The
State Assets Policy Project is a CSD policy research initiative
sponsored by the Ford, Charles Stewart Mott, Annie E. Casey, Ewing
Marion Kauffman, F. B. Heron, and Levi Strauss Foundations. Supported
by the Ford Foundation, CSD first initiated research on state
and federal assets policies in 1999. With support from the Charles
Stewart Mott, Annie E. Casey, and Levi Strauss Foundations, CSD's
state policy initiative has recently evolved from a project primarily
focused on state-level IDA policies into a major state assets
policy research and development initiative--the State Assets Policy
Project. The project's main objective is to better inform state
and federal policymakers and advocates towards the creation of
more inclusive assets policies by:
-
Compiling, analyzing, and reporting on IDA research from across
the country;
- Offering
research-based technical assistance to states related to state-level
assets policy development;
- Informing
state-level assets coalition-building efforts;
- Convening
meetings for state-level and federal-level assets policy experts
to determine linkages between federal and state assets policies;
- Producing
assets policy reports and briefs;
- Giving
expert testimony on state assets policies;
- Hosting
annual state assets policy conferences; and
- Creating
a web-based state assets policy information center.
Click
here for the
2006 State Assets Policy Project Report:
"Inclusion in Asset-Based Policies
at State and Federal Levels"
A
Word About Our Web Pages:
Our
aim is to make the State Assets Policy Project site both useful
and user-friendly. If you are unable to find what you are looking
for, please let us know. In addition, please advise us of any
topics related to assets policy development work that you would
like us to include on the page. Any comments or questions about
these pages or the State Assets Policy Project initiative should
be directed to Gena Gunn, Project Director, at ggunn@wustl.edu.
You
may provide updated information on your state's asset-policy programs
here.
