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#FridayFollow – Goal: Financial Self-Sufficiency
Michele Godfrey is a personal financial counselor and educator who is passionate about supporting clients to make the best financial decisions for their future. Through education and resources, she helps them build skills and gain financial self-sufficiency. Along with being a Financial Readiness Program Manager (Fort Belvoir Army Garrison) and...
March 01, 2019
Read More >#FridayFollow – Changing Lives Through Personal Finance and Financial Education
Nyesha Burton is an Accredited Financial Counselor® (AFC®) working for the Department of the Army. She provides financial counseling and financial education to military families abroad in Germany. Nyesha thoroughly enjoys helping her clients gain a solid financial foundation, preparing them to make educated, sound decisions individually and collectively.AFCPE: What inspired...
February 22, 2019
Read More >#FridayFollow: Financial Education, By Training and Passion
Meet Mia Russell, AFC®, a financial educator who leads the content strategy for Wells Fargo’s Hands on Banking®financial education program. In this role, she’s responsible for the development and enhancement of financial education curricula, resources, and tools for all! The available resources cater to youth, adults, seniors, military, entrepreneurs, and...
February 15, 2019
Read More >#FridayFollow – “A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats”
Starlett Henderson is a freelancer who has a created a work life that fits the needs of her family and those whom she serves. She provides life skills services to nonprofit organizations, government contractors, and individuals based on their particular needs and timing. Starlett began her journey with AFCPE as...
February 08, 2019
Read More >Emergency Savings: How to Prepare for the Unexpected
Dealing with an emergency is stressful, but not having the money to pay for it is even worse. Luckily, you can take steps to build an emergency savings fund so you’ll always have a financial safety net. Here are three easy ways to financially prepare for the next time you’re...
February 05, 2019
Read More >#Friday Follow: “A New and Fulfilling Career”
Alan Caldwell is a financial coach. Put simply, he helps people with their money: That means spending less, saving more, and getting on track to retire. Alan recently started his private practice, Customized Financial Coaching, after turning 60. One of the things we love about financial counseling, coaching, and education...
February 01, 2019
Read More >#Friday Follow: “Communicating Family Finances”
Ashley LeBaron is a family finance researcher at the University of Arizona. As a researcher, she runs statistical tests and writes papers focusing on how money influences couple relationships and how parents teach their kids about money. She and her colleagues were recently published in the latest issue of the...
January 25, 2019
Read More >Make 2019 the Year You Invest in Impact
Commit to high standards, capacity building, and lasting impact – for the client, for the coach, and for the community. Over the last 4 years, organizations and funders have invested in Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC®) and Financial Fitness Coach (FFC®) training and certification to better support initiatives that create lasting impact. As...
January 22, 2019
Read More >#FridayFollow: Waking Up for Financial and Social Change
Judy Polyne, AFC® is a financial coach and educator, coaching clients towards their financial goals. Through her work as an adjunct professor at New York University (NYU), as well as with local nonprofit organizations, Judy teaches people what they need to understand financial wellness and how to build a brighter financial...
January 18, 2019
Read More >Support those affected by the government shutdown
Let AFCPE raise awareness for the work you are doing to support furloughed workers! The federal government shutdown is now the longest in American history, leaving more than 800,000 government employees working without pay or placed on unpaid leave or furlough. The loss of a paycheck is leaving many individuals and...
January 16, 2019
Read More >#Friday Follow: Contribution Through Career Path
Dr. HanNa Lim, PhD is an assistant professor at Kansas State University researching and teaching personal finance. Her research focus includes college students’ financial wellness and the effects of family relationships on financial behavior. At the 2018 AFCPE Symposium, Dr. Lim and her colleague Frank Magwegwe won the Outstanding Symposium...
January 11, 2019
Read More >#ResearchWednesday – Serving Underserved Populations: The Incarcerated
Though there is much attention paid to overcrowded prisons, criminal justice reform, and recidivism, little has been done to address how men and women who have experienced incarceration relate to money. There is so much not known that it’s difficult to know where to start the conversation. In my recent...
January 09, 2019
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