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Partner Organizations A-Z
Pennsylvania Credit Union Foundation
| Contact Person: | Joseph C. Wambach |
| Address: | 4309 North Front Street
Harrisburg , PA 17110 |
| Telephone: | 1-800-932-0661 x 5244 |
| Fax: | 717-234-4463 |
| Website: | www.pcua.coop |
| Type of Financial Education Services Offered | |||||||||||||||
| Financial Education Program(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Banking Basics | |||||||||||||||
| a) savings accounts, checking accounts, family savings accounts | |||||||||||||||
| b) loans (home, auto, education, business) | |||||||||||||||
| Credit / Budgeting | |||||||||||||||
| Investing | |||||||||||||||
| a) stocks, bonds, mutual funds | |||||||||||||||
| b) other | |||||||||||||||
| Financing a Major Purchase / Loans | |||||||||||||||
| a) home | |||||||||||||||
| b) car | |||||||||||||||
| c) tuition | |||||||||||||||
| d) other | |||||||||||||||
| Abusive Credit Practices / Predatory | |||||||||||||||
| Tax Preparation | |||||||||||||||
| Bankruptcy / Foreclosure | |||||||||||||||
| Home / Apartment | |||||||||||||||
| a) purchase | |||||||||||||||
| b) rental | |||||||||||||||
| c) repairs | |||||||||||||||
| d) selling | |||||||||||||||
| e) refinance | |||||||||||||||
| Insurance Coverage | |||||||||||||||
| a) property / renters | |||||||||||||||
| b) health / dental | |||||||||||||||
| c) life | |||||||||||||||
| d) auto | |||||||||||||||
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| Geographic Area(s) Served | ||||||||||||||||
| Restricted mostly to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. | ||||||||||||||||
| Description of Program(s) | ||||||||||||||||
| Classroom Education: in schools, community centers, and in the workplace; Web Site Development in credit unions and schools; Student Credit Union branches in schools; partnerships Through Credit Unions that spread the financial literacy message through the media to the financially underserved. | ||||||||||||||||
| Materials / Publications | ||||||||||||||||
| As a foundation, we issue an application/questionnaire that is intended to provide numbers as part of a project's strategic plan. We also provide monitoring materials and offer advice on how best to measure and evaluate programs. While we do not provide financial education directly, we do recommend materials for use if requested by the grantee. | ||||||||||||||||
| Mission | ||||||||||||||||
| Guarantee funds and provide resources that advance the credit union movement in Pennsylvania, promote credit union success, implement development and education projects and publicize awareness of the credit union philosophy in the community. | ||||||||||||||||
| Referral Programs | ||||||||||||||||
| Any other financial education programs that this organization uses as a referral source. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Program Effectiveness | ||||||||||||||||
| The foundation has assisted over 70 school districts partnering with credit unions to provide financial education and has participated in a number of symposiums that assist students and the under served. Number are available upon request. |
