SAVINGS, LOAN, and community fund Programs

With Everyone Village (E1V)—https://everyonevillage.org/

With our current organizational partner in Eugene, Oregon—Everyone Village (E1V)—we co-created a matched savings program. Through this program, residents have opportunities to:

• set a savings goal

• begin saving each month in a custodial account that safeguards their money

• engage in experiential activities to create and analyze personal and group balance sheets, cash flows, budgets, and strategies for income generation and smoothing to cover unexpected expenses

• receive a 1:1 match up to $1,000 when they achieve their savings goal

Goals have ranged from covering first and last months rent to regain housing to covering medical or educational expenses, to purchasing a car, a computer, artisanal supplies, or other micro-business materials.

With E1V residents and staff, MAPLE is also gathering data and engaging in dialogues to co-design pathways for residents to transition from their emergency shelter into a a micro-village of larger, more permanent houses.

With Emerald Village Eugene (EVE)—https://www.squareonevillages.org/emerald

Prior to working with residents of Everyone Village, MAPLE Oregon worked with residents of a smaller housing cooperative, Emerald Village Eugene (EVE). With EVE residents, we co-created and established a savings and loan group, and community fund, and self-governing processes for villagers manage these funds on their own.

With the Community of p:ear in Portland, Oregon—https://www.pearmentor.org/

Currently, with , p;ear mentor, a creative non-profit organization serving unhoused youth in Portland, Oregon, we are expanding our matched-savings, debt reduction, and credit building program to include additional youth in Portland.

Learn more here!