Throughout the 1990s he worked with the Corporation for Enterprise Development in asset-based policy initiatives. At least 32 states have included IDAs in their welfare reform plans. A six-year demonstration of IDAs at 13 sites around the country, supported by a consortium of eleven private foundations, is in process, one of the largest applied social research projects in the country at the present time. In 1998 the Assets for Independence Act was signed, creating a federal IDA demonstration. To view a list click here .
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