Greetings—


There was an error in the previous link. You can access the
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dashboard here. Apologies for the confusion.


Sincerely,

Amy Elsbree
Senior Director of External Affairs
202-261-5513

mailto:[email protected]
[email protected]

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@aelsbree

U R B A N I N S T I T U T E

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Greetings—


The financial well-being of a community depends on residents’ ability to manage their daily finances, weather economic shocks, and pursue opportunities for upward mobility. With access to financial data at the local level, financial well-being advocates can make informed decisions to strengthen their residents’ financial health and address stark racial disparities.


A
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new dashboard developed by Urban Institute experts illustrates financial well-being across the country at the local level by race and ethnicity—looking beyond income to include credit, debt, savings, assets, and wealth.

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Using Washington, DC as a case study, the dashboard
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highlights proven strategies that can inform DC leaders’ efforts to strengthen their residents’ financial health, including:
- Ensuring family-sustaining wages and helping residents avoid and manage debt to stabilize daily finances;
- Protecting against eviction and helping residents build credit safely to weather economic shocks;
- Supporting programs that help residents build wealth and assets, leveraging workforce investments to improve job quality, and resolving heirs’ property issues to pursue opportunities for upward mobility. I hope you find
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this information useful to your work. Please email me at [email protected] if you would like to connect with the research team.

Sincerely,


Amy Elsbree
Senior Director of External Affairs
202-261-5513

mailto:[email protected]
[email protected]

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@aelsbree

U R B A N I N S T I T U T E

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www.urban.org




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