What Agency Partners Are Saying

• This program gives us a tool to give information and incentive to at-risk populations to move into a success mode.
• It has provided valuable curriculum and “made” our agency give us time to develop something that will work for our clients.
• It contributes towards making communities and families more money savvy. This way they become more financially independent and more respectful of themselves.
• We had 15 participants who were extremely excited about the workshops and very involved throughout the entire 12 hours.
• The mentors were great support, just talking to them during our planning sessions helped in creating an improved program.
• We believe the participants that attended walked away with valuable information and that we planted that 'seed' of hope around money management.
• Having the opportunity to observe the facilitators in March helped us to visualize what styles to use in our own workshops. We were able to reflect on our particular audience and adjust to help them grasp the topics being covered.
• Our aim [in our next workshop] will be to educate participants of our programs as well as include staff members…. The more people who are 'equipped' with the tools the better we can build a financially aware and stable community.
• We are constantly trying to find ways to build capacity in staff and to do more with limited resources. This program has met these goals. This program has also benefited staff as much as the clients …. It has exceeded my own expectations.
• This mini-grant program made us aware that this is a topic our youth are very interested in and that we need to do more programs like this. Now instead of bingo at family night we can play one of the money management games.
• The mini-grant program gave us new ideas on how to address financial planning, strengthened our current program, and provided us with materials that our clients can relate to and find exciting. This has been very positive for our staff and clients.
• Financial education will be integrated into Gamblers Intervention Services outpatient group treatment process as an ongoing component, in addition to required participation in at least one session with a counselor for personal budget review.
• It's been a wonderful experience for my staff and an excellent program to be offered to our community. We hope in the future we can find ways that will allow us to continue this new program.
• Although our agency has a very active job-skills program, we have never had a budgeting or personal finance program that assists residents when they are released. Our trained staff will continue to teach these classes on a regular basis.