Research and on-the-ground work focusing on efforts to improve prospects for New England’s smaller cities and their residents.

• Working Cities Challenge
• Capital & Collaboration

Initiatives to provide lower-income households with the tools and means to be financially stable and fair access to opportunities to prosper economically.

• Childrens' Savings Accounts
• Financial Capabilites in Community College Initiative
• Racial Wealth Inequality
• Advancing Financial Capability Efforts with Emerging Educational Technologies
• Mobile Technology for Matched Savings

Efforts to ensure that lower-income individuals have equitable access to employment opportunities.

• A New Vision for Workforce Preparation
• FinTech Internship Program
• Leveraging Financial Education to Improve the Impact of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

The Boston Fed tracks emerging issues in New England’s community development landscape through engagement with regional stakeholders, collection and analysis of local data, and exploration of relevant low- and moderate-income topics in our magazine.

• Communities & Banking
• Community Outlook Survey
• Data Resources
• Survey of Small Business Credit