Jim Hayes & Kevin Lewis attend the Washington Asset Building Coalition "Survive & Thrive" conference in Tacoma Nov. 5th & 6th.
Take away points:
From Jim: Community Asset Building starts with education. And education can start as early as kindergarten and never has to stop! To that end, Jim is planning on starting Financial Education classes during "Tuesday at Two" series beginning in January at the Tum Tum Community Center.
From Kevin: Learning about EITC and the amount of money that is made available to individuals through that. Resources that are available from USDA, HUD, etc., for home ownership and repair. Financial education can make a huge difference in the lives of people struggling to make ends meet. The AARP Tax-Aide program, available at the Tum Tum Community Center this spring, helps to bring needed money to struggling households.
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