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Dreaming big: Financial empowerment leads to a life transformed
26 November 2021
Author: Wendy Abbott-Serroul
Carla Macias, an Ecuadorian who came to Canada in 2007, shares her journey of integrating into a new country, outlining the ups and downs of facing a world where not only learning a new language is key to success but financial literacy proves equally important. Carla articulates just how instrumental the Jane/Finch Centre was to helping her embark on a path to ensure financial success for herself and her family.
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Tags: benefits, budget, Canada, Child, CLB, disability, education, empowerment, filing, financial, financial counselling, financial empowerment, Financial Empowerment Champion, financial literacy, financial stability, financial well-being, goal setting, immigrant, immigration, literacy, low income, low-income, newcomer, newcomers, RDSP, tax filing, tax-filing
Reaching out, remotely: Lessons in accessible remote engagement
31 May 2021
Author: Galen MacLusky
In Prosper Canada’s work in developing and piloting supports for people living on low incomes, we rely heavily on the guidance of people with lived experience. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of this engagement would take place in-person. The COVID-19 pandemic upended this approach and forced us to get creative about how we engage people living on low-incomes. We want to share two important lessons that we’ve learned over the past year. 
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Tags: Benefit, benefits, consumer protection, credit, debt, Disability, education, filing, financial advice, financial counselling, financial empowerment, financial literacy, financial stability, financial well-being, health, inclusion, low income, low-income, RDSP
FEPS connects children to disability supports
28 September 2018
Author: Simi Khosa
The Financial Empowerment and Problem Solving (FEPS) program provides one-on-one financial problem-solving, tax filing assistance and financial education workshops to Ontarians with low and modest incomes and urgent financial problems.
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Tags: benefits, financial advice, financial well-being, low-income, RDSP, RESP, tax, tax filing
The RDSP Calculator in action
24 February 2015
Author: Joel Crocker
The RDSP Calculator helps families plan for the future of their loved ones with disabilities. Take a look at Tanya’s scenario to see the RDSP Calculator in action.
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Tags: calculator, financial planning, planning, RDSP, saving