HACBED

Through its work over the past 21 years of its operation, HACBED has developed strong and relevant experience and expertise in the following areas:

• Community & Organizational Capacity Building– expertise in the areas of organizational assessments (diagnostics), strategic thinking and planning, community economic development training and technical assistance, and executive coaching to assist communities and non-profit organizations in building capacity to plan, implement, and sustain community-based economic development ventures.

• Asset Development – developing policy and community practice around strategies to help individuals, families, and communities build wealth and assets in order to achieve self sufficiency and develop increased opportunities to exercise choice and control over their future.

• Community Based Planning– expertise in the areas of community and organizational planning process design, facilitation, and community based planning.

• Finance & Fund Development– experience in providing trainings and technical assistance to assist low-income communities and non-profit CBED organizations in developing viable financial and funding strategies to plan and implement their community and economic development ventures (projects, programs, and businesses).

HACBED is a statewide, intermediary, and federally tax exempt nonprofit organization that was established in 1992 to “achieve economic, social, and environmental justice in Hawai`i through community-based economic development.”  It has helped to strengthen the strategic readiness of communities and the capacity of community-based economic development organizations in low income communities to expand economic choices, increase wealth, create hope, and promote self-empowerment and self-sufficiency for individuals, families, and communities on all islands to act on their preferred vision for the future.