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Frontera Asset Building Network
NALCAB 2009 Border Community and Economic Development Summit
El Paso, TXJuly 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 • 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 – 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
- 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 visitwww.fabnetwork.org