Shriver Center

The mission of the Sargent Shriver National Center of Poverty Law is to provide national leadership in identifying, developing, and supporting creative and collaborative approaches to achieve social and economic justice for low-income people and communities.The Shriver Center, and their president John Bouman, serve as a co-chair of IABG. In addition, their Asset Building staff members, including Karen Harris and Andrea Kovach, serve on the IABG staff team.

The Shriver Center provides national leadership in efforts to increase justice and opportunity for low-income people by ensuring a humane safety net, a chance to prosper, and a voice and representation in public decisions that affect them. The Center engages in direct advocacy campaigns in Illinois and around the country to improve policies and programs on specific issues, and also engages in broader advocacy on general issues of justice and opportunity. Using policy advocacy and law, the Shriver Center advances justice and opportunity for low-income people.