...equity focus; grantees are Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Indianapolis, IN; Little Rock, AR; and Philadelphia, PA. If you have any questions about the CityStart initiative, contact Sol Vilera Ramos, Manager....
...Frank Scott Jr. of the City of Little Rock, AR. Conference topics also included early findings from a national research study on effective communication strategies for unbanked consumers; perspectives from...
...City of Jackson, MS; and Mayor Frank Scott Jr. of the City of Little Rock, AR. It also includes local updates from the CFE Coalition, and recent financial empowerment news....
...CityStart initiative. The CFE Fund will partner with local government leaders in Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Indianapolis, IN; Little Rock, AR; and Philadelphia, PA to help craft innovative, actionable blueprints...
...over the phone to help people strategize around supports for disruptions to their income and other financial concerns. They helped residents triage financial issues, identify immediate action steps, and make...
...phone-based financial triage and resource referrals; 35 municipal Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) partners are offering, or are working to launch, one-on-one financial counseling through FEC programs; and more than 80...
...has invested over $40 million in this initiative, which has provided 16,500 young people with summer jobs and over 800,000 low-income youth with access to financial education and safe and...
...and financial education to Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs). Citi Foundation, the program’s seed funder, provided an additional $800,000 in support of the Summer Jobs Connect initiative’s tenth year; additionally,...
The CFE Fund has a number of funding opportunities to support banking access efforts, including the Bank On Capacity Grant: Capacity Grant: The CFE Fund’s Bank On Capacity Grant aims...
...targeted outreach to low and moderate-income communities and training employees on serving these communities. Finally, the Coalition strongly recommends that assessment areas be revised to include all areas where banks...