Our goal is to help you become

financially empowered so you

can concentrate on the goal at
hand: Your Education!
-YWCA Financial Coaches
YWCA
Financial Empowerment Services
Renee Griggs
YWCA | Financial Coaches
Sean Fanning Charlene Hurst
YWCA | Financial Empowerment Services

Free Financial Education Classes and Free One-on-One
Financial Coaching
Community Referrals: utility payment assistance, community
court ticket dismissals, etc.
Certified Healthcare Application Counselors:
Help with application and enrollment for the Health
Insurance Marketplace
Financial Goal Setting/Credit & Debt Management
YWCA | Financial Empowerment Services

Savings Incentive Program
Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)
VITA Referral: Free tax preparation services for low to
moderate income
Self-Sufficiency Calculator: Benefits Screening
Budgeting (Any Income: Financial Aid, Wages, Disability, etc.)

The YWCA of Fort Worth and Tarrant County offers several
services through its Financial Empowerment Services
Financial Goal Setting
Budgeting (Any income: financial aid,
wages, disability, etc.)
Expense Tracking
Credit & Debt Management
Savings
Taxes & Tax preparation
Benefits Screening
Marketplace Healthcare Enrollment
Free One-On-One Financial Coaching tailored to the individual or
family covering some of these topics:
Tarrant County students can receive (4) Free One-On-One Financial Coaching Sessions
The financial coach
works with the program
participant to come up
with a realistic and
workable budget that will
help them move toward
their financial goals.

We encourage budgeting
to start an emergency
savings account that can
be one of the 1
st
steps
toward financial stability
and keeping a person
from slipping into a
financial crisis

This chart is printable for
the participant as a tool
to be used in making
their budget
Benefits Screening and Budgeting using the
YWCA Self-Sufficiency Calculator
other
10%
child care
5%
rent
28%
[CATEGORY
NAME]
[PERCENTAGE]
transportation
25%
health care
0%
food
18%
other
child care
rent
utilities
transportation
health care
food
Benefits Screening and Budgeting using the
YWCA Self-Sufficiency Calculator
We screen for up to 12 different benefits and tax credits for participants and
then provide you with contact and application information. The coach can
also give the participant access to community resources such as rental and
utility assistance, or agencies that provide emergency food, housing, etc.
YWCA | Financial Education Classes
The YWCA Financial
coach is able to offer the
participant access to free
financial education classes
conducted by banks,
community partners,
online, or by YWCA
Certified Personal
Financial Coaches. These
classes go into depth on
many of the topics covered
in one-on-one coaching
The YWCA offers a matched savings
incentive to encourage participants to start
or continue saving. The first $50 placed in
a savings account after the start of coaching
is matched by the YWCA with a $25 direct
deposit into your account after your 3
rd

coaching session
YWCA | Savings Incentive Program
Individual Development Account (IDA)
To encourage asset building the YWCA offers an IDA program that will match
participant savings dollars for:
Post Secondary Education
(4 to 1 dollar match)
Starting or enhancing a small
business (2 to 1 dollar match)
Cost associated with the purchase of your 1
st
home (4 to 1 dollar match)
Application process and you must attend (4) coaching sessions and (1)
financial education class
Possible $4000 total contribution from YWCA

YWCA | IDA Program
Set up an appointment today!
YWCA | Financial Empowerment Services
YWCA Fort Worth & Tarrant County
For an Appointment Call 817-515-1058
Or
Come by the TCC Trinity River Campus Student
Financial Aid Services
at TRTR 1032
An Equal Opportunity Institution/Equal access
to persons with disabilities