Elevate Cowley County

Special Notes/Funding

Private donations and grants.

Description

Elevate Cowley County is a financial wellness program, offering participants the powerful combination of financial education and long-term intentional relationships to help rise up out of financial struggle. We work with individuals and families by providing financial education (making a budget, building credit and improving credit scores, setting up an emergency fund, setting personal and financial goals, as well as focus on roadblocks preventing achieving goals). We provide financial education for 12-16 weeks, and then the participants (called “Leaders”) are paired up with a community volunteer (called an “Ally”). Allies are not in poverty and are typically middle-high income; they provide social support and encouragement, helping the leaders to work towards their goals of financial independence. In non-Covid times, we meet weekly with a meal and age-appropriate children's programming created to meet the educational needs of kids in generational poverty for soft skills education. During Covid, we have been meeting remotely each week via a Zoom meeting.

Hours

Office hours vary. Our class meets 6-7:30 pm Monday nights while in person and 6:30-7:30 pm on Monday nights while remote.

Eligibility

No external crisis - If there have been addiction issues, have to have been sober for at least 6 months (no current substance abuse) and not currently homeless. Must have a desire to change and willingness to work on change. Must have been working hard to overcome poverty but haven’t been able to do so on their own.

Fees

No fees to join our class.

Intake Procedure

Interested parties must fill out an application to the program, as well as a confidentiality form, a code of conduct form, and a media release form.

Languages

English.

Service Area

Cowley County.

Geography Served

Special Notes/Funding

Private donations and grants.

Description

Elevate Cowley County is a financial wellness program, offering participants the powerful combination of financial education and long-term intentional relationships to help rise up out of financial struggle. We work with individuals and families by providing financial education (making a budget, building credit and improving credit scores, setting up an emergency fund, setting personal and financial goals, as well as focus on roadblocks preventing achieving goals). We provide financial education for 12-16 weeks, and then the participants (called “Leaders”) are paired up with a community volunteer (called an “Ally”). Allies are not in poverty and are typically middle-high income; they provide social support and encouragement, helping the leaders to work towards their goals of financial independence. In non-Covid times, we meet weekly with a meal and age-appropriate children's programming created to meet the educational needs of kids in generational poverty for soft skills education. During Covid, we have been meeting remotely each week via a Zoom meeting.

Hours

Office hours vary. Our class meets 6-7:30 pm Monday nights while in person and 6:30-7:30 pm on Monday nights while remote.

Eligibility

No external crisis - If there have been addiction issues, have to have been sober for at least 6 months (no current substance abuse) and not currently homeless. Must have a desire to change and willingness to work on change. Must have been working hard to overcome poverty but haven’t been able to do so on their own.

Fees

No fees to join our class.

Intake Procedure

Interested parties must fill out an application to the program, as well as a confidentiality form, a code of conduct form, and a media release form.

Languages

English.

Service Area

Cowley County.

Geography Served

Special Notes/Funding

Private donations and grants.

Description

Elevate Cowley County is a financial wellness program, offering participants the powerful combination of financial education and long-term intentional relationships to help rise up out of financial struggle. We work with individuals and families by providing financial education (making a budget, building credit and improving credit scores, setting up an emergency fund, setting personal and financial goals, as well as focus on roadblocks preventing achieving goals). We provide financial education for 12-16 weeks, and then the participants (called “Leaders”) are paired up with a community volunteer (called an “Ally”). Allies are not in poverty and are typically middle-high income; they provide social support and encouragement, helping the leaders to work towards their goals of financial independence. In non-Covid times, we meet weekly with a meal and age-appropriate children's programming created to meet the educational needs of kids in generational poverty for soft skills education. During Covid, we have been meeting remotely each week via a Zoom meeting.

Hours

Office hours vary. Our class meets 6-7:30 pm Monday nights while in person and 6:30-7:30 pm on Monday nights while remote.

Eligibility

No external crisis - If there have been addiction issues, have to have been sober for at least 6 months (no current substance abuse) and not currently homeless. Must have a desire to change and willingness to work on change. Must have been working hard to overcome poverty but haven’t been able to do so on their own.

Fees

No fees to join our class.

Intake Procedure

Interested parties must fill out an application to the program, as well as a confidentiality form, a code of conduct form, and a media release form.

Languages

English.

Service Area

Cowley County.

Geography Served