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City of San Antonio Financial Empowerment Center VISTA
 
 
 
The City of San Antonio, in partnership with Family Service Association and United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, launched the Financial Empowerment Centers in March 2013. The centers aim to increase financial awareness in the community by providing free financial counseling services to area residents. Certified counselors meet with clients one-on-one to review their credit report, develop a household budget, create a savings plan, and identify strategies to reduce debt, among other services. Counselors develop action plans with their clients to meet financial goals. The program integrates financial counseling into other municipal and social services to help clients achieve their goals. In the first year of operation, the centers served over 1,400 clients, who attended an average of three sessions each, helping to reduce total debt by $654,970 and total savings by over $126,476. The Financial Empowerment Centers are operated by the non-profit partners. The position will work closely with staff from the City of San Antonio, as well as both of the non-profit partners. The San Antonio Financial Empowerment Center is a replication grant provided by the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE) and Bloomberg Philanthropies. San Antonio is one of the five cities selected to participate in the expansion. Other grantees include Denver, Lansing, Nashville and Philadelphia. The model builds on an innovative New York City initiative which started in 2008 and has served over 19,000 residents.
 
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Member Duties : 1) Increase client engagement: Design and implement customer satisfaction survey; Analyze results and recommend how to improve operations; Develop and analyze data reports to identify customer trends, recommend how to improve outreach efforts; Research best social media outreach practices, develop and implement social media outreach plan. 2) Increase engagement of service organizations: Assist with increasing outreach to community organizations by planning and implementing targeted outreach events such as informational breakfasts; Attend community outreach events to provide program information. 3) Increase engagement of funding community: Develop and analyze data reports to fully illustrate the impact of FEC program, recommend how to integrate results into sustainability efforts; Identify potential funding sources; Develop and implement communication plan with potential funders; Identify and implement proactive ways to raise awareness of the FEC program among potential funders.
 
Program Benefits : Health Coverage* ,  Training ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Education award upon successful completion of service ,  Stipend ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Living Allowance ,  Relocation Allowance . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Community Outreach ,  Neighborhood Revitalization ,  Community and Economic Development . 
 
Skills :
Writing/Editing ,  Recruitment ,  Data Analysis ,  Team Work ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Communications ,  Social Services ,  Leadership ,  Community Organization ,  Computers/Technology ,  Public Speaking . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
City of San Antonio Financial Empowerment Center VISTA
Program Start/End Date
03/20/2017  -   03/23/2018
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations TEXAS  
Accepting Applications
From  10/05/2016  To  01/06/2017 
Contact Deirdre Murphy
106 S Saint Marys St
San Antonio   TX   78203
210-207-8868
Deirdre.Murphy@sanantonio.gov
SanAntonioFEC.org
Listing ID 56401

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