Projects

Emergency Financial Empowerment

Natural disasters, public health crises, and other localized emergencies can have serious financial ramifications for individuals and families, due to unexpected expenses, loss of income, and limited access to relief supports and programs.

CityStart

Intensive, city-specific approach to helping mayors tee up financial empowerment work in their administrations.

Local Consumer Financial Protection Initiative

Assisting local government partners to develop and launch consumer financial protection departments.

Financial Empowerment Cities

The Financial Empowerment Cities initiative supports cohorts of local leaders to launch and lead a newly established local Office of Financial Empowerment.

Financial Navigators

Thank you to our many municipal and funding partners for making this pandemic-era program such a bold and nimble success. Across 31 cities and counties, trained navigators helped thousands of residents identify and then access public resources targeted to address their individual needs.

Financial Empowerment Center Replication Initiative

Professional, one-on-one, municipally-led, free financial counseling, embedded into government social services.

Bank On Fellowship

The CFE Fund’s Bank On Fellowship program provides funding and in-kind technical assistance to support dedicated leadership for Bank On coalitions.

Bank On

The CFE Fund’s national Bank On platform supports local coalition and financial institution efforts to connect consumers to safe, affordable bank accounts.

Summer Jobs Connect

Embedding financial education and banking access into summer youth employment programs.

The Professionalizing Field of Financial Counseling and Coaching

Collaborative efforts to advance the professionalism of the financial counseling field for those with low incomes.