Participants will learn why it is important to have a spending plan, what their relationship with money is, to create SMART goals, and how to track their spending.
Free empowerment courses for parents. Parents can expect to receive information on the value of credit, budgeting, money management for family (self, kids, teens, etc.).
Better Family Life, Cadence Bank Mortgage, and Guru Realtors are inviting the public out to meet the Guru Realtors team in addition to Deonte Cannon with Cadence Bank Mortgage with the intent of getting knowledge out from regular people just like you.
Setting up strong passwords and multi-factor authentication is stressful for most people who don’t work in IT. Oasis Connections provides training to help older adults learn how cybercriminals attempt to influence, obtain access and conduct identity theft and hacking of accounts and how they can protect themselves from their dirty work. Amy VanDeVelde, Director of the Oasis Connections program will discuss how establishing on-line safeguards enable older adults to learn these valuable techniques.
Darryl Peter, Managing Director of Investments at Oppenheimer & Co., will discuss how financial advisors recognize financial exploitation, what internal reporting and security has been instituted to capture this information, and how they work with their legal team and refer cases to law enforcement to stop exploiters.
Debbie Schuster, an Elder and Disability Law attorney and Certified Elder and Family Mediator, uses mediation to facilitate resolution within families who have experienced financial exploitation by family members. She will discuss how the creation of robust estate plan documents can include provisions to minimize the likelihood of exploitation.
June is Homeownership Month and to kick it off, the Office of Financial Empowerment with PNC Bank and St. Louis County want to present this virtual workshop on how and what it means to be a first time homeowner. Join us to learn about go from being a renter to being a homeowner. Register today at the link!
Assistant United States Attorney Tracy Berry, United States Postal Inspector Peter Dyer, and former FBI Special Agent Christina Kinney-Richter have been engaged in the criminal investigation and prosecution of Romance Fraud Schemes since 2019. During this presentation, you’ll learn about the not uncommon experience of one romance scheme victim who ultimately converted to the role of victimizer.
Learn reasons why having good credit is important, what’s in your credit report, how to get your credit report for free, and dispute incorrect information. Participants will also learn strategies to establish or rebuild credit and learn how to freeze their credit if needed. There is time at the end of the class for participants to ask questions.
Better Family Life and Cadence Bank Mortgage will be having a more structured conversation around the process to purchase a home from beginning to end giving more specific information around the different facets of the home purchasing process.
11520 St. Charles Rock Road, Ste. 102, Bridgeton, MO 63044
Calling all Youth, come and learn about Money Matters with Mr. Dart Ford from Enterprise Bank & Trust. Meet us in person, at 11520 St. Charles Rock Road, Suite 102.
Your accounts, your valuables, your home, your car; whatever you have you should protect it and have peace of mind. Join the Office of Financial Empowerment in partnership with Country Financial and St. Louis County for Insuring Your Assets virtual workshop. This workshop will go over all of the fundamentals of why it is necessary to protect your assets from loss and to make sure that your family is financially protected in the event of loss or disaster. Register today by clicking the link!
Join us to learn about establishing or increasing your credit score, to prepare you for homeownership and how to leverage your credit. Led by HOPE Financial Wellbeing Coach Reginald Garth, this workshop will also cover your rights as a consumer, and how to make the most of them.
The month of June is all about homeownership and the Office of Financial Empowerment in partnership with UMB Bank want you to be All About the House! Join us for this virtual workshop on what it means to keep your house after you close and how to maximize on your investment in your house which leads to building wealth.
Our presenters will help to guide you in making sound financial decisions as it relates to making home improvements, and the many resources available that can assist you in this process. We hope that you will join us.
Homeownership Month Series continues with Steps to Homeownership presented by Enterprise Bank & Trust in partnership with the Office of Financial Empowerment. Join us to learn about saving for the home, working with a Realtor and Lender, choosing the right amount of loan, and closing on your home. Register today by clicking the link below.
Our presenters will help to guide you in making sound financial decisions as it relates to making home improvements, and the many resources available that can assist you in this process. We hope that you will join us.
Participants in this class will learn the different ways to use your credit cards and strategies for maximizing your credit building goals while staying within a budget. Learn to prevent common mistakes made with impulse shopping.
Becoming a homeowner is a big decision and the Office of Financial Empowerment in partnership with US Bank want to help you to Make the Move! Join us for our first in-person workshop since March 2020 on what it takes to make the move from renter to owner. This is part of our homeownership series for the month of June. Lunches will be provided.
We conclude our homeownership series with the Keys to Homeownership virtual workshop presented by Commerce Bank and the Office of Financial Empowerment. If you missed any of the other workshops, here is one last chance to join us to learn all about what takes to be a homeowner and to keep your home after purchase.