Building Community Assets: Growing Lower-Income Credit Union Membership through Community and Credit Union Partnerships
Contributing Organization(s): Woodstock Institute
Author(s)/Creator(s): Marva Williams; Sarah Duda; Tom Feltner
Publishing Date: 2008-06-25
Issue Areas: Economic Development; Welfare and Public Assistance
Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2008 Woodstock Institute. All rights reserved.
File info: 29 pages; 450.21 KB file size
This report details the partnership process and lessons learned from a two-year technical assistance program designed to help community organizations partner with mainstream credit unions with the goal of enrolling new lower-income members or expanding an existing partnership. The case studies describing these partnerships identify four strategic areas through which partnerships can be strengthened and the common barriers to developing a successful partnership can be overcome.
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Type/Format: CaseStudy
Language code: English
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