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Leaders in Family-Centered Coaching: MS Cohort Training Scholarships

The Prosperity Agenda is excited to announce the launch of our Family-Centered Coaching (FCC) Intensive Training Cohort and scholarship opportunities. This is a unique offering for human service organizations based in Mississippi who are committed to empowering families. Through a grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation, our Leaders in Family-Centered Coaching program will provide scholarships for …

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Coaching Spotlight: Using Money Mindset Cards in Monthly Workshop

John McKenney is the Financial Education Coordinator for a government agency in Washington State. He provides a range of financial education workshops free of charge to organizations, schools, and groups in Washington State. He’s a partner and/or board member to governmental organizations, non-profit organizations, private organizations, educational service districts and school districts across the state, …

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Innovative Approaches to Family-Centered Coaching: Six Partner Experiences

Family-Centered Coaching is not a one-size-fits-approach. As we’ve worked with organizations around the country we’ve been honored to see each live into the approach in their own way. Through a culture of learning, coaches and their leadership have built the relationships and continuous improvement to center programs on the services that families need and deserve. Through the leadership …

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Community-Centered Design for Racial Equity in New Orleans

In February 2020, at a momentous time globally, we launched the long-planned Family-Centered Coaching for Racial Equity Project in partnership with W.K. Kellogg Foundation and eight organizations committed to advancing racial equity. We are guided by community members and stakeholders in each step of our process. Read more about how we first launched our working group, mapped local stakeholders, and …

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Community Insights on Racial Equity in New Orleans

Last February we launched the Family-Centered Coaching for Racial Equity Project in partnership with W.K. Kellogg Foundation and eight organizations committed to advancing racial equity.  We are guided by community members and stakeholders in each step of our process. This details how we created the New Orleans Community Insight Report and what we plan to …

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We’re Partnering for an Equitable Recovery: Supporting Employers to Hire People with Conviction Histories

At The Prosperity Agenda, we approach quality jobs by working on both sides of the labor market; especially with employers to increase access to quality jobs, create pathways to wage growth, and invite employees to use their full set of talents at work. Our latest partnership, The Inclusive Recovery Project, seeks to broadly build employment …

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Announcing the Family-Centered Coaching for Racial Equity Project

Government-sponsored assistance programs have generally addressed poverty largely by “bringing discipline to the lives of the poor” rather than actually seeking to eradicate it. Programs like food and housing assistance are often conditional based on “good behavior.” This is especially prevalent, and problematic, for families in communities of color. To move from poverty to prosperity, …

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Emerging Research: Optimizing Coaching for Family Experience at GST Michigan Works

Beginning in 2016, GST Michigan Works and SEMCA Michigan Works participated in research with ABT Associates, Mathematica, and the Office of the Administration for Families and Services to understand more about the impact and implementation of a coaching approach for people receiving cash assistance. The Prosperity Agenda trained selected staff at both agencies on an …

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Evaluating Money Powerup Packs in 7 TANF Sites in Washington State

It is often implied that families experiencing poverty make bad financial decisions–that if they were better money managers, they would not be in poverty at all. This harmful narrative underlies too much of the financial education offered (sometimes mandated) to these same families. Financial education can better help people achieve their financial goals by prioritizing …

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Taking Action on Financial Wellness in Times of Stress

We know that money is already often weighing on the minds of people experiencing poverty. And during these times of extreme uncertainty, people’s main financial concerns become even more immediate rather than long-term. The National Endowment for Financial Education found that 7 out of 10 people are concerned about their finances during COVID-19 and nearly …

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