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New Mexico Encourages Citizens to Save
Low-income residents in New Mexico now have more incentive than ever to save for a home, an education or their own business. In the 2006 legislative session, the state provided $1.5 million to fund the Individual Development Account Act that passed in 2003. Read More »
IDA Program Rebuilding Lives in Louisiana
Louisiana legislators recently approved $2 million in funding for a statewide individual development account program aimed at getting low-income hurricane victims back on their feet. Read More »
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- The Dallas Fed will host workshops for new Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) officers in cooperation with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Office of Thrift Supervision. The sessions will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and be held Sept. 18 in Dallas, Sept. 25 in Houston and Oct. 18 in San Antonio. Designed for new CRA officers at small or intermediate-small banks, the workshops will cover current regulations, exam preparation and compliance strategies. Registration is free but is limited to the first 40 registrants. Sign up at http://dallasfed.org/news/ca/2007/07cra.cfm
, or call Roy Lopez (214) 922-6207 for more information. - A Workplace Financial Education seminar for human resource professionals has been scheduled for Sept. 21 at the Dallas Fed. The event is being held in partnership with the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Keynote speaker Dr. E. Thomas Garman will present his research on the benefits of financial literacy to workplace productivity. Additional agenda items will include a panel of employers that are incorporating personal financial education into their employee benefits and a demonstration of free financial education resources that are available to employers.