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North Hills Community Outreach
| Contact Person: | Wendy Gordon |
| Address: | 416 Lincoln Avenue
Pittsburgh , PA 15209 |
| Telephone: | 412-487-6316 Option 1 Ext. 3112 |
| Fax: | 412-487-9784 |
| Website: | www.nhco.org |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Family Savings Account program is available to residents in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, and Westmoreland Counties; the financial literacy workshops are open to the public. | ||||||||||||||||
| Description of Program(s) | ||||||||||||||||
| "Practical Money Management" is a free two-part financial literacy workshop. Learn strategies for practical budgeting during tough economic times. Participants must attend both sessions to complete. Registration required by calling 412-487-6316 Option 2 Ext. 3217.NHCO US Small Business Administration and Volunteer of America - Working Order Program present "Homes is a Business: You Decide". A two-part financial literacy workshop comparing running the home to running a business. All classes are free and open to the public. | ||||||||||||||||
| Materials / Publications | ||||||||||||||||
| Hard copy hand-outs; power point presentations. | ||||||||||||||||
| Mission | ||||||||||||||||
| NHCO is an interfaith nonprofit organization that addresses the spiritual, emotional, physical and materials needs of people in crisis, hardship and poverty. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Any other financial education programs that this organization uses as a referral source. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Program Effectiveness | ||||||||||||||||
| 75 people have attended NHCO financial literacy workshops since December 2005. 24 Family Savings Account savers have fulfilled the financial literacy requirement through the FDIC Money Smart Computer-Based Instruction Course. 38 FSA savers have been matched with 16 volunteer FSA Savings Couch mentors for 1-on-1 support & guidance during their participation in the FSA program. 22 teens ages 16 to 19 attended NeighborWorks "My Money, My Life" program at NHCO's Millvale location. |
