This issue, Issue 23, provides updates on the CFE Fund’s and partner cities’ financial empowerment efforts, including those related to COVID-19 recovery. In advance of the newly expanded federal Child...
...Bank On movement has certified over 250 bank and credit union accounts, helping newly bank 3.1 million residents. Additionally, the issue announces the second cohort of FEC Academy; shares updates...
...local business support services. This new initiative called Small Business Boost, supported generously by Principal® Foundation, will help local entrepreneurs and small business owners improve their personal finances, better positioning...
Summer Jobs Connect Academy is a new opportunity for local governments and their nonprofit partners to learn how to integrate banking access and financial education into their Summer Youth Employment...
...to join as a supportive funding partner. The CFE Fund is supporting cohorts of new cities or counties interested in launching a Financial Empowerment Center through FEC Academy, an expanded...
...generous support from Citi Community Development, held a conference on the Professionalizing Field of Financial Counseling and Coaching in New York City. The conference convened expert stakeholders to share perspectives...
...of the goals that clients committed to achieving between sessions. Through a grant from Capital One, the CFE Fund provided funding and technical assistance to Chicago, New York City and...
...new mayors looking to establish financial empowerment initiatives; reviews Financial Empowerment Center initiative progress; and includes a third In-Kind Technical Assistance grant opportunity for cities interested in replicating the Financial...
...their progress towards professionalizing this field. Submissions were included in a journal published in conjunction with a national conference on professionalizing the field held in New York City in 2016....
The CFE Fund sought applications from mayors interested in implementing the evidence-based Financial Empowerment Center model that was developed in New York City and is now being replicated in other...