...to revise its regulations implementing the Military Lending Act (MLA) to ensure that service members and their families are protected from the full range of abusive lending practices that trap...
...components of the FEC model. Partnerships both facilitate the counseling delivery and ensure a flow of financial counseling clients referred through a diverse range of municipal and community partnerships. The...
...role to ensure financial empowerment is central to local anti-poverty efforts. The CFE Fund is currently accepting applications for the next FE Cities cohort. Applications must be submitted through our...
...supports and programs. The Emergency Financial Empowerment (EFE) initiative partners local emergency management leadership with government and other community financial empowerment resources, better to ensure that emergency response protocols incorporate...
...stability—we urged supervising agencies to ensure that banks offering accounts that benefit the local community receive CRA credit, regardless of the rule set chosen by regulators. This credit serves as...
To ensure strong financial futures for residents, local governments increasingly are using their unique powers to protect consumers from scams, fraud, and financial abuse. Two municipalities offering notable consumer protection...
Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) clients receive free, one-on-one professional counseling assistance with money management, budgeting, reducing debt, establishing and improving credit, connecting to safe and affordable banking services, building savings,...
...same time vulnerable communities have long been targets of fraudulent, predatory financial products and services. Just as local governments play an increasingly meaningful role in financially empowering their residents, they...
...Centers (FECs) offer professional, one-on-one financial counseling as a free public service. The evaluation draws on data from 22,000 clients who participated in 57,000 counseling sessions across these first 5...
...Antonio, TX). Financial Empowerment Centers (FECs) offer professional, one-on-one financial counseling as a free public service. The evaluation draws on data from 22,000 clients who participated in 57,000 counseling sessions...