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2 December 2016
Author: Maya Ramchandani

The Financial Empowerment and Problem Solving (FEPS) program provides much needed money management support to people living on low incomes.

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Tags: benefits, financial empowerment, low-income, poverty reduction, tax, tax filing

Content, Conversation, and Confidence: The 3 C's of teaching financial literacy

24 November 2016
Author: Carissa Di Gangi (1)

How do you teach financial literacy? At ABC Life Literacy Canada, we talk about this question a lot.

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Tags: financial advice, financial empowerment, financial literacy, financial literacy month, financial well-being

Financial Empowerment in Canada: Why it matters and what it looks like

16 November 2016
Author: Allison Homer and Glenna Harris (1)

Last month, Vibrant Communities Canada (VCC) launched the Exploring Poverty Reduction Game Changers series. The series provided insight into their Game Changer approach to poverty reduction and evaluation, and highlighted eight priority areas and strategies that elicit an array of positive, significant, and cascading outcomes towards reducing poverty.

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Tags: financial empowerment, financial literacy, financial well-being, poverty, poverty reduction

Revolutionizing financial education for youth raised in and from care

28 October 2016
Author: Maya Ramchandani

In a previous blog post I reflected on some of the financial difficulties faced by young people from care. I also talked about the importance of financially empowering youth from care, given that we’re required to be completely financially independent after 18 years of age.

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Tags: education, financial empowerment, financial literacy, financial planning, saving, youth

Why youth raised in and from care can benefit from financial education

30 September 2016
Author: Maya Ramchandani

I grew up in foster care. That’s why when I learned my colleagues at Prosper Canada were working with the Children’s Aid Foundation on an online financial literacy course tailored to young people in and from foster care I was interested.

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Tags: budgeting, education, financial empowerment, financial literacy, saving, youth

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