About Us

Why did the Assets Alliance form?

The Assets Alliance formed to address the following problems:

• Short supply of experienced technical assistance providers and trainers to the IDA and asset-building fields.


• Limited technical assistance and training provision skills of many consultants in the field where consultants did exist.


• Difficulty accessing technical assistance providers and trainers -- consultants did not have access to one another for collaboration and referral purposes and those seeking technical assistance did not have an efficient or effective way of finding technical assistance providers and trainers.


• Loss of the key learnings and effective practice information resulting from technical assistance and training provision-- technical assistance providers and trainers had no mechanism for sharing the information gleaned from providing technical assistance and training.

How is the Assets Alliance different from other organizations in the IDA and asset-building fields?

The Assets Alliance is different from other organizations in the IDA and asset-building fields in the following ways:

• It is an unprecedented resource for the field-- an alliance of trained technical assistance providers and trainers all with direct IDA and asset-building program experience that can help build and strengthen local, regional or national asset-building initiatives.


• It is a collaborative association of individuals who contribute to the Alliance by volunteering their time to staff working groups and participate in membership meetings, developing resources and tools for the benefit of the membership and the field, and paying membership dues.


• It is run by a small group of member consultants on a part-time basis. This group is called the Coordinating Group. Each member of the Coordinating Group also runs her/his own consulting practice in addition to staffing the Alliance to ensure the leadership is connected to the field it serves.


• Because of its structure, it has very little overhead or operational costs.

The Assets Alliance is funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and operates under the fiscal sponsorship of Community Action Project of Tulsa County (CAPTC).