtable
– CFED conferences
• Informing national programs
– IRS English Language Proficiency Program
Areas of Growth
• Developing a Border Advocacy Agenda
– Policy briefs under development
• Expanding Learning Opportunities
– Topical peer exchanges
– Provide competitive scholarships to national conferences
• Continue to grow our membership and track collective
results/impact
• Expand national influence: more national partnerships and
serve to inform other cities/organizations with emerging
“border-like” communities
Questions?
Thank You
To learn more visit
www.fabnetwork.org