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.
CityStart
Intensive, city-specific approach to helping mayors tee up financial empowerment work in their administrations.
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.
Places We Work
- Albany, NY
- Albuquerque, NM
- Anchorage, AK
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Atlanta, GA
- Aurora, IL
- Baltimore, MD
- Birmingham, AL
- Boston, MA
- Boulder County, CO
- Bryan, TX
- Canada
- Chicago, IL
- City of Akron/Summit County, OH
- City of Memphis/Shelby County, TN
- Cleveland, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Denton County, TX
- Denver, CO
- Detroit, MI
- Durham, NC
- El Paso, TX
- Elizabethtown, KY
- Fort Myers, FL
- Fort Worth, TX
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Greenville County, SC
- Hattiesburg, MS
- Hawaiʻi County, HI
- Houston, TX
- Immokalee, FL
- Jackson, MS
- Jersey City, NJ
- Knoxville, TN
- Lansing, MI
- Las Vegas, NV
- Little Rock, AR
- Los Angeles, CA
- Louisville, KY
- Madison, WI
- Miami, FL
- Milwaukee, WI
- Missoula, MT
- Mobile, AL
- Nashville, TN
- New Britain, CT
- New Haven, CT
- New Orleans, LA
- New York, NY
- Newark, NJ
- Oakland, CA
- Oklahoma Native Region
- Oregon
- Paterson, NJ
- Philadelphia, PA
- Pierce County, WA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Polk County, IA
- Porter County, IN
- Portland, OR
- Racine, WI
- Redding, CA
- Richmond, VA
- Roanoke, VA
- Rochester, NY
- Sacramento, CA
- Saint Paul, MN
- Salt Lake City, UT
- San Antonio, TX
- San Francisco, CA
- San José, CA
- Savannah, GA
- Seattle, WA
- Shreveport, LA
- St. Louis, MO
- State of Arkansas
- State of Maryland
- Suncoast Region, FL
- Syracuse, NY
- Tulsa, OK
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Volusia and Flagler Counties, FL
- Waco, TX
- Washington State
- Washington, DC
- Washtenaw County, MI