One-on-one coaching empowers Mecklenburg County families to rebuild financial stability while introducing pathways to economic opportunity. Participants work one-on-one with a specialist for an average of three months to identify barriers, set goals, and create a plan for the long-term stability of their families.
If you're looking for a way to take back control of your bills and stabilize your household finances, you may qualify for a FREE series of financial empowerment coaching sessions with specialists from Crisis Assistance Ministry.
You can build money management skills while staying on track with housing costs if you:
You will meet with a specialist about once a week to assess what’s happening with your finances, income, bills, and housing. Meetings can be virtual, online, by phone, or in person.
These sessions will empower you to set your own goals for managing household needs and create a plan to reach them.
Individuals who are interested in free financial empowerment coaching sessions should contact our Economic Mobility team by email for more information.
“I know I am lucky. So many people need that kind of help and don’t have family and friends who are able to give it,” says Dywoine Massey. “I can relate to the situations moms and dads are in when they come here. That could have been me.” That’s what motivates him to keep coming back every day to his role coaching individuals and families beyond their immediate crisis toward economic mobility.
“Economic mobility” is the centerpiece of nearly every Charlotte-centered conversation these days. Wondering why? Here’s the report that started it all: “Where is the Land of Opportunity?: The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the U.S.”, by researchers at Harvard and UC-Berkeley.