Summer Stakeholder Convening Debrief & News from the Field Earlier this month AC CAN hosted our summer Stakeholder Convening in collaboration with the San Francisco Office of Financial Empowerment (SF OFE). Prevailing Challenges to Financial Success in the Bay Area focused on two key topic areas in the income and asset development field that our [...]
CFED has changed its name to Prosperity Now, and as one component of their changing brand, they are forming a new nationwide network of organizations which serve as leaders in state, tribal, or local economies. This network will be known as Community Champions. AC CAN has been selected as a Community Champion to represent our [...]
This advocacy mantra refers to the human nature of decision makers who are often more swayed by a moving story, convincingly told, than a wealth of statistics. Politicians and other decision makers need access to accurate data which is skillfully interpreted. But politicians also need to hear stories from the people who are directly impacted [...]
AC CAN invites you to join us for two events on Thursday, May 11th. *Feel free to RSVP for only the first event, only the second, or join us for both! REGISTER TODAY Income and Asset Development 101 Training - 9:00am-10:00am, May 11th OVERVIEW: AC CAN developed this training for professionals who [...]
Low-income families in our region are struggling more than ever to balance family budgets, which are stressed by rising housing costs on top of the already high cost of Bay Area living. Families’ financial worries show up as stress, and extended periods of stress can take their toll on physical, mental, and emotional health. School [...]
Last week AC CAN presented at the California Asset Building Coalition Symposium in Sacramento. We were on a panel called Making it Work-Integrating Financial Capability in Workforce Programs, moderated by Lisa Forti from First 5 Alameda County. We shared the work that AC CAN has done to bring together youth workforce programs and financial capability [...]
There are 20 million young people ages 16 – 24 working in the U.S., earning their first paychecks, often through youth employment programs. Many of these youth and young adults are growing up in financial deserts — communities without ready access to safe, quality financial tools and information. As a result, when youth from these [...]
A Message of Thanks and Preparation from AC CAN On the week of Thanksgiving, AC CAN would like to take a moment to thank our member organizations for all of their hard work this year to support low-income communities in increasing their incomes and building their assets. AC CAN member organizations and agencies do a [...]
Alameda County Community Asset Network, AC CAN, held it’s fall stakeholder convening, The Results are In: Analysis of Financial Education in Youth Workforce Programs, as a continuation of it’s work this year to help youth workforce programs integrate financial education and financial products into their programs. Last spring AC CAN held an event to assess [...]
Silicon Valley has been repeatedly criticized for their failure to recruit and retain tech employees from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. NPower, one of Alameda County Community Asset Network’s newest members, is helping to address this issue in the Bay Area. NPower builds brighter futures for underserved young adults and veterans, predominantly people of color, [...]
