CFED’s recent blog on how financial coaching leads to long-term stability prompted MEDA staff to reflect on the nonprofit’s own work in that area. Financial coaching meets families where they are, focuses on financial goals set by the families and provides ongoing support through a one-on-one relationship with a coach. This approach–used broadly in the health, wellness…
NOTE: The below is a guest blog by MEDA’s Mattias Kraemer, Deputy Director of Asset Building, that appeared on the popular site, TechCrunch, on October 11, 2014. In 2014, the financial services industry is looking to technology as a vital link between financial capability and under-resourced communities. Investments in these technologies are imperative to alleviate economic…
It’s a long way from working-class roots as the daughter of a maintenance man in Oklahoma City to becoming a Harvard Law School professor and now a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who is beloved by progressives. Elizabeth Warren’s success story is laudable, plus her championing the message of economic prosperity for all Americans is welcomed…
Each month, the Mission Economic Development Agency honors one of its dedicated volunteers—the people who are an integral part of MEDA’s ability to provide free services to low- and moderate-income Bay Area residents. Thanks to all of the selfless MEDA volunteers who choose Plaza Adelante as their second home. Name: Agne Nugaraite Program: Financial Capability Why did…
When Juan Carlos started MEDA’s free, 10-week Bilingual Bank Teller Program, where 17- to 24-year-olds learn how to work in the financial sector, the last thing he thought he’d be doing at the end of the course was teaching other young adults what he had just learned. The City College student, focusing on economics, came…
Financial Capability is a thread that ties together MEDA’s service integration model, as evidenced daily at Plaza Adelante, the nonprofit’s Mission neighborhood center. Whether a client’s goal is to find a job or buy a first home or start a small business, one’s finances being in order is essential. The Need Jaqueline Marcelos, MEDA Financial…
Plaza Adelante, the neighborhood center of the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), welcomes financially challenged, budding entrepreneurs every day. There are two things these new clients have in common: a dream of starting their own business and the need of capital to make that dream a reality. New Report on Personal Finances and Small-Business Ventures…
MEDA would like to thank our Peer Educators for doing a great job in helping other youth get access to the FAFSA Online Application. View Univision’s news coverage.
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