Financial Security CLT is a coalition of Mecklenburg County nonprofit organizations who share a belief that financial security is the underpinning of economic mobility. The members of Financial Security CLT have made a commitment to work collaboratively to help families get on and stay on a path to greater financial security. These organizations first came together informally in fall 2018 after attending a national conference on financial security sponsored by Prosperity Now and realizing that the respective missions of their individual agencies could best be fulfilled with an overarching strategy for collective impact.
Financial Security CLT seeks to mobilize local nonprofits, grassroots voices, and the wider community to collaborate and advocate for greater financial security and generational wealth for historically excluded residents of Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
In its work, the Financial Security CLT coalition is guided by the following values:
Financial Security CLT seeks to mobilize local nonprofits, grassroots voices, and the wider community to collaborate and advocate for greater financial security and generational wealth for historically excluded residents of Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
Financial Security CLT monitors and is engaged in a broad range of issues that impact the financial security and financial well-being of residents in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. These issues include low wages, the high costs of basic expenses (e.g., housing, childcare, health care, transportation, etc.), and a lack of wealth or financial assets.
In working to accomplish its goals, the members of Financial Security CLT envision playing the following three key roles:
For more information about Financial Security CLT, contact [email protected].
Wells Fargo Foundation has announced a grant of $250,000 designated to support the collaborative work of Financial Security CLT. Coalition members work collaboratively through advocacy to help families get on, and stay on, a path to greater financial security.
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