Community and Shelter Assistance Corporation

Community and Shelter Corporation is a nonprofit organization that has provided eleven AFI grants since 2001, with the objectives of encouraging monthly savings and financial planning, boosting participants’ economic stability through savings and asset building, and enabling them to invest in their own educations, purchase homes, or start small businesses.

This Network emphasizes homeownership, business, and higher education opportunities, with the objective of encouraging participants monthly savings and financial planning, boosting their economic stability through asset building, and enabling them to invest in their own educations, purchase homes or start small businesses. The Network has been successful at opening IDAs, purchasing assets, providing financial education training, and expanding the program to benefit more participants throughout Oregon.

Community and Shelter Corporation partners with 42 partners throughout Oregon that, using a collaborative network model, provide asset-specific training, financial education, operations support, and recruitment.