The CFE Fund partnered with the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Social Protection Network (IASPN) following an international conference it co-hosted in New York City with the U.S. Department of...
...Conference that the CFE Fund co-hosted with the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Social Protection Network; and features a guest post on how local financial empowerment efforts in Lansing resulted...
...over the phone to help people strategize around supports for disruptions to their income and other financial concerns. They helped residents triage financial issues, identify immediate action steps, and make...
...phone-based financial triage and resource referrals; 35 municipal Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) partners are offering, or are working to launch, one-on-one financial counseling through FEC programs; and more than 80...
...has invested over $40 million in this initiative, which has provided 16,500 young people with summer jobs and over 800,000 low-income youth with access to financial education and safe and...
In this July 2023 press release, the CFE Fund announced the expansion of Summer Jobs Connect (SJC) through Summer Jobs Connect Academy, a new entry point for connecting banking access...
The CFE Fund has a number of funding opportunities to support banking access efforts, including the Bank On Capacity Grant: Capacity Grant: The CFE Fund’s Bank On Capacity Grant aims...
...initiative in their community, including through leveraging federal funding streams like the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The Financial Empowerment Center Model Financial Empowerment Center clients receive free, one-on-one professional...
This American Banker article highlights the Bank On National Account Standards launch, and financial institution and regulatory support, in San Francisco....
...with the CFE Fund to launch free, high-quality one-on-one financial counseling for low-income residents, thanks to generous support from Bloomberg Philanthropies as part of its American Cities Initiative. To learn...