Raise Texas

Contact us for technical assistance to support your existing or new asset-building initiatives, or use the resources below to find valuable information and support.
 
Find Asset Building Programs in Texas
Thanks to a grant from Bank of America, you can type in your zip code and find contact and website information for the nearest IDA programs, free tax preparation sites, homebuyer and financial education programs, small business information and technical assistance providers, debt management organizations, and much more.  Visit the Asset-Building Database.

Data and Research Tools and Resources
          LAPI data for TX (coming soon)          
          Assets and Opportunity Scorecard for Texas
          RAISE Texas 2008 IDA Report

National Asset-Building Organizations (by category)
          
Asset Building
         Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) 
         New America Foundation, Asset Building Program
         Assetbuilding.org (a project of the New America Foundation) 
         Assets for Independence Program (AFI)
         Center for Social Development (at Washington University)  
         Institute on Assets and Social Policy (at Brandeis University) 

Economic Opportunities
         National Community Tax Coalition (a project of the Center for Economic Progress)
         Opportunity Finance Network  
         The Center for Financial Services Innovation 

Financial Education
          Texas Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
          The IBAT Education Foundation (Texas)
          Texas Department of Banking
          Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
          Jump$tart Coalition Clearinghouse
          National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)

Policy/Law 
          Aspen Institute, Initiative on Financial Security 
          Center on Budget and Policy Priorities            
          Center for Public Policy Priorities (Texas)
          Center for Social Development's State Assets Policy Pages 
          National Consumer Law Center  
          Texas Appleseed

Predatory Lending
          Center for Responsible Lending           

State Asset-Building Coalitions/Collaboratives/Programs    
            Alabama 
            Arizona 
            Arkansas 
            California 
            Connecticut 
            Delaware 
            District of Columbia
            Hawaii
            Illinois
            Maryland
            Massachusetts
            Michigan 
            Minnesota 
            Missouri
            New Mexico
            North Carolina
            Oregon
            Pennsylvania  
            South Carolina
            Washington