THE INSTITUTE ON ASSETS AND SOCIAL POLICY is a research, policy analysis, evaluation, and technical assistance institute located within The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. The Institute generates and disseminates new data and perspectives to create asset-building opportunities and to improve the well being, quality of life, and stability of those who have been left out of the economic mainstream.
Our work includes research, policy and program evaluation, organizational capacity building, community engagement, and program and leadership development. IASP, affiliated with the Heller graduate doctoral concentration in Assets and Inequalities, is comprised of Heller faculty and staff from a variety of disciplines and areas of policy expertise, and draws on the wider academic community for collaboration across fields.
The mission of the Institute on Assets and Social Policy is to help individuals, families and communities build and secure assets throughout their life course to improve well-being and quality of life. We strive to create, grow, and stabilize assets, to expand asset opportunities, and to protect and secure assets through public and private investments, and through policy development. We specifically focus on those who have been persistently excluded or marginalized from asset formation, as well as those whose asset security is at risk.
We focus on both universal approaches, as well as targeted strategies to engage more fully African-Americans, Hispanics, immigrants, women, older adults, people with disabilities, and vulnerable low- and moderate-income households. This mission drives efforts to broaden asset wealth, reduce inequality, increase social and economic mobility, and strengthen the stability and well-being of individuals and families.
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