1: Incubation

Develop and test innovative tools to change the way our country makes resources, information, and support available to low-income families.

Other Information:

The Family Independence Initiative is developing innovations that will change the system as we know it to respond to initiative, build community, and expand low-income people's abilities to be agents of their own change. Our innovations in funding approaches, tools, and consumer feedback are among the many building blocks the Opportunity Platform that can catayze economic and social mobility for low-income people and help rebuild the middle class. Mobility Tools -- FII's Demonstrations provide an opportunity to test new tools and approaches to address priorities identified by families. We have piloted the following innovations and will be sharing them with others to replicate in communities across the country.

Stakeholder(s):

• Low-Income Families

Objective(s):

1.1: Character-Based Loans

1.2: Credit-Building Lending Circles

1.3: UpTogether

1.4: Consumer Feedback

Content