Other Financial Empowerment Projects

Economic Mobility Ambassador program (EEMI Ambassadors)

Funded by the National League of Cities' Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative (EEMI), the Community Workforce Ambassador program took place in a set of targeted neighborhoods in the region of the Aggie Square Innovation Center Project.

Aggie Square is a multi-billion-dollar development in Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood that broke ground and is anticipated to provide many employment opportunities over the next 2-5 years and beyond. Oak Park and the surrounding neighborhoods are at high risk of gentrification and displacement without concerted preventative efforts, and this EEMI project was an element of those efforts.

The Ambassador program employed neighborhood residents as paid Community Ambassadors to work in various target neighborhoods within four ZIP codes considered to be the priority outreach region for Aggie Square: 95817, 95820, 95824, 95828. The intent was to help targeted residents (particularly women and BIPOC) build increased short- and long-term financial health and stability, which is the overarching goal of our inclusive economic development team’s work. This aim requires a multifaceted approach that addresses the various elements impacting financial health.

The Ambassadors will be equipped to work with residents, City staff and community partners/leaders to address both the links and the gaps between community needs and existing resources for local workforce and entrepreneurial training and development, and financial coaching.  

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