1 / 7

Center for Working Families: Implementation Strategies

Center for Working Families: Implementation Strategies. Bon Secours. Who We Are. Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation/ Bon Secours Baltimore Health System Operates programs and initiatives that improve the quality of life in West Baltimore

lucus
Download Presentation

Center for Working Families: Implementation Strategies

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Center for Working Families: Implementation Strategies Bon Secours

  2. Who We Are • Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation/ Bon Secours Baltimore Health System • Operates programs and initiatives that improve the quality of life in West Baltimore • Over 500 units of quality, affordable housing produced and over 800 tax returns filed in 2006 • Programs • Community organizing and planning • Housing development • Assistance for homeless women • GED/ABE, parenting classes and medical attention for young families • Job and financial literacy programs for adults and youth

  3. Why CWF • Community wanted people to work and save money to build a better life • Hired Goodwill to place people in jobs, but they weren’t getting ahead

  4. Before CWF: Our Money Place Financial Service Center Basic Financial Literacy Work Supports -- Free Tax Preparation through VITA Job Placement Program Partners Goodwill- Job placement SecurityPlus FCU- basic banking Check-casher- transactional financial services What we added: Job Retention and financial training component now part of Job Placement Formal financial planning and low-cost tax preparation In Fall ‘06 began utilizing EarnBenefits to enhance work support services Implemented a coaching model as a way of interacting with clients (as opposed to traditional case management) Building Out CWF

  5. CWF Participants • 250 active participants • Typical CWF participant is an African American woman, 42 years old

  6. Headline Outcomes • Helped 146 people obtain employment • Over $50,000 in debt reduction • Almost 44% of the people we placed in employment are saving regularly • 41 people are working on improving their credit report/score • Over $27,000 in EIC obtained

  7. Lesson • This work is about economic success over time -- not job placement or financial literacy. People who have a long-term financial vision for themselves and their families take action and stick with it.

More Related