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Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy Program Los Angeles Harbor College

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Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy Program. Los Angeles Harbor College. Financial Literacy Program Logo. Designed and Created by Eric Romero Apple – Represents knowledge about financial situation Wings –Inspired by ATD Logo Colors Green for money Gold for success. About Our Campus. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Achieving the Dream  Financial Literacy Program

Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy ProgramLos Angeles Harbor College

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Financial Literacy Program Logo• Designed and Created

by Eric Romero▫Apple – Represents

knowledge about financial situation

▫Wings –Inspired by ATD Logo

▫Colors Green for money Gold for success

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About Our Campus• Approximately 9000-10,000 students

▫Foster Youth: 50-60▫Veterans: 80-100

• Demographic Breakdown:▫Hispanic: 52.3% ▫White: 16.9%▫African-American: 15.5%▫Asian/Asian-American: 13.6%▫ Other/Unknown: 1.7%

• 1 of 7 Los Angeles Community College District Schools

• First school to receive YouthSource Grant

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Current Projects•Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

▫January 30th, 2013•Foster Youth Getting Priority

▫Mid March•Workshops on:

▫Debt Reduction▫Loans▫Life Insurance

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Outreach Efforts• Working with on campus departments

▫First Year Experience▫Life Skills Center▫Cultural Equity & Awareness Intervention▫Counseling Department▫Financial Aid Department

• Los Angeles Harbor Youth Source Center▫ Being a component of job readiness

• USC United Friends of the Children ▫ Presented to high school foster youth

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Program Development Opportunities• Financial Coaching Training

▫5-day intensive training• On Course Workshop

▫3-day staff development• Foster Youth Success Initiative Conference

▫Sacramento, CA – 2 day• Southern California Higher Ed. Foster Youth

Consortium▫Fall and Spring participation

• California State University, San Marcos▫Working Scholarship program info. Session

• Cerritos Community College LINC

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Where We Began: July 2012 •Hired and began Financial Coaching

Training

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Where We Began: July 2012 •Program Development:

▫Application▫Pre-Test▫Interaction sheet▫Publicity documents

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Last Semester: Fall 2012• Created local resource list including:

▫Housing, utilities discounts, clinics, food banks, bus passes, etc.

• Presented first group orientation▫September 5th and September 6th ▫7 participants, 6 foster youth

• Chaffee Grant Informational Workshop▫September 19th ▫12 participants, 8 foster youth

• Chaffee Grant Recipient Workshop▫October 15th▫9 participants, 9 foster

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Last Semester: Fall 2012•3-Day Workshop:

“Where’s My Money?”▫Worked with Life

Skills Center on campus

▫~40 students, 15 Foster

▫Worked with Jean Pann, MSW

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Last Semester: Fall 2012•Laptop Scholarship Workshop•Cultural Equity & Awareness Intervention

▫Once a month meetings ▫Program for MLK Jr. Service Day

•Program Modification▫Curriculum development▫Online intake▫Define program objectives

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Fall 2012 Evaluation•Current student participants in our program

▫Total: 25 Foster Youth-21

Network with Financial Aid Foster Youth Liaison Maria Chavez

Veterans- 1 Other-3

•Overall, good feeling but want to reach out to veterans more▫Meet with Veterans Center to get more access

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Current Situation: Spring 2013•New online documents

▫New presentation evaluation ▫New Application▫New Student Assessment

•New modifications on website•Completed MLK Jr. Day of Service Event

▫60 student participants▫2 hour presentation on Financial Literacy

•New intake form for optimal data collection

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New Publicity Information

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Future Plans: Spring 2013

•Foster Youth Getting Priority▫CashCource.co

m Scholarship Awarded to FLP

•Coalition with other on-campus resources

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Future Plans: Spring 2013•Current student participants in our

program▫Total: 15

6 new Foster Youth 9 returning

1 Veterans 8 Foster Youth OPEN to NON VET and FOSTER YOUTH

students•Desired Goals: Be able to reach out to

Veteran Population and supply services however we can

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Contact Us

•Hours of Operation:

•Contact Info:▫Armando Villalpando: [email protected]▫Eric Romero: [email protected]

•Main Office Phone Number: 310-233-4046

MON TUES WED THURS FRI

9AM – 5PM 9AM – 5PM 9AM – 2PM 9AM – 2PM 9AM – 2PM