Financial Empowerment
NMIC hosts a NYC Financial Empowerment Center! We partnered with Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners and the NYC Office of Financial Empowerment to provide these services.
What We Do:
NYC Financial Empowerment Centers provide FREE one-on-one confidential financial counseling and coaching to support you in reaching your goals. The professional Financial Counselor is available to provide personalized guidance and can help you address a wide range of personal financial topics, like:
- Take control of your debt, including student loans
- Strengthen your credit score
- Make savings a part of your routine
- How to balance a budget
- Open a bank account
- And much more
Who We Do it For:
- Any New Yorker, regardless of income or immigration status.
How to Sign Up:
To schedule a session, please contact 917-822-7514 or e-mail: jveras@neighborhoodtrust.org
BENEFITS & FINANCE
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Why is financial empowerment important?
(See what our partners at Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners have to say)
34.7 million households
earn above the poverty line and yet cannot afford necessary expenses like utility bills, childcare, transportation, and housing.
42% of workers
earn less than $15 an hour
50% of all Americans
do not have retirement savings and cannot afford an emergency expense of $400.
60% of workers
experience variable work schedules, leading to variable wages.
