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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

How to Start a VITA Site in your Community: Bringing More Dollars into the Local Economy While Supporting Families, 2010 VITA toolkit.

Increasing Economic Stability in Small Cities and Rural Communities, RAISE TexasReport 2010
LAPI data for TX (coming soon)

Assets and Opportunity Scorecard for Texas

RAISE Texas 2008 IDAReport

National Asset-Building Organizations (by category)

Asset Building

Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)

New America Foundation, Asset Building Program

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

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas publication, Building Wealth

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

D istrict of Columbia

RAISE Texas Updates

New Website Launched!
RAISE Texas is excited about our partnership with CFED in launching this new cutting-edge state asset building website. We are pleased to have this opportunity to collaborate with them.

First RAISE Texas Member
Congratulations to the Lubbock Housing Finance Corporation for becoming RAISE Texas’ first official member! We look forward to working together.

Join RAISE Texas today!
Become an official member of RAISE Texas and help us expand asset-building opportunities into every community in Texas. For more information or to join, click here.

Save the Date for the 2010 Action Summit!
RAISE Texas is sponsoring its 2010 Action Summit on December 10, 2010 from 8:30am- 3:00pm. The summit will be held at the LBJ School at the University of Texas in Austin. Visit our Events page for more information.

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Find Asset Building Programs in Texas

Data and Research Tools and Resources

National Asset-Building Organizations (by category)

Asset Building

Economic Opportunities

Financial Education

Policy/Law

Predatory Lending

State Asset-Building Coalitions/Collaboratives/Programs

RAISE Texas Updates