Since it launched in 2020, the City of Detroit’s Financial Empowerment Center (FEC), as part of the CFE Fund’s national FEC Public initiative, has helped homeowners with low incomes avoid...
...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...
This Governing article looks at the impact of the Financial Empowerment Center initiative, and its unique connection to local government and focus on outcomes....
...their local residents in need. As part of this effort, the CFE Fund is launching a new Financial Navigators initiative, which will help 31 city and county governments newly offer...
This issue, Issue 22, provides updates on CFE Fund’s and partner cities’ COVID-19 response efforts. Since the pandemic began, 31 cities and counties have launched Financial Navigators initiatives to provide...
...part of Summer Jobs Connect in 2022; the Summer Jobs Connect initiative is also supported by The Skillman Foundation and the PNC Foundation. Since launching in 2014, the Citi Foundation...
...the PNC Foundation is supporting the expansion of the Summer Jobs Connect initiative in Albuquerque, NM and Pittsburgh, PA and The Skillman Foundation is supporting this work in Detroit, MI...
...finances if you have been financially affected by COVID-19. Have ideas for resources that would be helpful in providing guidance on meeting the financial challenges of COVID-19? Get in touch!...
...at least half time of that person’s portfolio. Grantees work one-on-one with the CFE Fund team to build out coalition activities, including increasing the number of certified accounts available locally,...
The CFE Fund submitted Comment Letters to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in response to their request for public comment. Topics include: Civil Investigative Demands and Associated Processes, Rules...