Summer Jobs Connect is an ambitious initiative spearheaded by seed funder the Citi Foundation and the CFE Fund to support young adults seeking summer employment, enhancing these municipally-led programs by...
The CFE Fund’s Bank On Listserv is an online community for Bank On coalition members, financial institutions, academics, and other stakeholders interested in banking access efforts. Members can ask questions...
This August 2017 press release highlights findings from a new three-year evaluation of the Financial Empowerment Center model. The evaluation draws on data from 22,000 clients and 57,000 counseling sessions...
This issue, Issue 11, includes an update on the Financial Empowerment Center initiative and a new funding opportunity; news from Bank On and the recent conference; and an overview of...
Bank On coalitions are locally-led partnerships between local public officials; city, state, and federal government agencies; financial institutions; and community organizations that work together to help improve the financial stability...
This interactive journal is a compilation of expert perspectives on professionalizing financial counseling, organized around the pillars of any professionalizing field—quality, consistency, accountability and community....
This brief details how the FEC model’s partnership and integration process worked in the five replication cities, and is excerpted from the CFE Fund’s full report, An Evaluation of Financial...
The CFE Fund’s Bank On national initiative supports local coalitions with strategic and financial support, as well as liaising nationally with banking, regulatory, and nonprofit organization partners to expand banking...
This report, with generous support from Capital One, draws on data results from a two-city pilot to better understand how Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) clients are saving and ultimately inform...
This webinar discusses data results from a two-city pilot that looked at how Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) clients are saving, to ultimately inform new savings indicators for financial counseling success....