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Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy Program

The Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy Program at Los Angeles Harbor College promotes financial education and empowerment among 9,000 students, including foster youth and veterans. Designed by Eric Romero, the program offers workshops on debt reduction, loans, and insurance, fostering financial knowledge. With a focus on inclusivity, it targets 52.3% Hispanic, 16.9% White, 15.5% African-American, and 13.6% Asian/Asian-American students. Through community engagements and collaborations, we aim to enhance financial literacy and job readiness skills for future success.

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Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy Program

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  1. Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy Program Los Angeles Harbor College

  2. Financial Literacy Program Logo • Designed and Created by Eric Romero • Apple – Represents knowledge about financial situation • Wings –Inspired by ATD Logo • Colors • Green for money • Gold for success

  3. About Our Campus • Approximately 9000-10,000 students • Foster Youth: 50-60 • Veterans: 80-100 • Demographic Breakdown: • Hispanic: 52.3% • White: 16.9% • African-American: 15.5% • Asian/Asian-American: 13.6% • Other/Unknown: 1.7% • 1 of 7 Los Angeles Community College District Schools • First school to receive YouthSource Grant

  4. Current Projects • Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service • January 30th, 2013 • Foster Youth Getting Priority • Mid March • Workshops on: • Debt Reduction • Loans • Life Insurance

  5. Outreach Efforts • Working with on campus departments • First Year Experience • Life Skills Center • Cultural Equity & Awareness Intervention • Counseling Department • Financial Aid Department • Los Angeles Harbor Youth Source Center • Being a component of job readiness • USC United Friends of the Children • Presented to high school foster youth

  6. Program Development Opportunities • Financial Coaching Training • 5-day intensive training • On Course Workshop • 3-day staff development • Foster Youth Success Initiative Conference • Sacramento, CA – 2 day • Southern California Higher Ed. Foster Youth Consortium • Fall and Spring participation • California State University, San Marcos • Working Scholarship program info. Session • Cerritos Community College LINC

  7. Where We Began: July 2012 • Hired and began Financial Coaching Training

  8. Where We Began: July 2012 • Program Development: • Application • Pre-Test • Interaction sheet • Publicity documents

  9. Last Semester: Fall 2012 • Created local resource list including: • Housing, utilities discounts, clinics, food banks, bus passes, etc. • Presented first group orientation • September 5th and September 6th • 7 participants, 6 foster youth • Chaffee Grant Informational Workshop • September 19th • 12 participants, 8 foster youth • Chaffee Grant Recipient Workshop • October 15th • 9 participants, 9 foster

  10. Last Semester: Fall 2012 • 3-Day Workshop: “Where’s My Money?” • Worked with Life Skills Center on campus • ~40 students, 15 Foster • Worked with Jean Pann, MSW

  11. Last Semester: Fall 2012 • Laptop Scholarship Workshop • Cultural Equity & Awareness Intervention • Once a month meetings • Program for MLK Jr. Service Day • Program Modification • Curriculum development • Online intake • Define program objectives

  12. Fall 2012 Evaluation • Current student participants in our program • Total: 25 • Foster Youth-21 • Network with Financial Aid Foster Youth Liaison Maria Chavez • Veterans- 1 • Other-3 • Overall, good feeling but want to reach out to veterans more • Meet with Veterans Center to get more access

  13. Current Situation: Spring 2013 • New online documents • New presentation evaluation • New Application • New Student Assessment • New modifications on website • Completed MLK Jr. Day of Service Event • 60 student participants • 2 hour presentation on Financial Literacy • New intake form for optimal data collection

  14. New Publicity Information

  15. Future Plans: Spring 2013 • Foster Youth Getting Priority • CashCource.com Scholarship Awarded to FLP • Coalition with other on-campus resources

  16. Future Plans: Spring 2013 • Current student participants in our program • Total: 15 • 6 new Foster Youth • 9 returning • 1 Veterans • 8 Foster Youth • OPEN to NON VET and FOSTER YOUTH students • Desired Goals: Be able to reach out to Veteran Population and supply services however we can

  17. Contact Us • Hours of Operation: • Contact Info: • Armando Villalpando: villapa@lahc.edu • Eric Romero: romeroea@lahc.edu • Main Office Phone Number: 310-233-4046

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