MEMBER PROFILE

Holly Adams Business IDA

Holly Adams, a member since 1994, heard about Individual Development Accounts, but it wasn't until federal art cutbacks affected her work that she started asking questions and opened an IDA. She believes the time she put into the IDA classes, and her commitment to saving, has changed her work-life. "The IDA program is really amazing. It helped me clarify and focus where my energy and resources needed to go, and once I figured that out --- it gave me the money I needed to move forward."

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Alternatives is a Regional Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).

Our mission is to provide:

• Access to transactional services
• Savings and community investment opportunities
• Capital investments to individuals, small businesses and non-profits
• Education about capital

Our Vision:

To build wealth and create economic opportunity for underserved people and communities.

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