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Financial Empowerment yields compound interest
Remember “Home Ec” classes? At high schools across the country, students learned about household finances: how to save money for a rainy day, how a loan works, and what compound interest does. Solid...
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Financial empowerment Intensive Learning Cluster update
art by Rainer Waldman Atkins Last October, Solid Ground entered into a very exciting partnership with the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED). Solid Ground was selected, along with four...
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September 2013 Groundviews newsletter: Holding herself accountable
Groundviews is Solid Ground’s quarterly newsletter for our friends and supporters. Below is our September 2013 lead story; please visit our website to read the entire issue online. Sally Mary de Leon...
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Seattle employs financial empowerment to help families thrive
Financial Fitness Boot Camp’s Coach Judy Seattle will be the first city on the West Coast to open no-cost Financial Empowerment Centers. Solid Ground will partner with Neighborhood House to provide a...
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Integrating financial empowerment
We are thrilled to announce that the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) – with funding from Bank of America Charitable Foundation – has invited Solid Ground to participate in a new financial...
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Financial Empowerment: Together We Thrive
This blog post was written by Emily Kuo, a Duke Engage intern who has been working with multiple departments at Solid Ground this summer, but with a focus in Supportive Services. The post originally...
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#FinancialEmpowerment: Celebrating Financial Capability Month
This post was contributed by Kira Zylstra, Solid Ground’s Stabilization Services Director. Throughout the month of April, Solid Ground participated in the Corporation for Enterprise Development’s...
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Spring 2015 Groundviews: Standing up for my financial freedom
Below is the lead story of our Spring 2015 Groundviews newsletter. To read the entire newsletter online, please visit our Groundviews webpage. Jonah West is a Financial Fitness Boot Camp program...
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Big Picture News: Financial empowerment for all
Financial Fitness Boot Camp Coach Judy Poston At Solid Ground, financial empowerment is integral to our mission to end poverty. Financial justice starts with helping people understand their personal...
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Financial Fitness Boot Camp helps people weigh options
Financial Fitness Boot Camp Coach Judy Poston A few weeks ago, a gentleman called Financial Fitness Boot Camp (FFBC) asking questions about budgeting, as well as how to pay off a huge credit card debt...
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Financial Fitness Tips: What affects your credit score?
Solid Ground’s Financial Fitness Boot Camp and ConnectUp team up to create financial fitness tips like these to send out through our Resource Wire. Financial Fitness Boot Camp Coach, Judy Poston Your...
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