Financial Literacy Seminars Series
The goal of our Financial Literacy Awareness Seminars is to offer a variety of courses and materials to individual consumers, groups and the community at large, in order to provide information that will assist in resolving a myriad of financial issues and take steps forward to ensure financial independence.
Upcoming Seminars
The following is a list of upcoming seminars with time and locations:
7/1/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
7/1/2009
PBCC Upward Bound at Northwood University
2600 N. Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33409 Map
Phone: 561-868-3070
Contact: Roselle Ceasar
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Topic: Borrowing Basics
7/7/2009
Florida Women’s Business Center
401 W. Atlantic Avenue, Suite 09
Delray Beach, FL 33444 Map
Phone: 561-265-3790 ext 111
Contact: Jennifer Brin Kovach
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Topic: Resolving Debt & Rebuilding Credit
7/8/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
7/8/2009
PBCC Upward Bound at Northwood University
2600 N. Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33409 Map
Phone: 561-868-3070
Contact: Roselle Ceasar
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Topic: Charge It Right
7/10/09
Urban Youth Impact
2823 North Australian Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-832-9220
Contact: John O’Hara
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am
Topic: Check it Out & Pay Yourself First – For Young Adults
7/11/2009
CCMS First Time Home Buyers Workshop/
Lake Worth Community Development Corporation
Osborne Community Center
1699 Wingfield Street
Lake Worth, FL 33460Map
Phone: 561-454-5639
Contact: Kathy Kiley
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
7/15/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
7/15/2009
Life Improvement for Tomorrow, Inc.
200 NW 14th Street (Florence Fuller Child Development Center)
Boca Raton, FL 33432 Map
Phone: 877-868-7026
Contact: Mike Williams
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Topic: First Time Home Buyer Seminar
7/17/09
Urban Youth Impact
2823 North Australian Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-832-9220
Contact: John O’Hara
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 am
Topic: Borrowing Basics & Paying for College & Cars – For Young Adults
7/20/2009
Dunbar Village
1715 Division Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-366-8572
Contact: Aldric Marshall
Time: 11:00 – 1:00 pm
Topic: Consumer Rights- The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act
7/22/2009
Associates of the Boca Raton Resort & Club
501 East Camino Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432 Map
Phone: 561-447-3089
Contact: Shawn Klumpjan
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 am
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Topic: Keys to Homeownership
7/23/2009
The Lord’s Place
1750 NE 4th Place
Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Map
561-736-7006
Contact: Jay Paster
Time 9:30-10:30
Topic: Fair Debt Collections
7/28/2009
Broward County Library
100 Andrews Avenue
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33301 Map
Phone: 954-357-7434
Contact: Helene Palmer
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Topic: Setting Financial Goals
For High School Students and Beyond
7/29/2009
Kiwanis Club of Delray Beach Sunrise
Members & Guest
Delray Beach Golf Club
2200 Highland Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33445 Map
Phone: 954-260-8838
Contact: Ezra Krieg
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 am
7/29/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
8/5/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
8/6/2009
The Lord’s Place
1750 NE 4th Place
Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Map
561-736-7006
Contact: Jay Paster
Time 9:30-10:30
Topic: Credit Scoring
8/8/2009
CCMS First Time Home Buyers Workshop/
Lake Worth Community Development Corporation
Osborne Community Center
1699 Wingfield Street
Lake Worth, FL 33460 Map
Phone: 561-454-5639
Contact: Kathy Kiley
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
8/12/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
8/12/2009
Life Improvement for Tomorrow, Inc.
