Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. This above sage, old Chinese proverb has never been more apropos in this country but could use a contemporary update. In a time of economic hardship, more and more people need [...]
Webinar Recording: Investing Basics – Where, When, How and Why
Originally recorded on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | Receive Webinar Invites by Email To celebrate “Financial Literacy Month” the Center for Financial Social Work is offering this webinar on one of our most requested topics. If you have been thinking about starting to invest or wishing you knew more about the process of investing this [...]
GUEST BLOG: Financial Social Work Addresses the Core Issues of Poverty with Quality Solutions
Across the country, the need for a educationally grounded process to address the inability of many Americans to understand their money and their financial circumstances has been growing at a fever pitch. I have been working with the homeless population since 1993 in a variety of capacities but never before has it been more topical [...]
BASICS OF INVESTING: FREE Webinar Today
April is financial literacy month and we at the Center for Financial Social Work have done everything we can to celebrate this occasion. Today we have a webinar on the “Basics of Investing” one of our most requested topics. Dr. Martie Gillen from the University of Florida is our guest speaker. She has prepared an [...]
FICO Score Lessons: Personal; Professional; Financial-Part I
In this multi-part series I address the FICO Score from a variety of perspectives in order to help our readers and followers to: understand what it is; what it does and why it matters in so many ways and for so many reasons. Rather than focus on the details of a FICO Score (which have [...]
Engaging Clients in Money Conversations
How likely are you to discuss finances with your clients? At what point are you most likely to raise this topic? How readily and easily do your clients respond? Obviously, the setting you work in and the client population you work with will influence/determine how and when you open the money discussion with a client [...]
GUEST BLOG: Mothers, Daughters and Money
Recently my 20 something daughter started asking about financial matters in couple relationships.”How,” she asked,” do you and Dad split expenses?” ” “Well,” said I,” you know he is in small business and the economy has not been kind to small business people. So, I basically am the breadwinner. We split expenses based on how [...]
GUEST BLOG: There is Nothing New About Poverty
There is nothing new about poverty. What is new is that we now have the techniques and the resources to get rid of poverty. The real question is whether we have the will. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Throughout the years a wide range of social policies and programs have emerged to remove obstacles and [...]
EQUAL PAY DAY
Did you know that today is EQUAL PAY DAY? Wear RED on Equal Pay Day to symbolize how far women and minorities are “in the red” with their pay! Have you ever heard of EQUAL PAY DAY before? Most people haven’t but it is day everyone should know about because pay inequity is a major cause of [...]
Does Money Matter?
Yes, money does matter. It matters in different ways to each person. I don’t believe money matters as it pertains to accumulating great wealth, but I do believe it matters because our financial circumstances determine the quality of our lives. Agree or disagree, deny or ignore this truth, but the reality is that how we live [...]
