Asset Building Policy Project
The Michigan Asset Building Coalition (ABC)
The ABC is a diverse, bipartisan alliance of nonprofit, for-profit and governmental organizations, institutions and individuals actively engaged in supporting effective strategies to reduce asset poverty and help working families achieve lasting and sustainable financial security.
Working collaboratively in Action Committees, ABC members use their experience and expertise as asset building practitioners to recommend specific changes in state and federal policy that improve the quality of life for Michigan families and the communities they call home.
Michigan Asset Building Policy Project (ABPP)
The ABPP strategically coordinates all policy, communication and advocacy efforts of the ABC.
Working to advance the ABC Policy Agenda, the ABPP actively engages policymakers and stakeholders to support public policy that increases access to higher education, career-advancement and job-training opportunities, improves personal economic and finance skills, and empowers low-wage workers and families to escape poverty through the building and development of personal assets.
ABPP's Second Edition of Helping Working Families Achieve Financial Security Released June 2010!
The Michigan Asset Building Policy Project has released its second edition of Helping Working Families Achieve Financial Security. The report reviews past policy and advocacy successes, outlines our core research and policy goals, and presents a plan for the future to move asset building policy forward throughout the state of Michigan. Click the links below to download the full report, executive summary, and our 2010 Policy Agenda Brochure.
- Full report: Helping Working Families Achieve Financial Security [853KB PDF]
- Executive summary [429KB PDF]
- 2010 Policy Agenda Brochure [139KB PDF]
ABCs of the ABPP
- Events (updated June 18, 2009)
- Basics of Asset Building (updated June 18, 2010)
- ABC Members
ABPP Policy
- Policy Agenda (updated June 18, 2010)
Resources
- Publications (updated June 25, 2010)
- e-Updates
- Asset Building Blog