A Hand Up CRC created a Financial Empowerment program that introduces residents of West Louisville and other surrounding communities to basic financial knowledge that will provide them with the tools to increase their financial capability and build confidence to make informed decisions about their own finances present and future.

In the summer of 2022, we launched our first program aimed at providing financial education for middle and high school students. It was our goal to introduce students to the basics of money management thus opening a door leading to financial freedom that may not have been open for their parents. This six-week incentivized program focused on financial literacy education, with sessions on economics and money, saving, budgeting and giving , credit, credit cards, debt & loans, investing, stocks and the stock market and much more! It is our hope that this program helped to shape their minds and steer them towards responsible stewardship of their future income.