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Provides one-on-one assistance to help individuals navigate their finances, improve their financial goals, and navigate the financial systems. Services include:

• Create and improve credit

• Financial coaching by appointment

• Financial management skills

• Help navigate financial processes and applications

• Home Stretch Homebuyer Workshop: An 8-hour workshop that educates and informs future homeowners to help them understand the homebuying process. The training includes information about the process of buying a home and access to down payment programs.

• Gain access to supplemental resources such as the Lending Circles (Tandas) program. The Lending Circles program provides a secured loan, without cost or interest, to establish or build credit and improve the way individuals manage money.

• Small business support for entrepreneurs or those interested in becoming business owners. Offers support to business owners by evaluating and organizing their finances.

• Tax preparation for people with low or medium income during the tax season

• Archery

• Art classes

• Cooking classes

• Crocheting classes

• Dance classes including ballet and jazz

• Financial planning classes

• General health education classes

• Nutrition classes

??- Sports and exercise classes

• Swimming lessons

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• Safety awareness and self defense classes

?- Theater appreciation classes

• Yoga classes

Provides employment and training services to young adults such as:

• Assists with transition from school to higher education, the military, or employment

• Career exploration

• GED/Adult High School Diploma support

• "Get Started" program to help enroll and complete an educational goal

• Paid work experience/internships to learn skills needed to succeed in the job market

• Possible funding for transportation, educational, or employment needs

• Resume writing, classes on job search, job retention, and support services

• Virtual courses in budgeting, communication, health and wellness, and community exploration

Provides employment and training services to young adults such as:

• Assists with transition from school to higher education, the military, or employment

• Career exploration

• GED/Adult High School Diploma support

• "Get Started" program to help enroll and complete an educational goal

• Paid work experience/internships to learn skills needed to succeed in the job market

• Possible funding for transportation, educational, or employment needs

• Resume writing, classes on job search, job retention, and support services

• Virtual courses in budgeting, communication, health and wellness, and community exploration

Provides a full spectrum of learning options for community members in person and online. Adult Education services include:

• Basic skills (math, reading, and writing) and computer training
• Budgeting and financial literacy
• GED preparation
• Interview skills
• Citizenship
• College and career preparation
• Creating a resume
• English Language Learning (ELL)/English as a Second Language (ESL)

-Industry-specific training such as entrepreneur training, carpentry, pre-apprenticeship, ServSafe food manager certification, and para-professional certification Adults set their own goals and work at their own pace. Instructors help adults explore and achieve their education goals.

Provides culturally appropriate pathways to homeownership for Somali women and their families, guiding women on how to utilize resources and tools for financial empowerment, and preparing them to make financial investments in a home. Services provided:

• Create an action plan and steps to achieve goals

• Develop a budget and savings plan

• Encouragement and nonjudgmental support to build financial confidence

• Homebuyer and financial education workshop

• Individualized planning unique to the needs of each woman

• One-on-one advice regarding credit reports and addressing credit problems

• Provides a series of classes that encourage independence, learning new skills, setting goals, and reducing stress in the home. Classes include basic cooking skills, managing finances, and parenting skills. As people participate in the classes and work with a mentor, they receive help supplementing their income with food, gas vouchers, and clothing.

• A free community meal is served before classes.

Provides a full spectrum of learning options for community members in person and online. Adult Education services include:

• Basic skills (math, reading, and writing) and computer training
• Budgeting and financial literacy
• GED preparation
• Interview skills
• Citizenship
• College and career preparation
• Creating a resume
• English Language Learning (ELL)/English as a Second Language (ESL)

-Industry-specific training such as entrepreneur training, carpentry, pre-apprenticeship, ServSafe food manager certification, and para-professional certification Adults set their own goals and work at their own pace. Instructors help adults explore and achieve their education goals.

Offers financial education workshops on topics such as

• Down-payment assistance programs

• Homeownership

• Money management

Services provided in person as well as by phone counseling and internet. Services include:

• Budget and Debt Counseling: Counselors work with clients on an in-depth review of their living expenses and debts combined with counselor guidance in debt management, goal planning strategies, or suggestions of alternate ways of handling particularly difficult financial concerns.

• Counselor on Call: Counselors provide brief Q & A to address consumer questions. The counselor can provide the caller with information about credit and debt, make referrals to community resources, or schedule an appointment with staff for other financial counseling services.

• Debt Management Plan: Consolidates monthly bills into one simple payment, often with lower payments and interest rates

• Financial Education: Workshops and classes for all age groups are geared to help individuals control their finances and provide resources on various financial topics; delivered to schools, churches, employers, and community groups.

• Housing Counseling: Pre purchase homebuyer, post purchase, foreclosure prevention, and reverse mortgage couseling, provided. HUD approved housing counseling agency.

