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42 J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare 55 (2015)
Can People Experiencing Homelessness Acquire Financial Assets

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     Can People Experiencing Homelessness
             Acquire Financial Assets?

                  ALLISON DE MARCO
  Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute-
                 School of Social Work
      University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


                   MOLLY DE MARCO
   Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
      University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


                  ALEXANDRA BIGGERS


                     MAGGIE WEST


                   JONATHAN YOUNG
           Community Empowerment Fund


                     RACHEL LEVY
                 School of Social Work
      University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


   Through an innovative Individual Development Account (IDA)
   program run by the Community Empowerment Fund (CEF), in-
   dividuals at risk for or experiencing homelessness receive financial
   education, access matched savings accounts, and have saved a total
   of $89,831.55. This is notable as low-income individuals often lack

Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, December 2015, Volume XLII, Number 4
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