The NYC Department of Homeless Services, collaborating with other public agencies and nonprofit partners, works to prevent homelessness before it occurs, reduce street homelessness, and assist New Yorkers in transitioning from shelter into permanent housing. Furthermore, DHS remains committed to meeting its legal mandate to provide temporary emergency shelter to those experiencing homelessness in a safe and respectful environment.

 

The NYC Department of Homeless Services, in partnership with the CUNY School of Professional Studies and The Financial Clinic, is pleased to announce the launch of DHS FIN (Financial Independence Now) - a new adult financial literacy learning and coaching initiative for shelter staff. 

 

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DHS FIN (Financial Independence Now) - Frontline Staff Training for Families with Children Shelters

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 & Wednesday, December 11, 2019
9:30 am to 4:30 pm
CUNY School of Professional Studies
119 West 31st Street, Room 403 (4th Floor)
New York, NY 10001

 

 

An interactive classroom-based learning experience, DHS FIN (Financial Independence Now) will provide shelter case managers/housing specialists with practical strategies for providing “light-touch” financial coaching and referral assistance to their clients. The two-day training session will incorporate scenarios, role-play, and other learner engagement activities covering such topics as:

 

  • Working with clients to set financial goals,
  • Helping clients to create spending and savings plans,
  • Connecting clients to no/low cost banking services,
  • Assisting clients with reviewing credit scores and reports,
  • Sharing strategies with clients for managing credit and debt, and
  • Referring clients to free financial counseling services for more in-depth assistance.
 

DHS FIN will equip shelter case managers/housing specialists with customized tools that can be used in their everyday conversations with clients. These tools aim at helping clients learn the steps necessary to not only become financially secure, but to also transition into permanent housing. In addition, shelter case managers/housing specialists will have access to these resources and support after the training through their enrollment in The Financial Clinic’s online platform, Change Machine.
 

If you have any questions or concerns with the registration, please contact Rebecca Brown Cesarani, Senior Program Director at the CUNY School of Professional Studies via email at rebecca.browncesarani@cuny.edu 

The CUNY School of Professional Studies provides online, classroom-based and customized programs of study that are responsive to the needs of our students and our city, focusing on fields as well as forms of teaching, learning, and scholarship that highlight innovation, personal and social progress, and opportunities for careers and service. https://sps.cuny.edu/
 

 

The Financial Clinic’s mission is to build working poor people’s financial security. The Clinic fulfills its mission through an ecosystem of strategies that includes direct service, capacity building with other nonprofits and systems-level solutions and social innovations to create lasting change. https://thefinancialclinic.org/