ONAC'S Work in 2023Handout: What Are Ways That Identity Theft Can Impact Your Financial Health? Handout: Join the Native EITC/VITA Network Handout: Individual Income Tax Filing Season Is Almost Here! Article in Tribal Business News about ONAC's CSA program and Native asset-building efforts: https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/economic-development/14190-financial-ed Slides from Webinar: Asset Building in North and South Dakota Native American Communities Aspen Institute Financial Security Program. (2023). The Price of Entry: Banking in America. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The-Price-of-Entry-PDF.pdf (Karen Edwards, of ONAC, was a contributor for this report) Center on Budget & Policy Priorities Tax Time Tuesdays, April 6, 2023. ONAC presented about VITA outreach strategies to reach Native communities. ONAC presentation during the Native Financial Education Practitioners Summit: Promoting Banking Access, April 26, 2023. Transformative 25 2023 Launch. ONAC was selected as one of the 25 funds! T252023Insta.png See report here. Recorded launch of Fund here. ONAC attended the Summit on State Planning for Digital Equity and Economic Inclusion, April 27-28, 2023. ONAC presented during a webinar hosted by the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities (WHI TCU), along with the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor, May 3, 2023. Advancing Financial Mobility within Native Communities. ONAC slides: Financial Inequalities and Native Asset-Building Tools. On May 9, 2023, ONAC Executive Director, Christy Finsel, met with the OCC Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu in Oklahoma City. ONAC and other community groups spoke with Acting Comptroller Hsu about the realities they face, on the ground, with building assets in underserved communities. Access to Affordable Bank Accounts in North and South Dakota Indigenous-Led Funds -a Transformative 25 Event Webinar Link to recording:
Finsel, C. & Thompson, K. (November 2023). Realities Facing American Indian Homebuyers From the Perspective of a Native Down Payment Assistance Provider. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition, Inc. Slides from presentation during November 2, 2023 presentation at the Freddie Mac Rural Housing Symposium (ONAC's presentation is the second one in the slide deck) IRS 2nd Annual Native American Gathering, December 6, 2023 Schramm, P., Finsel, C., & Thompson, K. (2023). Need for In-Person Native VITA Services and Facilitated Self-Assistance (FSA) Filing Models. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition, Inc. |
