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Matthew Manning, HomeOwnership Center Director, AHEAD, Inc.
Nonprofit takes homeownership education into prison
The comfort and security of owning your own home should be accessible to everyone, believes Robert Corley, executive director of NeighborWorks Southern Mass. And to him, that’s more than just proverbial saying on a wall.
Get to know a VISTA: Anna Jen
Anna Jen is a former NeighborWorks AmeriCorps VISTA alumna from Fresno, California who served in Roseburg, Oregon at NeighborWorks Umpqua from 2012-2013.
Bridging the gap
Bill Bynum, CEO, Hope Enterprise Corporation
Ed Sivak, Chief Policy and Communications Officer, Hope Enterprise Corporation
Payday loans are bad deals for consumers. That's why NeighborWorks is excited to see that Google announced it would no longer accept ads from payday lenders. These ads attracted financially troubled consumers and trapped them in unexpectedly long-term bad deals for short-term money.
Community Loan Center: Small dollar loan program
Nick Mitchell-Bennett, Executive Director and Jeremy Stremler, Resource Development and Strategic Planning, Community Development Corp. of Brownsville
For youth who attend this program, ‘money rocks’
| Youth crowd around to learn about finances at Money Rocks. |
Financial capability programs make 'cents' for renters
Financial security is critical for both the residents served by NeighborWorks America network member Community Housing Partners (CHP) and the greater area. Thus, the nonprofit organization focuses its resident-services program on the financial capability of its multifamily residents — access to financial education, coaching and the products necessary to act on what they learn.
Important update: The U.S. Department of the Treasury decided in July 2017 to phase out the myRA program, and the program is no longer accepting new enrollments. Savings in existing accounts remain safely invested.
Many people know it's important to save for retirement, but haven’t found an easy way to get started.
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