1. Achieving the Dream Financial Literacy Program Los Angeles Harbor College

2. Financial Literacy Program Logo Designed and Created by Eric Romero ▫Apple – Represents knowledge about financial situation ▫Wings –Inspired by ATD Logo ▫Colors  Green for money  Gold for success

3. About Our Campus Approximately 9000-10,000 students ▫Foster Youth: 50-60 ▫Veterans: 80-100 Demographic Breakdown: ▫Hispanic: 52.3% ▫White: 16.9% ▫African-American: 15.5% ▫Asian/Asian-American: 13.6% ▫ Other/Unknown: 1.7% 1 of 7 Los Angeles Community College District Schools First school to receive YouthSource Grant

4. Current Projects Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service ▫January 30 th, 2013 Foster Youth Getting Priority ▫Mid March Workshops on: ▫Debt Reduction ▫Loans ▫Life Insurance

5. Outreach Efforts Working with on campus departments ▫First Year Experience ▫Life Skills Center ▫Cultural Equity & Awareness Intervention ▫Counseling Department ▫Financial Aid Department Los Angeles Harbor Youth Source Center ▫Being a component of job readiness USC United Friends of the Children ▫Presented to high school foster youth

6. Program Development Opportunities Financial Coaching Training ▫5-day intensive training On Course Workshop ▫3-day staff development Foster Youth Success Initiative Conference ▫Sacramento, CA – 2 day Southern California Higher Ed. Foster Youth Consortium ▫Fall and Spring participation California State University, San Marcos ▫Working Scholarship program info. Session Cerritos Community College LINC

7. Where We Began: July 2012 Hired and began Financial Coaching Training

8. Where We Began: July 2012 Program Development: ▫Application ▫Pre-Test ▫Interaction sheet ▫Publicity documents

9. Last Semester: Fall 2012 Created local resource list including: ▫Housing, utilities discounts, clinics, food banks, bus passes, etc. Presented first group orientation ▫September 5 th and September 6 th ▫7 participants, 6 foster youth Chaffee Grant Informational Workshop ▫September 19 th ▫12 participants, 8 foster youth Chaffee Grant Recipient Workshop ▫October 15th ▫9 participants, 9 foster

10. Last Semester: Fall 2012 3-Day Workshop: “Where’s My Money?” ▫Worked with Life Skills Center on campus ▫~40 students, 15 Foster ▫Worked with Jean Pann, MSW

11. Last Semester: Fall 2012 Laptop Scholarship Workshop Cultural Equity & Awareness Intervention ▫Once a month meetings ▫Program for MLK Jr. Service Day Program Modification ▫Curriculum development ▫Online intake ▫Define program objectives

12. Fall 2012 Evaluation Current student participants in our program ▫Total: 25  Foster Youth-21  Network with Financial Aid Foster Youth Liaison Maria Chavez  Veterans- 1  Other-3 Overall, good feeling but want to reach out to veterans more ▫Meet with Veterans Center to get more access

13. Current Situation: Spring 2013 New online documents ▫New presentation evaluation ▫New Application ▫New Student Assessment New modifications on website Completed MLK Jr. Day of Service Event ▫60 student participants ▫2 hour presentation on Financial Literacy New intake form for optimal data collection

14. New Publicity Information

20. Future Plans: Spring 2013 Foster Youth Getting Priority ▫CashCource.com Scholarship Awarded to FLP Coalition with other on-campus resources

21. Future Plans: Spring 2013 Current student participants in our program ▫Total: 15  6 new Foster Youth  9 returning  1 Veterans  8 Foster Youth  OPEN to NON VET and FOSTER YOUTH students Desired Goals: Be able to reach out to Veteran Population and supply services however we can

22. Contact Us Hours of Operation: Contact Info: ▫Armando Villalpando: villapa@lahc.eduvillapa@lahc.edu ▫Eric Romero: romeroea@lahc.eduromeroea@lahc.edu Main Office Phone Number: 310-233-4046 MONTUESWEDTHURSFRI 9AM – 5PM 9AM – 2PM