During the tax season, the Boston Tax Help Coalition administered the Financial Check-Up, a light touch strategy, one-on-one financial assessment tool that provides a City of Boston resident with the opportunity to review his or her credit report with a trained
Welcome, David Damiani!
OFE is pleased to welcome David Damiani as the Office of Financial Empowerment’s new Lead Financial Coach. He will be based at the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment (RCFE) at 7 Palmer Street in Dudley Square and supervised by Alan
Meet Alan Gentle of OFE’s Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment!
Alan Gentle, tireless leader of the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment, is well known in the neighborhood for managing our financial coaching program and one of the busiest tax sites in Boston. Recently, he was asked to put together a
Graduation time for the Bridge to Hospitality!
The Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment hosted a Bridge to Hospitality graduation on Friday, April 27, 2018. The Bridge to Hospitality is a workforce development program in which Boston residents receive basic skills training for four weeks, prior to enrolling in
Come join OFE and the BTHC for the 2018 tax season!
The Boston Tax Help Coalition is looking for volunteers, and registration is now open! Is it already that time of year again?! You bet! It’s never too early to get involved in a volunteer project that can make a real difference
What’s New at the Office of Financial Empowerment
October is an exciting month for the Mayor’s Office of Financial Empowerment! In addition to our usual work this time of year getting ready for our VITA tax programs, we are preparing to host the Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE)
Tips on Credit Cards from the U.S. News and World Report
Credit cards for “bad credit” offer access to credit for people who have low credit scores, usually FICO scores below 580 (Very Poor on the FICO credit score range). With Very Poor credit, it is often difficult to be approved
BPDA Director Brian Golden visits the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment!
The Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) was delighted to host Boston Planning & Development Agency Director Brian Golden on Tuesday, April 11, when he visited the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment’s busy VITA tax site. Brian took in stride the mild
Learn about Free File, another IRS approved way of getting your taxes done!
In addition to visiting one of the Boston Tax Help Coalition’s free tax sites staffed by IRS certified volunteers, the BTHC also promotes a service called Free File that is also approved by the IRS. Residents can click here to
Apply to “Bridge to Hospitality” Job Training now!
The Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment (RCFE), located in Dudley Square in Roxbury, is accepting applications for a free workforce development training program that leads to jobs in the Hospitality field. Update – two classes have graduated in 2017