Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy ProgramLos Angeles Harbor College

Financial Literacy Program Logo

• Designed and Created by Eric Romero▫Apple – Represents

knowledge about financial situation

▫Wings –Inspired by ATD Logo

▫Colors Green for money Gold for success

About Our Campus• Approximately 9000-10,000 students

▫Foster Youth: 50-60▫Veterans: 80-100

• Demographic Breakdown:▫Hispanic: 52.3% ▫White: 16.9%▫African-American: 15.5%▫Asian/Asian-American: 13.6%▫ Other/Unknown: 1.7%

• 1 of 7 Los Angeles Community College District Schools

• First school to receive YouthSource Grant

Current Projects

•Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service▫January 30th, 2013

•Foster Youth Getting Priority▫Mid March

•Workshops on:▫Debt Reduction▫Loans▫Life Insurance

Outreach Efforts• Working with on campus departments

▫First Year Experience▫Life Skills Center▫Cultural Equity & Awareness Intervention▫Counseling Department▫Financial Aid Department

• Los Angeles Harbor Youth Source Center▫ Being a component of job readiness

• USC United Friends of the Children ▫ Presented to high school foster youth

Program Development Opportunities

• Financial Coaching Training▫5-day intensive training

• On Course Workshop▫3-day staff development

• Foster Youth Success Initiative Conference▫Sacramento, CA – 2 day

• Southern California Higher Ed. Foster Youth Consortium▫Fall and Spring participation

• California State University, San Marcos▫Working Scholarship program info. Session

• Cerritos Community College LINC

Where We Began: July 2012

•Hired and began Financial Coaching Training

Where We Began: July 2012

•Program Development:▫Application▫Pre-Test▫Interaction sheet▫Publicity documents

Last Semester: Fall 2012• Created local resource list including:

▫Housing, utilities discounts, clinics, food banks, bus passes, etc.

• Presented first group orientation▫September 5th and September 6th ▫7 participants, 6 foster youth

• Chaffee Grant Informational Workshop▫September 19th ▫12 participants, 8 foster youth

• Chaffee Grant Recipient Workshop▫October 15th▫9 participants, 9 foster

Last Semester: Fall 2012

•3-Day Workshop: “Where’s My Money?”▫Worked with Life

Skills Center on campus

▫~40 students, 15 Foster

▫Worked with Jean Pann, MSW

Last Semester: Fall 2012•Laptop Scholarship Workshop•Cultural Equity & Awareness Intervention

▫Once a month meetings ▫Program for MLK Jr. Service Day

•Program Modification▫Curriculum development▫Online intake▫Define program objectives

Fall 2012 Evaluation•Current student participants in our program

▫Total: 25 Foster Youth-21

Network with Financial Aid Foster Youth Liaison Maria Chavez

Veterans- 1 Other-3

•Overall, good feeling but want to reach out to veterans more▫Meet with Veterans Center to get more

access

Current Situation: Spring 2013

•New online documents▫New presentation evaluation ▫New Application▫New Student Assessment

•New modifications on website•Completed MLK Jr. Day of Service Event

▫60 student participants▫2 hour presentation on Financial Literacy

•New intake form for optimal data collection

New Publicity Information

Future Plans: Spring 2013

•Foster Youth Getting Priority▫CashCource.co

m Scholarship Awarded to FLP

•Coalition with other on-campus resources

Future Plans: Spring 2013

•Current student participants in our program▫Total: 15

6 new Foster Youth 9 returning

1 Veterans 8 Foster Youth OPEN to NON VET and FOSTER YOUTH

students

•Desired Goals: Be able to reach out to Veteran Population and supply services however we can

Contact Us

•Hours of Operation:

•Contact Info:▫Armando Villalpando: villapa@lahc.edu▫Eric Romero: romeroea@lahc.edu

•Main Office Phone Number: 310-233-4046

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9AM – 5PM 9AM – 5PM 9AM – 2PM 9AM – 2PM 9AM – 2PM