Overview

Key Takeaway

Financial Empowerment Centers open in: Denver, CO; Lansing, MI; Nashville, TN; Philadelphia, PA; and San Antonio, TX

Financial Empowerment Centers offer free, professional, one-on-one financial counseling to enable residents to address their financial needs and plan for their futures.

In this March 2013 press release, the CFE Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies announce the opening of five new Financial Empowerment Center programs to provide free, personalized, and professional financial counseling to residents of Denver, CO; Lansing, MI; Nashville, TN; Philadelphia, PA; and San Antonio, TX. Clients receive assistance with money management, budgeting, reducing debt, establishing and improving credit, connecting to safe and affordable banking services, building savings, and referrals to other services and organizations.  Counselors are professionally trained, and support their clients in navigating complex financial decisions. Financial counseling is integrated into public services including housing services, homeless prevention, foreclosure prevention, workforce development, asset building, financial services access, and domestic violence prevention.

Additional Takeaways

FECs tangibly help residents with budgeting, reducing debt, establishing and improving credit, connecting to safe and affordable banking services, and building savings.

Trained, professional counselors support their clients in complex financial decisions.

Financial counseling integrates well into a range of other social services.

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