Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are another type of financial aid. Individual Development Accounts are matched savings accounts that enable low-income American families to save, build assets, and enter the financial mainstream. IDAs reward the monthly savings of working-poor families who are building towards purchasing an asset - most commonly buying their first home, paying for post-secondary education, or starting a small business. IDAs make it possible for low-income families to build the financial assets they need to achieve the American Dream. To learn more see:
http://tinyurl.com/pkzqw [1]
and
http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd/asset/idas.htm [2]

To learn more about IDAs where you live--The IDA Directory allows practitioners, account holders, and researchers to search for IDA programs using multiple criteria. See:
http://tinyurl.com/2wkhrp [3]