200 NW 14th Street (Florence Fuller Child Development Center)
Boca Raton, FL 33432 Map
Phone: 877-868-7026
Contact: Mike Williams
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Topic: First Time Home Buyer Seminar
8/14/2009
Associates of the Boca Raton Resort & Club
501 East Camino Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432 Map
Phone: 561-454-5631
Contact: Sandra Tagliavia
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 am
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Topic: Building and Keeping Good Credit
8/19/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
8/20/2009
The Lord’s Place
1750 NE 4th Place
Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Map
561-736-7006
Contact: Jay Paster
Time 9:30-10:30
Topic: Building Credit
8/25/2009
Florida Women’s Business Center
401 W. Atlantic Avenue, Suite 09
Delray Beach, FL 33444 Map
Phone: 561-265-3790 ext 111
Contact: Jennifer Brin Kovach
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Topic: Micro Business Basics – How to Build a Sound Financial BIZ Base
8/26/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
9/2/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
9/2/2009
Cason United Methodist Church
342 North Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444 Map
Phone: 561-276-5302
Contact: Rev. Linda Mobley, Pastor
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Topic: Focus on Debt
9/3/2009
The Lord’s Place
1750 NE 4th Place
Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Map
561-736-7006
Contact: Jay Paster
Time 9:30-10:30
Topic: Credit Report Disputing
9/9/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
9/9/2009
Cason United Methodist Church
342 North Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444 Map
Phone: 561-276-5302
Contact: Rev. Linda Mobley, Pastor
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Topic: Basics of Credit
9/12/2009
CCMS First Time Home Buyers Workshop/
Lake Worth Community Development Corporation
Osborne Community Center
1699 Wingfield Street
Lake Worth, FL 33460 Map
Phone: 561-454-5639
Contact: Kathy Kiley
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
9/16/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
9/16/2009
Cason United Methodist Church
342 North Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444 Map
Phone: 561-276-5302
Contact: Rev. Linda Mobley, Pastor
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Topic: Your Guide to Homeownership
9/23/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
9/23/2009
Cason United Methodist Church
342 North Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444 Map
Phone: 561-276-5302
Contact: Rev. Linda Mobley, Pastor
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Topic: ID Theft
9/30/2009
Center for Independent Living Options
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
1715 Tiffany Drive East
West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Map
Phone: 561-966-4288
Contact: Maite Reyes-Coles
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 pm
Topic: FDIC – Money Matters – Budgeting
9/30/2009
Cason United Methodist Church
342 North Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444 Map
Phone: 561-276-5302
Contact: Rev. Linda Mobley, Pastor
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Topic: FHA Reverse Mortgage
10/1/2009
National Association of Social Workers, Florida/Treasure Coast
New Horizons of the Treasure Coast
4500 W Midway Road
Ft Pierce, FL 34981 Map
Phone 561-926-2370
Contact: Bettyanne Hutton-Treasure Coast Unit Chair
Topic: Credit and Budgeting 3 hour workshop
10/10/2009
CCMS First Time Home Buyers Workshop/
Lake Worth Community Development Corporation
Osborne Community Center
1699 Wingfield Street
Lake Worth, FL 33460 Map
Phone: 561-454-5639
Contact: Kathy Kiley
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
10/20/2009
Florida Women’s Business Center
401 W. Atlantic Avenue, Suite 09
Delray Beach, FL 33444 Map
Phone: 561-265-3790 ext 111
Contact: Jennifer Brin Kovach
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Topic: Resolving Debt Issues & Rebuilding Credit
11/142009
CCMS First Time Home Buyers Workshop/
Lake Worth Community Development Corporation
Osborne Community Center
1699 Wingfield Street
Lake Worth, FL 33460Map
Phone: 561-454-5639
Contact: Kathy Kiley
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
11/17/2009
Florida Women’s Business Center
401 W. Atlantic Avenue, Suite 09
Delray Beach, FL 33444 Map
Phone: 561-265-3790 ext 111
Contact: Jennifer Brin Kovach
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Topic: Micro Business Basics – Building a Sound Financial Foundation
11/18/2009
Associates of the Boca Raton Resort & Club
501 East Camino Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432 Map
Phone: 561-454-5631
Contact: Sandra Tagliavia
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 am
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Topic: ID Theft
12/5/2009
CCMS First Time Home Buyers Workshop/
Lake Worth Community Development Corporation
Osborne Community Center
1699 Wingfield Street
Lake Worth, FL 33460 Map
Phone: 561-454-5639
Contact: Kathy Kiley
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Financial Literacy Seminar Topics
RightTrack - Consumer $ense (F/K/A Making Cents)
- Organizing Your Financial Life - Tips on how to organize your finances in order to make better decisions about your money.
