FINANCIAL EDUCATION
LSS Financial Counseling Service
promotes financial literacy. We believe that
financial education creates choice and the opportunity to
build a financial future.
We provide workshops for all age
groups, tailored to the needs of your group. We can deliver
these programs to community groups, classrooms, churches,
employers, and can also offer "train-the-trainer" for
agencies.
We offer financial education
three ways:
Financial Education Workshops
Usually 1-2 hours per topic. Here is a sampling of
individual workshops we offer:
- Money management and money
personality
- Consumer protection and
identity theft
- Finding money to start
saving and investing
- Living on reduced income
during transitions
- Building good credit to
improve your score
Financial Literacy Classes
Usually 8 hours total (four
weekly 2-hour sessions) using the Four Cornerstones of
Financial Literacy curriculum (click
here to see curriculum)
- Budgeting to create
savings
- Debt reduction and asset
building
- Improving credit rating
- Consumer protection and
financial institutions
Train-the-Trainer
Usually 4-8 hours total, depending on depth. This
special training is for front-line workers to build the
technical financial expertise and comfort to do financial
coaching and classes with their clients. Done successfully
with over 500 workers to date.
