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Press Release
November 9, 2014

CFE Coalition Comment Letter on the Community Reinvestment Act

The 15-member CFE Coalition has weighed in on key federal policy issues since its founding in 2008. In this 2014 letter, the Coalition weighs in on proposed revisions to the Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment.
Newsletter
October 22, 2014

Supervitamin Quarterly, Issue 4

This issue, Issue 4, previews the Bank On 2.0 National Conference, provides an update on the Summer Jobs Connect initiative, and highlights the Spent: Looking for Change documentary.
Press Release
September 10, 2014

CFE Fund and Capital One Announce Winners of Multi-City Hackathon to Support Financial Empowerment

The CFE Fund and Capital One announced the winner of the Multi-City Financial Empowerment Hackathon, a national effort to create software applications (apps) focused on financial inclusion.
Press Release
July 10, 2014

Leaders of Business, Government, and Non-profit Sector to Gather with President Obama’s Advisory Council to Discuss Financial Inclusion Strategies

The Summer Jobs Connect (SJC) initiative, generously supported by Citi Foundation, leverages the scale and infrastructure of Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) to offer banking access and other financial empowerment opportunities, helping to transform a summer job into an on-ramp to the financial mainstream.
Newsletter
June 19, 2014

Supervitamin Quarterly, Issue 3

This issue, Issue 3, announces the launch of Summer Jobs Connect, which embeds targeted financial education and banking access into summer youth employment programs; details the Partnerships for Financial Inclusion 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 in further financial empowerment investment throughout Michigan.
Newsletter
February 21, 2014

Supervitamin Quarterly, Issue 2

The CFE Fund’s Supervitamin Quarterly newsletter provides regular updates about our work. This issue, Issue 2, provides an update on the first round of In-Kind Technical Assistance Grants to support Financial Empowerment Center replication, highlights a Bank On launch event in Louisville, and gives an overview of Financial Empowerment Center client accomplishments to date.
Press Release
February 21, 2014

The CFE Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies Award Technical Assistance Grants to 7 Cities Replicating the Financial Empowerment Center Model

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 February 2014 press release, the CFE Fund and Bloomberg Philanthropies announce a second wave of In-Kind Technical Assistance grants to seven cities: Cleveland, OH; Hartford, CT; Hawai’i County, HI; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; San Francisco, CA; and Seattle, WA.
Newsletter
September 20, 2013

Supervitamin Quarterly, Issue 1

This issue, Issue 1, highlights the launch of Bank On, provides an update on Financial Empowerment Center progress as well as the In-Kind Technical Assistance Grant for other cities interested in replicating the Center model, and includes the introduction of the Financial Security Credit Act which would incentivize savings at tax time.
Report
August 1, 2013

CFE Coalition Comment Letter on Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents

The 15-member CFE Coalition has weighed in on key federal policy issues since its founding in 2008. In this 2013 letter, the CFE Coalition urges the Department of Defense (DoD) to revise its regulations implementing the Military Lending Act (MLA) to ensure that service members and their families are protected from the full range of abusive lending practices that trap them in cycles of debt.
Press Release
March 21, 2013

CFE Fund Announces Opening of New Financial Empowerment Centers in 5 Cities

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.