The Boston Tax Help Coalition kicked off its eighteenth season of free tax preparation services with the help of Mayor Martin J. Walsh and community partners at a launch event held Tuesday at the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment. The
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)
In Boston today, 17% of households live in poverty but far more (46%) are financially vulnerable. These liquid asset poor households do not have enough savings to live even at the poverty level for three months if they were to have
Back to School – the day every parent yearns for and every child dreads (just kidding)! At the OFE, we were yearning for new shoes and crisp notebooks ourselves so were delighted when Mayor Martin J. Walsh invited staffers from