Financial Coaching’s Potential for Enhancing Family Financial Security

Financial coaching is an emerging complement to financial education and counseling.  As defined in this article by J. Michael Collins, Peggy Olive, and Collin O'Rourke, financial coaching is a process whereby participants set goals, commit to taking certain actions by specific dates, and are then held accountable by the coach.  In this way, financial coaching is … Continue reading Financial Coaching’s Potential for Enhancing Family Financial Security

Financial Coaching’s Potential for Enhancing Family Financial Security

Financial coaching is an emerging complement to financial education and counseling.  As defined in this article by J. Michael Collins, Peggy Olive and Collin O'Rourke, financial coaching is a process whereby participants set goals, commit to taking certain actions by specific dates, and are then held accountable by the coach.  In this way, financial coaching … Continue reading Financial Coaching’s Potential for Enhancing Family Financial Security

Money $mart in Head Start: Financial Education and Outreach with Head Start Families

Financial newsletters, workshops, and coaching were offered to Head Start families because these families are financially vulnerable and because parents of young children may be in the midst of a key teachable moment. The data presented in this brief by Peggy Olive, Collin O'Rourke, and J. Michael Collins confirm Head Start families’ vulnerable financial positions. … Continue reading Money $mart in Head Start: Financial Education and Outreach with Head Start Families