In celebration of America Saves Week, the City of Boston held a series of free financial empowerment events for Boston residents from February 25 to March 2. The week’s activities included tax preparation, Boston Builds Credit credit-building workshops, and savings fairs,
A study released today by the Mayor’s Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) finds that the Financial Check-Up (FCU) – a light-touch, one-on-one credit review – can make a dramatic impact on residents’ financial well-being in a short amount of time. A randomized, controlled trial of hundreds of Boston taxpayers
When they walk into Maria Chavez’s Boston Housing Authority (BHA) office, many public housing residents come fatigued by the challenges of poverty, stress, and the uphill battle to improve their situation. Maria embraces them – anyone who enters her office,
Alan Gentle, Manager of the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment, and Jason Andrade, Lead Financial Coach, were recently featured on WCVB’s CityLine show with the theme Money Talks. CityLine is Channel 5’s award-winning urban news and feature news magazine