Pillar 02 · Wealth
Turn earnings into lasting prosperity.
A job is the start, not the finish. The Wealth pillar helps people and families move from short-term survival to long-term security: budgeting, credit, saving, investing basics, and the community strategies that keep money in the neighborhood.
What the pillar does
Money skills, taught by people who had to learn them too.
Community conversations
Live sessions with a certified financial planner on the building blocks of independence: emergency funds, credit, investing, and passing wealth on. The April 2026 session is available as a recap.
Get the recapFinancial literacy for students
Code Red and Money Mondays style sessions with our school partners: passing down financial knowledge, then personal fraud prevention.
Our school pathwayCoaching that includes money
Career coaching that treats salary negotiation, benefits, and the first-year budget as part of landing the job, not an afterthought.
Coaching and mentoringFree resources
Handouts we use and recommend.
Plain-language worksheets from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, free to download and share. We use these in sessions; you can use them at your kitchen table.
Your Money, Your Goals
The CFPB toolkit behind most of our sessions: spending rules, cash flow, overdraft options, and the SAVED decision steps, in English and Spanish.
consumerfinance.govManage your college money
For students and the adults helping them: budgeting on aid, avoiding the credit trap, and planning for the first year after graduation.
consumerfinance.govYour disaster checklist
What to have ready before an emergency: documents, accounts, contacts. Print it, fill it in, keep it somewhere you can reach.
consumerfinance.govShare a resource
Know a tool that worked for you?
Tell us about a program, a fund, a class, or a practice that moved your finances forward. We vet it and share it with the community.