An Individual Development Account (IDA) is an asset-building tool that enables low-income families to save towards a targeted amount usually used for building assets in home ownership, post-secondary education, and small business ownership.

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Each player is required by policy to save 50% of their NOL monthly income and deposit a minimum of $100.00 per month into a league-approved IDA. The league will seek to find matching partners up to 3 times the player deposits. For example, when a player deposits the minimum amount of $2,400.00 in a season and the goal is three times, that would be a $7,200.00 match. 

Through a strategic partnership with Becoming The Best Dad™, the National Opportunity League provides direct access to the Child Support Reduction Center, a first-of-its-kind solution focused on reducing the hundreds of billions of dollars in child support arrears owed across America. The Center, owned and operated by Becoming The Best Dad™, enables qualified fathers rated 3-Star or higher to fulfill paid apparel production contracts, with a specified dollar amount per completed unit sent directly to the appropriate child support agency on the father’s behalf. NOL supplies the production demand, apparel contracts, and structured accountability that make the model work. Fathers are flown into the city where the Reduction Center is located, housed in a hotel, and shuttled daily to and from the center until the contract is completed. Once fully funded and activated, the Child Support Reduction Center transforms child support from a permanent barrier into a measurable, disciplined path to responsibility, restoration, and re-entry into the household

My Backyard is a neighborhood ownership stabilization program pilot focusing on local ownership and rental affordability for residents. The program's mission is to take underemployed individuals with limited income and assist them in becoming homeowners. My Backyard partners will include local municipalities, USDA, non-profits, and private resources. Each participating partner will have a defined role with defined benefits/ rewards.  

Buy a Block is an opportunity for residents to assist with purchasing urban blocks in poverty-stricken communities for revitalization.  Revitalization will allow residents to enjoy safer and financially stronger neighborhoods. Too often in our Urban Communities (inner cities), the local residents own very little. The lack of ownership/equity equates to high poverty rates, little community pride, and high crime rates.

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Buy a Block will allow those who often speak of making a difference to invest in real estate and people. NOL will invest in people and Block by Block to provide equity and sustainability.