Financial Literacy

The Center for Neighborhood Enterprise partnered with HSBC-North America to bring adult financial literacy education to low and middle income adults. From 2006 through 2010, more than 26,000 adults received training with the HSBC/CNE Your Money Counts curriculum. In 2010, 123 workshops were held with a total of 3,825 adults participating.

Workshop participant wins a door prize.

Topics covered in the workshops include Banking, Credit History, Homeownership, Identity Theft, Managing Your Money, Managing Your Mortgage, Using Credit, and Borrowing Basics.

The workshops are implemented by community-based organizations in each locale, with assistance from CNE and HSBC. More than 60 community organizations have hosted workshops over the past five years. In 2010, trainings were held in 11 states and the District of Columbia. The states were California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

CNE has provided financial literacy education to almost 30,000 adults since 2002 when the Center first formed a partnership with Household International, a predecessor organization of HSBC-North America.

The Center and members of its grassroots network are taking financial literacy training to a new level with the use of social mediaCheck out these links! 

2006-2009 OVERVIEW            2009 PROGRAM EVALUATION   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Charles Perry
Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
1625 K Street, NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-518-6500, Toll free: 866-518-1263
Email: cperry@cneonline.org

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