J. Michael Collins, Nathalie Gons, & Kasey Wiedrich prepared this brief on financial counseling and financial access among job training participants. The results of the study show that integrating access to financial products and services is feasible at scale. The high take-up rate of bank accounts suggests that unbanked participants had a strong desire to … Continue reading Financial Counseling and Financial Access Among Job Training Participants
Kasey Wiedrich
Financial Education and Account Access Among Elementary Students
J. Michael Collins, Elizabeth Odders‐White, & Kasey Wiedrich conducted field studies to test the effect of classroom-based financial education and access to a bank or credit union branch in school, alone and in combination, on students’ financial knowledge, financial behaviors, and attitudes toward financial institutions and saving. Download Brief View Full Report The recent economic crisis, … Continue reading Financial Education and Account Access Among Elementary Students
Financial Coaching Training Assessment
Financial coaching is an emerging approach that helps individuals set financial goals, develop concrete action plans toward those goals, and maintain accountability. This report by J. Michael Collins, Nathalie Gons and Kasey Wiedrich summarizes interviews with workshop participants from UW-Extension's financial coaching trainings, which were held in December 2010, April 2011, and May 2011. The goal … Continue reading Financial Coaching Training Assessment
University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security 