Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering training on “Your Money, Your Goals,” a financial empowerment toolkit that provides frontline workers with resources and tools to help their clients take steps towards financial stability and self-sufficiency.
This training is designed for service providers, volunteers, clergy members or anyone interested in helping others take steps towards financial stability and self-sufficiency. Each registrant receives a comprehensive toolkit. The toolkit helps build the capacity to integrate financial empowerment into helping relationships as well as help to improve the overall health and well-being of Iowa individuals and families.
“You’ll learn about tools and resources to help others understand their financial values, use credit wisely, manage debt effectively and access appropriate community resources,” said Sandra McKinnon, a human sciences specialist in family finance who is facilitating the course.
“The toolkit is not a curriculum you are asked to deliver. The toolkit is a collection of information you access as you need it when working with your clients,” McKinnon said.
The 6-hour course is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in Creston. There is a $75 registration fee, which includes course materials. Pre-registration is required by Nov. 5. A packet is available for those seeking CEUs.
To register, go to http://bit.ly/ymyg10184. For additional information, contact McKinnon at sandram@iastate.edu or 712-355-2067, or visit www.extension.iastate.edu/humansciences/your-money-goals.