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

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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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Intended Audience: General Public; Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals

Type/Format: CaseStudy

Language code: English

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