Facts & Figures: Our Results, By the Numbers

IMPROVING ECONOMIC WELL-BEING

Goal: Measurably improve the financial decision-making of 3,000 women and girls by 2010.

Vision: Substantially improve the economic well-being of 20,000 women and girls in our community by 2020.

Current Status: As of December 2009, more than 1,500 women and their families have benefited from financial education instruction. 

The Finance 4 Her™ program teaches women how to develop a personal financial plan and create methods of savings to build their assets.  After the educational program is completed, women can join an Encouragement Coach Network and be matched with volunteer coaches to further their learning, connect them to additional resources, and support them as they "work" their plan.

Services 
Women 4 Women and our community partners continue to provide the following services to families through Finance 4 Her™:

• Direct Instruction
• Encouragement Coach Networks

Training  
As of December 2009, Financial Opportunity: Family Progress instructors were trained for the following agencies:

• Habitat for Humanity
• The Family Scholar House
• The Center for Women and Families
• JCPS Family Education
• Louisville Asset Building Coalition
• Louisville Urban League
• JCPS Y.O.U. Alternative School
• The Healing Place
• Home of the Innocents
• Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership
• Metro United Way -- Bridges to Tomorrow
• New Directions Housing Corporation
• PNC Bank Managers
• Housing Partnership Inc.
• Jewish Family and Career Services
• Making Connections Louisville
• Southern Indiana Asset Building Coalition Board Member
• Dress for Success

Encouragement Coach Network
Volunteer Encouragement coaches have been recruited and trained to support women once they complete financial education classes as they implement their financial plans.

Finance 4 Her™ is expanding opportunities for women to join the Encouragement Coach Network by engaging local partners to become host sites for financial education classes and the Finance 4 Her™ Encouragement Coach Network.  Women 4 Women can provide facilitated start-up planning, recruitment strategies, materials and ongoing technical assistance to interested agencies.