Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy Program
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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: [email protected]▫Eric Romero: [email protected]
•Main Office Phone Number: 310-233-4046
MON TUES WED THURS FRI
9AM – 5PM 9AM – 5PM 9AM – 2PM 9AM – 2PM 9AM – 2PM