• Student Loan Counseling: Helps individuals navigate repayment options for federal, state, and private loans. Helps individuals determine eligibility for repayment options, contact lenders, and can assist in developing a plan that considers the individual's financial situation.

• Financial Counseling for residents of the seven county metro area, primarily Spanish speaking families

• Financial literacy workshops for residents of the seven county metro area available in Spanish and English

• Housing development for St. Paul's west side

• MHFA home improvement loans to residents of seven county metro area

• Homebuyer education workshops (HomeStretch) are offered in Spanish and English. This nine hour workshops walks you through the homeownership process. Topics include, savings, credit, affordability

Achieve Homeownership: Identifies and addresses barriers to homeownership faced by culturally diverse households and includes culturally-tailored financial literacy classes, homebuyer education classes, prepurchase financial counseling, and downpayment and closing cost assistance programs Multi-Family Projects: Creates and preserves affordable housing throughout southeast and south central Minnesota (Fox Pointe Townhomes, Spring Creek Townhomes, Prairiewood Townhomes, and Northbridge Apartments).?

Provides a full spectrum of learning options for community members in person and online. Adult Education services include:

• Basic skills (math, reading, and writing) and computer training
• Budgeting and financial literacy
• GED preparation
• Interview skills
• Citizenship
• College and career preparation
• Creating a resume
• English Language Learning (ELL)/English as a Second Language (ESL)

-Industry-specific training such as entrepreneur training, carpentry, pre-apprenticeship, ServSafe food manager certification, and para-professional certification Adults set their own goals and work at their own pace. Instructors help adults explore and achieve their education goals.

Provides employment and training services to young adults such as:

• Assists with transition from school to higher education, the military, or employment

• Career exploration

• GED/Adult High School Diploma support

• "Get Started" program to help enroll and complete an educational goal

• Paid work experience/internships to learn skills needed to succeed in the job market

• Possible funding for transportation, educational, or employment needs

• Resume writing, classes on job search, job retention, and support services

• Virtual courses in budgeting, communication, health and wellness, and community exploration

Achieve Homeownership: Identifies and addresses barriers to homeownership faced by culturally diverse households and includes culturally-tailored financial literacy classes, homebuyer education classes, prepurchase financial counseling, and downpayment and closing cost assistance programs Multi-Family Projects: Creates and preserves affordable housing throughout southeast and south central Minnesota (Fox Pointe Townhomes, Spring Creek Townhomes, Prairiewood Townhomes, and Northbridge Apartments).?

Prepares participants by providing the tools to develop hard and soft skills, reach career goals, and obtain proper certifications and licenses. Career training coaches are available to assist every step of the way by preparing participants for college-level classes, connecting them to employers, and helping to build professional skills and networks. Offers the following services:

• Class A Commercial Driver's License Program: Helps participants earn a CDL for free by providing a training coach. Provides an immersive and hands-on training program held at the Interstate Truck Driving School.

• Four Cornerstones of Financial Wellness: Provides classes that help participants increase financial management skills and learn to navigate financial systems. Classes include: budgeting to create savings, asset building and debt reduction, building a good credit report, and consumer protection and financial institutions.

• Healthcare Career Pathways: Helps participants build skills, reach career goals, and obtain proper certifications and licenses. Provides a training coach that prepares participants for college-level classes, connections to employers, and builds professional skills and networks. Courses offered include English for Industry, Nursing Assistant, Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, and Nursing Assistant Refresher.

• Re-Entry Services: Provides adults recently paroled or released an opportunity to gain proper credentials in trainings such as Class A Commercial Driver's License. In addition to job training and career planning, participants will have access to transportation assistance and financial coaching.

• Welding and CNC Machining: Offers participants that have completed Manufacturing Foundations, the opportunity to pursue advanced manufacturing programs at Hennepin Technical College that includes 7 - 10 month certificates in Gas Metal Arc Welding or CNC Machining. Program also prepares participants an opportunity to continue their education and earn an associate's degree in a skilled trade.

Offers budget and credit counseling, debt management, student loan counseling, credit report review counseling, and financial education to help families develop skills needed to establish and maintain financial stability. Counselors are trained and certified by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.

Provides one-on-one assistance to help individuals navigate their finances, improve their financial goals, and navigate the financial systems. Services include:

• Create and improve credit

• Financial coaching by appointment

• Financial management skills

• Help navigate financial processes and applications

• Home Stretch Homebuyer Workshop: An 8-hour workshop that educates and informs future homeowners to help them understand the homebuying process. The training includes information about the process of buying a home and access to down payment programs.

• Gain access to supplemental resources such as the Lending Circles (Tandas) program. The Lending Circles program provides a secured loan, without cost or interest, to establish or build credit and improve the way individuals manage money.

• Small business support for entrepreneurs or those interested in becoming business owners. Offers support to business owners by evaluating and organizing their finances.

