Illinois Asset Building Group - Building Financially Strong Families and Communities

The Illinois Asset Building Group has compiled a variety of publications and applicable research to help educate about the importance of asset building.

Illinois Asset Poverty Index provides data on asset poverty & income poverty in 31 regions of the state.

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Data on Asset Poverty in Illinois:

Illinois Asset Poverty Fact Sheet offers an individual fact sheet providing a glimpse of asset poverty in Illinois.
Asset Poverty by Illinois State Legislative District provides an individual fact sheet with i information about asset poverty for each state legislative district across Illinois.
CFED 2009-2010 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard compares measures of asset building and asset attainment for families and individuals in Illinois with the rest of the nation.
Illinois Poverty Summit – 2006 Spotlight on Assets highlights the problems associated with asset building and asset attainment for families and individuals struggling with poverty in Illinois.