Bank On Louisville e-news | October 2014

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Bank On Louisville e-news

BANK ON LOUISVILLE is a comprehensive network of community partners focused on serving the unbanked and underbanked by increasing access to mainstream financial services, products and tools and financial education resources in order to decrease their reliance on expensive, alternative services and increase financial stability.

Brought to you by Louisville Metro Community Services October 2014

Upcoming events

Financial Recovery workshop, Tues., Oct. 7, 6pm at Fern Creek LFPL
Credit Building education series, beginning Thurs., Oct. 9, 6pm at Northwest Neighborhood Place
Start Fresh! workshop, Fri., Oct. 10, 12pm at Bridges of Hope Neighborhood Place
Second annual Financial Empowerment Summit, Thurs., October 30 at Hotel Louisville

Articles and resources to share

Financial Wellness At Work: a review of promising practices and policies from the CFPB

Payday lending is big business: What you should know article from USA Today

Lessons and Insights from the Learning Group on Asset Limits paper from CFED's Assets and Opportunity Network

America Saves Annual Report

Our new "Credit as an Asset" workbook is underway!

We're excited to announce that we have been hard at work on a brand new financial education curriculum designed to follow our Start Fresh! workshop! This new curriculum, Credit as an Asset, is the result of a collaboration with the Credit Builders Alliance, supported by the Assets and Opportunity Network's JP Morgan Chase technical assistance fund.

Curious about Credit as an Asset? We'll be presenting a sample workshop at the second annual Financial Empowerment Summit. We hope you'll join us for this opportunity to learn more about this curriculum.

Financial Empowerment Summit: Topics and Strategies for Promoting Financial Inclusion

Thursday, October 30, 2014
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Hotel Louisville (120 W. Broadway)
Register here
Register with CEUs here

Resources from the Assets Learning Conference

In September, Bank On Louisville coordinator Caitlin Willenbrink attended the Assets Learning Conference in Washington, DC, presented by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED).

Check out the Bank On Louisville Twitter page and the hashtag #ALC2014, plus CFED's Assets Learning Conference blogs, for takeaways and interesting tidbits.

Here are some additional resources presented at the conference for you to investigate:

US Financial Diaries project collecting stories and data on the day-to-day financial lives of Americans
"One Crisis Away" project from KERA Texas documenting the financial challenges of several low-income families
Benefits Checkup tool from the National Council on Aging
Better Money Habits financial education tools from Bank of America and Khan Academy
Louisville Metro Community Services is a lead local organization in the Assets and Opportunity Network. Join the Assets and Opportunity Network as general member to get updates on state and federal asset-building policy.

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If you have an event, resource, or article that you'd like to include in a Bank On Louisville newsletter or on our website, contact us by email or call 502.574.5156.

Bank On Louisville is an initiative of Louisville Metro Dept. of Community Services, Advocacy and Empowerment Division

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