Financial Empowerment Program
The YWCA's strategy for empowering women to build wealth is to provide the training, education, and resources in order to increase income and purchase assets, focusing on the power of home ownership, post-secondary education, and business ownership to break free from the cycle of poverty. We help individuals reach these goals through the provision of financial literacy training, matched savings accounts, microenterprise training, and micro-lending.
Financial Empowerment Workshops
Choose to strengthen your financial future
A series of four interactive financial literacy workshops on topics such as budgeting, banking, avoiding predatory lending practices, credit and credit repair, and investing. Presenters include experienced Staff and Community Leaders. Workshops are held several times per year at convenient locations and times. Find upcoming Financial Empowerment workshops on the YWCA Event Calendar.
Workshop 1
MAKING THE COMMITMENT TO YOUR FUTURE
YWCA Greater Pittsburgh
- Set achievable wealth building goals
- Make better spending choices
- Practice a variety of budgeting techniques
- Learn tips for finding money to save
Workshop 2
MONEY TALK: USING BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS
Huntington Bank
- Determine which financial products and services are best for you
- Learn to recognize and avoid predatory financial services
- Find out how to start, re-start, or maintain a good bank or credit union relationship
Workshop 3
UNDERSTANDING CREDIT AND CREDIT REPAIR
Dollar Bank
- Examine the content of your credit report
- Recognize and correct errors
- Understand what affects your credit score
- Learn strategies for restoring good credit
Workshop 4
SAVING AND INVESTING
PNC Investments
- Understand how savings accounts and other types of investments work
- Identify your saving and investing goals
- Determine action steps you can take to start meeting your goals
TO REGISTER: Please call the Asset Development Initiative at 412-255-6749 to reserve your space.
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