Stay Informed!

By Sean Luechtefeld on 05/25/2011 @ 11:30 AM

Tags: Local Policy

Today we are excited to announce that Living Cities has awarded CFED a grant of $185,000 to support resource guides for advocates, practitioners, program administrators and decision-makers both inside and outside government. The funds from this grant will be used to develop resources that can help local public sector leaders and advocates integrate asset-building strategies, tools and products into the mainstream of human service delivery systems, and we’re especially glad to call Living Cities a partner in this work.

In the coming months, Living Cities’ support will be used to produce integration guides and briefs that will provide in-depth examinations of how specific systems, structures and social programs can integrate a range of asset-building approaches into their work, and in doing so, become important scaling platforms for reaching large numbers of low-income families. This support will also be used to create a “stroke-of-the-pen” Changes Guide for policymakers in the form of three briefs – one each for local, state and federal policymakers. These will feature "easy" policy changes that would facilitate local asset-building and financial empowerment.

Eventually, we’ll disseminate the Resource Guides and Briefs through:

• A new Assets & Opportunity web portal that provides easy access to the broad range of advocacy and implementation tools and resources CFED produces
• Asset building educational sessions sponsored by CFED
• Ongoing federal policymaker education and integration into our strategic communications with federal agencies

We will also share the guides and briefs with national allies, particularly those that reach state and local target audiences.

To say CFED is very grateful to Living Cities for its support is an understatement, and we hope that you will join us in thanking them for their dedicated partnership.

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