Why Financial Education?

With all that’s happening in this city, state, country, and world, why do we focus on financial education? Click on a box to learn more.

Improves Health and Well-being

Financial instability drives chronic stress, housing insecurity, limited food access, and reduced preventive care. Economic hardship remains a critical social driver of overall health outcomes, while financial education and coaching are tools to combat it.

Decreases Racial Wealth Gap

For generations, racist policies and practices have made it harder for Black communities and people of color to access safe financial tools and build wealth, leaving many folks vulnerable to predatory systems. Financial education helps close the racial wealth gap by putting more control, resources, and opportunity back into their hands.

Makes upward mobility sustainable

Financial education is the quiet infrastructure of upward economic mobility. Economic growth can’t be maintained without the confidence, knowledge, and skills to stabilize and prosper. If upward economic mobility was a game of chess, financial education would be the strategy with which to win.

Fosters partnerships

Everyone benefits from financial education. By connecting with partner organizations, we can reach their clientele to support their growth. We expand our outreach and share our expertise, while partners get foundational knowledge they can trust.

Tackles a Complicated and Inescapable System

The financial system is complicated and confusing, and we’re thrown into the deep end without any training. Financial education sets you up for survival and success.

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