The Center’s Financial and Community Education program promotes economic self-sufficiency and works to ensure a future of security, stability and growth. The program provides resources for working families, assisting them to develop, practice and maintain healthy spending, saving and credit habits. Through one-on-one credit counseling, budgeting and finance workshops and directly assisting workers to maximize their income and earnings, the Center’s Financial and Community Education program helps strengthen families and build communities.

By providing training, resources and hands-on assistance, the Center connects working families to mainstream financial services and provides asset-building tools that promote economic prosperity. Partnering with dozens of banks and credit unions, the Center has helped 2,650 previously unbanked consumers open new accounts since 2001.

By advocating for improvements in mainstream financial services, implementing innovative pilot programs, and spearheading research and evaluation, the Center continually seeks to develop new and more effective approaches to financial education and improve products to meet the needs of working families.

For more information on the Center's Financial Education Programs, please click on the links to the right.