Intensive, city-specific approach to helping mayors tee up financial empowerment work in their administrations.
Financial Empowerment Cities
The Financial Empowerment Cities initiative supports cohorts of local leaders to launch and lead a newly established local Office of Financial Empowerment.
Financial Navigators
The Financial Navigators initiative helps residents deal with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing remote assistance in navigating critical financial issues and making referrals to other social services and resources.
Local Consumer Financial Protection Initiative
Assisting local government partners to develop and launch consumer financial protection departments.
Financial Empowerment Center Replication Initiative
Professional, one-on-one, municipally-led, free financial counseling, embedded into government social services.
Bank On Fellowship
The CFE Fund’s Bank On Fellowship program provides funding and in-kind technical assistance to support dedicated leadership for Bank On coalitions.
Bank On
The CFE Fund’s national Bank On platform supports local coalition and financial institution efforts to connect consumers to safe, affordable bank accounts.
Expert Topic: Reentry Integration Strategies
Expert Topic
Brief details strategies for integrating financial empowerment into prisoner reentry services.
Expert Topic: Youth Savings Initiatives
Expert Topic
Across the country, a number of local governments are increasing the availability of youth savings opportunities for families, with the goal of improving the likelihood that students of limited means enroll and persist in higher education.
Banking Connect Pilot Initiatives
The goal of these pilots is to learn more about how existing programs can leverage payment touchpoints to support account opening for program participants.
Expert Topic: Offices of Financial Empowerment
Expert Topic
Resources and information on launching public offices that work to improve resident economic security through local government infrastructure.
Summer Jobs Connect
Embedding financial education and banking access into summer youth employment programs.
The Professionalizing Field of Financial Counseling and Coaching
Collaborative efforts to advance the professionalism of the financial counseling field for those with low incomes.
Prosper Canada
Partnership with leading Canadian nonprofit organization to advance financial empowerment in that country and exchange strategies.
Organization of American States Partnership
Collaboration with the Organization of American States to support financial empowerment work with Latin American and Caribbean government leaders.
SaveUSA
Tax-time matched savings pilot supported by rigorous 42-month evaluation of multi-city Randomized Control Trial.
Multi-City Financial Empowerment Hackathon
National hackathon to create software apps focused on financial empowerment for municipal partners.
National Disability Institute’s LEAD Center
Partnership to support employment programming and financial stability for people with disabilities.