- Budgeting and Savings - Understanding how to do a budget and the basics of savings.
- Securing Financial Needs - Understanding the pieces of your financial puzzle.
- About Checking Accounts - Principles of opening and maintaining a checking account.
- Basics of Credit Cards - What a credit card can do for you.
- Understanding Debt - Meaning and consequences of debt.
- Wise Use of Credit - The convenience and the responsibility of having credit.
- Your Guide To Home ownership - How to prepare to buy a home.
- Your Guide To: Household Budgets, Credit Cards and Electronic Banking - Budgeting and planning tips, understanding what a credit card is and information on electronic banking and how it can work for your.
- Psychology of Debt and Understanding Debt
- Factors of Credit Scoring
- How to Read and Understand your Credit Report
- Resolving Debt Issues
- Credit Do's and Don't's
- How to Prevent Identity Theft
FDIC - Money Smart
- Bank On It - An Introduction to bank services
- Borrowing Basics - An introduction to credit
- Check It Out - How to Choose and keep a checking account
- Money Matters - How to keep track of your money
- Pay Yourself First - Why you should save, save, save
- Keep It Safe - Your rights as a consumer
- To Your Credit - How your credit history will affect your credit future
- Charge It Right - How to make a credit card work for you
- Loan To Own - Know what you are borrowing before you buy
- Your Own Home - What home ownership is all about
Fannie Mae
- Knowing and Understanding your Credit - Required course for consumers receiving First Time Home Buyers' assistance
- Opening the Door To A Home Of Your Own - Required course for consumers receiving down payment assistance
Money Wi$e
- Building and Keeping Good Credit - What every consumer should know about how to build and keep good credit
- Manage Your Money Wisely: Tracking Your Money - Tips on how to manage your finances.
- Banking Basics: You Can Bank On It - Introduction to services offered by banks and credit unions.
- Put Bad Credit Behind You: Improve Your Credit - Explains why having good credit is important, your rights, how to check your credit report and how to begin rebuilding your good credit.
- Your Rights To a Financial Fresh Start - Bankruptcy - New rules for filing personal bankruptcy.
- Talking to Teens ABout Money - Designed for parents to teach kids about money. Also good for older teens.
- Make Your Money Work For You: Saving to Build Wealth - Explains the importance of saving, setting goals and ways to make your money grow faster.
- Building a Sound Financial Foundation: Micro Business Basics - Basic concepts about the creation and financial management of a micro business.
- Just Say No! to Senior Scams - Signs of Fraud and tips for avoiding scams.
- Credit Cards: What You Need To Know - Explains how credit cards work and how the way you use credit cards can have an impact on your credit history.
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Who We Reach
We Present Seminars to the Following Organizations
- Broward County Library (Ft Lauderdale, FL)
- Broward School District / Parent-Teacher Association (Homestead, FL)
- City of Boynton Beach., Employee Assistance Program (Boynton Beach, FL)
- Dress for Success (Riviera Beach, FL)
- Florida Business Women’s Center (Delray Beach, FL)
- Florida Resource for Women and Children (Riviera Beach, FL)
- Glades Correctional Facility (Belle Glade, FL)
- Head Start of Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach, FL)
- Home Education Loan Program (West Palm Beach, FL)
- Jupiter Library (Jupiter, FL)
- Lake Park Library (Lake Park, FL)
- Life Skills Center (Delray Beach, FL)
- Life Steps Foundation (Greenacres, FL)
- New Community Development Group (Riviera Beach, FL)
- Office Depot Corporation, National Headquarters (Delray Beach, Florida)
- Palm Beach County Department of Community Services (West Palm Beach, FL)
- Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department (West Palm Beach, FL)
- Palm Beach Library System (West Palm Beach, FL)
- Pleasant City Redevelopment Center (West Palm Beach, FL)
- West Palm Beach Housing Authority (West Palm Beach, FL)
- Women in Distress (Ft Lauderdale, FL)
- Women In Health (Delray Beach, FL)
- Women’s Circle (Boynton Beach, FL)
- YMCA (Palm Beaches) (West Palm Beach, FL)