• Tax preparation for people with low or medium income during the tax season

Provides a full spectrum of learning options for community members in person and online. Adult Education services include:

• Basic skills (math, reading, and writing) and computer training
• Budgeting and financial literacy
• GED preparation
• Interview skills
• Citizenship
• College and career preparation
• Creating a resume
• English Language Learning (ELL)/English as a Second Language (ESL)

-Industry-specific training such as entrepreneur training, carpentry, pre-apprenticeship, ServSafe food manager certification, and para-professional certification Adults set their own goals and work at their own pace. Instructors help adults explore and achieve their education goals.

Provides financial wellness counseling including creating a budget, understanding credit, and making plans to reach financial goals. Provides free, 1 or 2 day financial wellness class utilizing the FDIC Money Smart curriculum that covers a variety of topics, including budgeting, money management, how to access and understand your credit report, how to manage your credit history and debt, and how to protect your identity and assets. Class materials are provided and offered virtually via Teams.

• Adult Enrichment Classes: Computers, cooking, money management, fitness, personal development, and more

• Aquatics Programs: Swimming lessons for ages 6 months and older, open swim activities, lap swim, water exercise, water safety education, pool rental, Automated External Defibrillator training, and CPR instruction

• Facilities Scheduling: Manages use of district facilities, indoor and outdoor, outside of regular school day for community usage

• Family/Youth Enrichment: Works to strengthen families by providing parenting skills, spending time in positive activities together in classes, on tours, in fitness sessions, music and other social events; after-school programming; additional evening and weekend opportunities for children preschool age - high school to develop new skills and build new friendships

• Summer Programs: Enrichment classes including painting, public speaking, entrepreneurial training, hiking, mature driver training, cooking, musical instrument instruction, tap dancing instruction, ballet dancing instruction, band/orchestra groups, golf, day camps, and gymnastics. Summer math and language arts correspondence programs offered.

• Trips and Tours: Educational trips/tours for adults and families with children

• Youth Services and After School Youth Enrichment: Enrichment classes including basketball, karate, Tae Kwon Do, volleyball, volunteerism, leadership training and opportunities for youth to connect with their communities. Also facilitates Youth Connection Council, a youth-adult advisory board that addresses issues and needs related to school-age youth in the district and provides opportunities to serve the community.

Provides a full spectrum of learning options for community members in person and online. Adult Education services include:

• Basic skills (math, reading, and writing) and computer training
• Budgeting and financial literacy
• GED preparation
• Interview skills
• Citizenship
• College and career preparation
• Creating a resume
• English Language Learning (ELL)/English as a Second Language (ESL)

-Industry-specific training such as entrepreneur training, carpentry, pre-apprenticeship, ServSafe food manager certification, and para-professional certification Adults set their own goals and work at their own pace. Instructors help adults explore and achieve their education goals.

Services provided in person as well as by phone counseling and internet. Services include:

• Budget and Debt Counseling: Counselors work with clients on an in-depth review of their living expenses and debts combined with counselor guidance in debt management, goal planning strategies, or suggestions of alternate ways of handling particularly difficult financial concerns.

• Counselor on Call: Counselors provide brief Q & A to address consumer questions. The counselor can provide the caller with information about credit and debt, make referrals to community resources, or schedule an appointment with staff for other financial counseling services.

• Debt Management Plan: Consolidates monthly bills into one simple payment, often with lower payments and interest rates

• Financial Education: Workshops and classes for all age groups are geared to help individuals control their finances and provide resources on various financial topics; delivered to schools, churches, employers, and community groups.

• Housing Counseling: Pre purchase homebuyer, post purchase, foreclosure prevention, and reverse mortgage couseling, provided. HUD approved housing counseling agency.

• Student Loan Counseling: Helps individuals navigate repayment options for federal, state, and private loans. Helps individuals determine eligibility for repayment options, contact lenders, and can assist in developing a plan that considers the individual's financial situation.

Provides financial education and housing services to support economic stability, wealth-building, and homeownership in the African American community. Services include:

• Financial Wellness: Programs focused on budgeting, debt reduction, credit building, and long-term financial planning

• Homebuyer Education - "Realizing the American Dream": Provides a nationally recognized curriculum covering readiness, budgeting, credit, mortgages, home search, closing, and post-purchase responsibilities

• Prepurchase Counseling: One-on-one counseling to guide participants through mortgage options, budgeting, and the homebuying process for informed, sustainable homeownership

Helps people develop skills and knowledge to improve their lives and communities. Offers a variety of programs for learners of all ages. Class offerings include adult enrichment, babysitting safety, budgeting courses, cooking classes, driving education classes, field trips, horse camps, music lessons, photography courses, sports and recreational activities, swimming lessons, youth enrichment classes, and more.