Stay Informed!

By Sean Luechtefeld on 02/01/2012 @ 09:00 AM

Tags: Assets Opportunity Initiative

Yesterday we unveiled the brand-new Assets & Opportunity Initiative website, including the online home for comprehensive 2012 Scorecard data and the newly-established Assets & Opportunity Network. Both of these can be accessed by visiting www.assetsandopportunity.org.

On the Scorecard side of the website, you’ll find comprehensive data for over 100 measures of how well states are protecting their residents’ finances and fighting rising rates of asset poverty. These measures are broken down according to five issue areas – including Financial Assets & Income, Businesses & Jobs, Housing & Homeownership, Health Care and Education – within which each state and the District of Columbia are rated and ranked. Tomorrow, we’ll examine some of this data in more depth.

On the Network side of the website, you’ll find the perfect way to interact with the 51 state and local members of the Assets & Opportunity Network, a movement-oriented group of advocates working to expand the reach and deepen the impact of asset-based strategies. You’ll find updates from the Lead State & Local Organizations, links to download resources including policy briefs and resource guides, and the ability to search for a coalition member in your area.

The resources located at www.assetsandopportunity.org have been developed with the aim of helping advocates make asset poverty a thing of the past. I hope you’ll find them to be helpful in your efforts.

Oh, and in case you missed it…

…the Scorecard was all over the news yesterday! Here are just a few of the stories that ran yesterday and this morning:

• The Huffington Post featured the Scorecard in its lead article yesterday, which received nearly 10,000 comments!
• Those listening to New Hampshire Public Radio heard about the Scorecard yesterday afternoon, and you can listen to the clip online.
• The Scorecard was also featured in the Chicago Tribune. You can read the spotlight piece here.

For more coverage of the 2012 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard data, visit the Scorecard Newsroom!

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