Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are matched savings accounts that help low-income workers save for a specific goal. The savings can be used to purchase a home, go to college or start a small business.
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Issue Brief- Individual Development Accounts: Helping Low-Income Families Develop Assets, June 8, 2006 Press release - Individual Development Accounts feed Colorado success stories, June 8, 2006 Press coverage - Rock solid: Savings program seeks to put a shine on more futures, The Denver Post, June 9, 2006 Bell Policy Center Urges State to Support Poverty Prevention Program, Colorado Matters, July 5, 2006
Commentary - From income support to independence: Assets are needed to break the cycle of poverty, by Daniel Spivey, The Boulder Daily Camera, March 26, 2006
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