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CITY ROLE <br />Many City roles, responsibilities, and initiatives can directly or indirectly affect the financial empowerment <br />of South Bend residents. The City of South Bend will explore how financial empowerment as integral to the <br />operations of the City through its abilities to: <br />• Enhance City services with wealth-building strategies, <br />• Support the creation of new programs and partnerships <br />• Convene partners and stakeholders for decision-making, and <br />• Host continuous engagements with residents. <br />Furthermore, working to financially empower South Bend residents is a community-based endeavor; <br />community partners are instrumental in addressing the financial needs of South Bend residents. The <br />City anticipates forming new partnerships and strengthening existing partnerships to bolster financial <br />empowerment in South Bend. Finally, the City anticipates that executing the action plan outlined in the <br />Financial Empowerment Blueprint can ultimately work toward increasing the wealth-building ability of South <br />Bend residents, with a specific focus on wealth-building in Kennedy and LaSalle Park. <br />24 FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT BLUEPRINT