Debt free: Experts help you manage your money

Today, the "Imagine a Happier You" campaign launches with a website that offers loads of great financial advice, links, calculators and other tools to help everyone — but especially women — learn about money and how to take control of their finances, from the intricacies of budgeting to debt elimination and retirement planning

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Pathways To Prosperity Leadership Academy


Building economic security to plan, dream, and pass on to future generations.

For many people it’s not easy to break even financially. Getting ahead and saving money to someday own a home or start a business can seem out of reach. The purpose of the Pathways to Prosperity Leadership Academy (P2P) is to empower individuals and families to achieve economic stability, opportunity and upward mobility. Through its collaborative partners and programs, P2P will help community members at all points along the pathway in their efforts to save money, protect their assets and continue to build and sustain wealth.

P2P was established to ensure that everyone is offered the tools they need to achieve financial stability. P2P focuses not just on short term needs, but on building assets for the long term. P2P promotes self-reliance, initiative and growth. At its core, P2P enables individuals to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to get a good paying job, buy a home, earn an advanced degree, weather the storms of personal or family crisis and live comfortably broad range of programs in retirement.

P2P has three primary goals to:

1) Empower low-wealth individuals and families to build assets and achieve financial independence and prosperity.
2) Develop an effective continuum of asset-building opportunities that will move families and individuals along a path from breaking even to getting ahead.
3) Create innovative partnerships between nonprofits, government agencies and the business community to provide opportunities to accumulate, leverage and preserve assets.

P2P will offer a broad range of programs that fall into five distinct categories:

  • Income Support
  • Income Growth
  • Savings Opportunities
  • Investment Opportunities
  • Asset Protection

P2P is designed to leverage existing resources from its partner organizations and build capacity for the whole collaborative by enhancing current services and creating new programs only as needed. To effectively accomplish its mission, P2P offers a flexible organizational structure that enables individuals to take advantage of multiple points of entry.

P2P partners will provide:

  • One-on-one Mentoring
  • Financial Education Courses
  • Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)
  • Budget &Credit Counseling
  • Debt Management
  • Access to Mainstream Financial Services
  • Free Income Tax Preparation
  • Small Business Development & Training
  • Homeownership Assistance
  • Job Training and Assistance
  • Access to Public Benefits
  • Legal Literacy & Support
  • Retirement Planning
  • Estate Planning

AAA Fair Credit Foundation provides central coordination for the various activities including:

  • Central Coordination
  • Capacity Building and Training
  • Communications and Outreach
  • Program Material and Curriculum Development
  • Data Collection and Analysis
  • Fundraising

P2P is charting a new course emphasizing collaborative strategies for creating asset-building programs within nonprofits, government agencies and the business community. Together, we can provide hope, education and opportunity, empowering everyone to succeed.

To learn how you can support this vital initiative, please contact Preston Cochrane at (801) 656-1600.