Economic Inclusion
Economic security — having enough money to cover basic needs and enough savings to weather setbacks and invest for the future — is critical to the health and well-being of families, neighborhoods, and local economies. Equitable cities put low-income families and workers on a path to economic security.
The tools below cover three strategies:
- Increase Job Access: Increase access to good jobs through local and targeted hiring.
- Remove Barriers: Dismantle barriers to employment and services for the formerly incarcerated and other disadvantaged workers through box/fair chance hiring.
- Build Assets: Prevent wealth stripping by reforming inequitable court fines and fees, and support financial security and asset building through financial empowerment centers and incentivized savings accounts.