The practice of financial coaching has emerged as a rapidly growing field as an increasing number of organizations integrate the coaching approach into their efforts to help people realize their financial goals. The 2019 Census will be the third Census survey conducted by the Center for Financial Security and the Asset Funders Network. The Census provides information on the size and scope of financial coaching efforts across the U.S., along with challenges and opportunities for the field. This third round of the Financial Coaching Census will document important trends and will allow for a comparison of results from the last two rounds and see changes and growth that have occurred. Participate today!
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Four La Follette School faculty members have received funding from the Herb Kohl Public Service Research Competition’s third round of awards. The Kohl Competition supports nonpartisan research that informs critical public policy and governance debates and advances evidence-based decision-making.
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Governor Scott Walker announced recipients of the 2017 Governor’s Financial Literacy Award, as selected by the Governor’s Council on Financial Literacy. Eighteen individuals, businesses, and organizations were chosen as recipients for the award. The UW-Extension Family Living Program’s Check Your Free Credit Report Campaign was announced as one of the recipients of the award. Since 2013, the Family Living Program has conducted a “Check Your Free Credit Report Campaign,” which seeks to increase Wisconsin residents’ access to, and understanding of, their credit histories. Residents can sign up for e-mail reminders every four months (2/2, 6/6, and 10/10) to check their credit scores with one of the three major credit reporting bureaus. Since 2013, 940 Wisconsin residents have signed up for the reminder e-mails – 181 of them in 2017 alone.
Following news of the recent Equifax data breach many consumers are fearful of how this could cause personal credit issues and possibly identify theft. Peggy Olive, Senior Financial Capability Specialist with UW-Extension and the Center for Financial Security, provides information and resources on how to monitor your credit report and take steps to remediate credit issues if they occur.
On June 28, 2017, the Center for Financial Security held a webinar presenting 
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