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Expanding community connections for a financially healthy future.
The Live Mutual Project is a MassMutual Foundation-led initiative that brings together community resources and partners to create vibrant and empowered neighborhoods.
For more than 170 years, MassMutual has operated with a single purpose: to help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. We've built our business on strong relationships. Now we're using our connections, knowledge, and resources to help people expand their own relationships and access the services they need for a better future.
For Americans living in financial deserts, even the most basic financial services can be hard to access.
Reduced social capital creates a significant barrier to financial wellness in distressed communities.
Businesses and governments can work together to combat systemic poverty.
It's not OK that 80% of people in this country live paycheck to paycheck.
40% of adults faced with an unexpected expense of $400 would either not be able pay it or would sell something or borrow money to cover the cost.
Nearly 60% of households have to borrow money to meet their basic expenses due to lack of access to jobs, education, and services Americans need and deserve. People are going into debt each month to put food on the table.
More than half of minimum wage workers say that they have to work more than one job to make ends meet.
Poverty is a reality for nearly 40 million Americans, including almost 1 in 5 children.
Systems and resources meant to support residents can oftentimes be confusing and overwhelming. Support from family, friends, neighbors, and community organizations can help us navigate our complicated lives.
Connections in the community can open doors to jobs, reveal practical financial advice, and uncover paths to reasonable loans and other resources to help meet our daily obligations and goals.
Resource Collaboration
Service providers come together to identify what's in the way of achieving financial well-being in their community.
Strong Networks
Build relationships with a broad network of people who can provide support and access to new opportunities.
Neighborhood Destinations
Reinvent public spaces to bring community members together to build strong networks.
Cross-Sector Partnership
Bring together business, government, and nonprofits to break down systemic barriers to financial well-being
Employment Pathways
Develop skills and access to good jobs that are close to home.
Local Economy
Earn and spend in the local neighborhood or town where you live.
Financial Skills
Develop skills to save, spend, borrow, and plan and access loans, bank accounts and credit.
Housing & Home Ownership
Access safe, heathy and affordable housing, with a pathway to ownership.
So how do we do this? It’s all about collaboration. No one can do it alone, and no one knows what a community needs more than the community members themselves: residents, business owners, community organizers, and more all play key roles in bringing the Live Mutual Project to life locally. We have found that a four-step approach works to identify what’s in the way, prioritize where to start, figure out who can deliver what and when, and finally, ask “what else can we do?” Our approach is an iterative one, we hope and expect to change it as needed to meet the needs of the community and it’s members.
1. Listen to residents and service providers to identify the barriers to financial well-being, and what local resources are available.
2. Prioritize which barriers to address first and which of the local resources are best suited to address them.
3. Bring the key local resources together to coordinate an action plan and provide funding to execute.
4. Collect data, gather feedback from residents, measure progress and adjust along the way.
In 2018, we began the Live Mutual Project in the Frayser neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, and the North End neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts.
No one organization can address the economic challenges facing our country alone. We partner with like-minded organizations committed to advancing financial well-being and helping communities thrive.
Springfield, MA
With roots dating to 1873, Baystate Health has been providing high-quality and compassionate health care in the Pioneer Valley for more than 140 years. The non-profit, integrated health care system serves over 800,000 people throughout western New England.
Memphis, TN
A general agency of MassMutual, Capital Financial Group provides financial counseling to help clients gain peace of mind knowing their financial future - and the futures of their loved ones - are secure.
The Financial Health Network started in 2004 with a vision to help all people have the day-to-day financial systems they need to be resilient and thrive. Since then, the organization has used its groundbreaking research and advisory services to do just that.
Memphis, TN
Epicenter connects, supports, and expands the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the greater Memphis area by serving entrepreneurs, creators, and organizations committed to helping businesses thrive.
Memphis, TN
Frayser CDC works with the community to provide improved housing and stimulate commercial and economic growth. For over 20 years, the CDC has acquired, renovated, rented, and sold houses in Frayser, provided housing counseling services, and encouraged other positive investments and collaborations in the community.
Springfield, MA
The New North Citizens’ Council provides advocacy, public and human services to Hampden County, including comprehensive family support and social service programs as well as individual and class advocacy.
Since 1975, Project for Public Spaces (PPS) has been the leading resource, organizer, and advocate for building communities around accessible, safe, inclusive public spaces. They’ve positively impacted 3,000 communities in 47 countries.
Memphis, TN
RISE (Responsibility. Initiative. Solution. Empowerment.) works to transform the financial well-being of low income working people by providing financial literacy tools and incentives to help families build and sustain human and financial assets.
Springfield, MA
Way Finders works to make sure all people have safe, secure places to live. By providing access to a range of housing services that help people find ways to live where they choose, regardless of income or background, Way Finders energizes neighborhoods and helps people recognize their potential to thrive.