Financial Empowerment (MCFE)
RESOURCES
Please browse this page for a variety of resources/publications related to local financial empowerment:
Annual MCFE Summit
MCFE Publications
- MCFE One Pager (pdf)
MCFE Webinars/Trainings
- Financial Empowerment Centers: The Next Step to Financial Empowerment (October 2, 2013) View the panel recording or download a .mp3 audio podcast (84 MB: right click and “save as”).
- Fostering Financial Independence: Local Strategies to Help Residents Increase Financial Stability (May 14, 2013) View the webinar recording, powerpoint, and Q&A summary.
National Organizations
General Research/Publications
- Building Economic Security in America’s Cities: New Municipal Strategies for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment (Prosperity Now report)
- Integrating Financial Empowerment Strategies into Housing and Homeless Prevention Programs (Prosperity Now report)
“Supervitamin” Series from the NYC Office of Financial Empowerment
- Municipal Financial Empowerment: A Supervitamin for Public Programs (full series) (pdf)
- Municipal Financial Empowerment: Part 1 – Integrating Professional Financial Counseling (pdf)
- Municipal Financial Empowerment: Part 2 – Professionalizing the Field of Financial Education and Counseling (pdf)
- Municipal Financial Empowerment: Part 3 – Integrating Safe and Affordable Bank Accounts (pdf)
SaveUSA
- SaveUSA Program Implementation: Insights from the Field (pdf)
- $aveNYC Account: Innovation in Asset Building (pdf)
Bank On Campaigns
- JoinBankOn.org
- Partnerships You Can Bank On: Sustainable Financial Institution Engagement in Bank On Programs (pdf)
- Bank On Kalamazoo
- Bank On Mid-Michigan
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