It's a time when we're reminded of the joy of spending time with the people we love and who love us back, the simple pleasure of a glass of eggnog and warm wool socks, and the importance of giving to others.
J Money and the good people over at Rockstar Finance were kind enough to grant us $100 from their Community Fund, so we could do a little good in our hood here in Arizona.
I immediately thought of the organization our good friend Mandy works for: Fresh Start Women's Foundation. Mandy was cool enough to answer some questions for us.
If you're interested in awesome charities devoted to empowering women, give the interview a read, and please consider donating if you're able.
Can you tell me a bit about Fresh Start Women's Foundation, and the work the organization does?
Fresh Start's mission is to provide education, resources, and
support for women to positively transform their lives and strengthen our
community. We envision a world in which every woman reaches her full potential
through achieving personal empowerment and financial self-sufficiency.
This year, we are celebrating 25 years of empowering women in
the community. We serve any self-identified woman, 18 years and older, at the
Fresh Start Women's Resource Center in downtown Phoenix. We offer a plethora of
programs and services to meet the diverse needs of our clients: career
readiness, computer training classes, entrepreneur program, family law support,
financial literacy and coaching, mentoring, professional clothing and salon
services, social work services, and scholarships.
What do you do for the organization?
I am Fresh Start's Grants Manager.
What drew you to work for Fresh Start?
Feminism is such an important part of my identity and Fresh
Start's mission to empower women really resonated with me.
Fresh Start does so many cool things that it's
hard to talk about all of them. A few couple jumped out at me: can you tell me
a bit about the Mentoring program, and the Girls Thriving program?
We do so many cool things; we could be here all day! ;)
Our Mentoring program is our longest-running program, having
started in 1998. In the program, motivated clients are matched with
professional women in the community for a year-long commitment. Together, they
work on identifying and achieving 3-5 SMART goals, ranging from buying a home
to finishing their college education to landing their dream job and more. It's
an intensive program but really rewarding for both parties.
We are piloting another Mentoring program in 2018 that will
require a six-month requirement, rather than the full-year. It will also
include peer mentoring, with three mentees matched to one mentor. We are
piloting this because we have seen how powerful the cohort effect is in some of
our other programs and one of our goals is to help women broaden their support
network.
Girls Thriving is our program for girls in grades 6-12. It's
really about giving girls a safe and fun space to learn together, develop
self-confidence, and plan for the future. They learn about goal-setting,
assertive communication, boundaries, healthy relationships, reproductive
health, and personal finance. The program is offered one Saturday a
month, free of charge, and includes a lunch.
What issues do you see impacting women in our
community?
Fresh Start serves around 5,000 women each year, the majority of
whom live in poverty. Some of the major barriers they face include lack of
affordable and safe housing; lack of access to reliable and efficient
transportation, and the cost of childcare. Arizona is not only one of the most
impoverished states in the nation; it is also among the states with the highest
childcare costs. Infant care in Arizona costs just 10% less than publicuniversity tuition.
Meanwhile, Arizona had 4,865 children on a waiting list for child care assistance as of February 2016. This is a major issue that is holding women back, and by extension, their
families.
As most of our readers are personal finance
enthusiasts, what role do you see personal finance education playing in helping
women transform their lives?
We believe it's critical that women understand and take charge
of their finances; thus, we have dozens of financial literacy workshops on a
variety of topics. We even have a series that was specifically designed by the
Allstate Foundation for victims of abuse. The number one reason why victims
stay in abusive relationships is because of finances. Even when they do leave,
they are often dealing with the financial repercussions from their abusers
ruining their credit or depleting their savings.
Financial management is one of the five main pillars of
self-sufficiency in the new model we're implementing. Our goal is to help women
improve their credit and increase their savings. One of our program outcomes is
for clients to have three months of savings put aside by the end of the
program, to ensure that they have emergency funds or money to put towards
buying a home.
I think it's important to acknowledge that personal finance
education does not on its own help women transform their lives. Fresh Start is
in the midst of adapting a model that looks at the full picture of a person's
life, rather than treating problems in silos. As we see it, it doesn't do
someone much good to help them learn how to budget if they're living in a
shelter or if they don't have adequate training to get a job that pays enough
to live on. We have to look at the whole person and what may impact their
finances, whether that's having someone they can rely on for back-up childcare
or securing affordable housing in a safe neighborhood near work or access to
quality trauma counseling. We want to set her up for long-term success, and
personal finance is a critical component of that, just not the only component.
If readers want to get involved or donate, how
can they do that?
We would love your support! Volunteer positions include workshop
presenters, computer class assistants, tech coaches, donation sorters, and
mentors. More information about volunteering can be found here.
Tax-deductible donations can be made here. Thank
you for joining us in empowering women to transform their lives!
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