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Financial Empowerment

We connect you to financial tools and resources to manage your finances, reduce debt and save for the future.

We connect you to financial tools and resources to manage your finances, reduce debt and save for the future.

Upcoming Courses

All courses are free, taught in small group settings, and grounded in the real financial lives of our community.

Financial Empowerment Courses

Financial Empowerment Courses

Youth Money Basics

Introduces the building blocks of managing money: earning, budgeting, saving, and banking. Participants learn the difference between needs and wants, open the door to their first bank account, and leave with both a personal savings goal and a plan to reach it.

Covers the fundamentals for adults: budgeting, banking, credit, debt management, and saving strategies. Participants leave with a personal spending plan and a clear picture of their financial standing.

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Investing Basics

Our most requested adult course, moves participants from managing money to building wealth. The course demystifies retirement accounts, stocks, and long-term saving vehicles so participants can make informed decisions on their financial future.

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Financial Literacy 101

Covers the fundamentals for adults: budgeting, banking, credit, debt management, and saving strategies. Participants leave with a personal spending plan and a clear picture of their financial standing.

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Small Business Capital Ready Series

Small Business Capital Ready Series

Building Business Credit

Learn how business credit differs from personal credit, how business credit profiles are established and reported, and practical steps you can take to build and strengthen your business credit.

Covers the fundamentals for adults: budgeting, banking, credit, debt management, and saving strategies. Participants leave with a personal spending plan and a clear picture of their financial standing.

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Telling the Financial Story

Learn how your financial records and statements work together to show profitability, cash flow, overall financial health, and readiness for future financing.

Covers the fundamentals for adults: budgeting, banking, credit, debt management, and saving strategies. Participants leave with a personal spending plan and a clear picture of their financial standing.

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Capital, Growth, & Succession

Understand how lenders evaluate a business, what it means to be capital ready, and how the financial foundation you build today can support future financing, growth, an eventual sale, or succession

Covers the fundamentals for adults: budgeting, banking, credit, debt management, and saving strategies. Participants leave with a personal spending plan and a clear picture of their financial standing.

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The Basics of Financial Health

Personal finance skills are foundational to living a healthy, happy and secure life.  Explore these resources, created in partnership with College Money Habits, to learn about the fundamentals of budgeting, saving and credit — helping you manage your day-to-day finances and plan for the future.

“Most of us bury our heads, and we don’t want to deal with our credit score. It can be very scary … but I want to tell people they can take control of it.”

“Most of us bury our heads, and we don’t want to deal with our credit score. It can be very scary … but I want to tell people they can take control of it.”

“Most of us bury our heads, and we don’t want to deal with our credit score. It can be very scary … but I want to tell people they can take control of it.”

– Hill Harper, author of The Wealth Cure

– Hill Harper, author of The Wealth Cure

Budgeting

Budgeting is creating a financial plan to spend, save and invest your money. It is the first step on the path to financial success. It starts with tracking your income and understanding your expenses, then setting financial goals and planning how to spend your money within your means.

Saving

Saving gives you the freedom to live the life you want. It begins with setting financial goals and creating a plan to put a little away at a time. It also involves establishing an emergency savings fund to help you navigate unexpected expenses. With discipline and sacrifice, you can build your savings to realize your goals.

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Personal Finance Workshops

View recordings from past virtual sessions with College Money Habits founder Obioha Okereke. We explore strategies and tips for improving money management and hear from other financial experts!