Phase 2: Family and Child Assessment
Assessment presents an opportunity for staff to listen to families and learn more about their strengths and basic needs. Through a FEM lens, listen carefully for references associated with economic growth.
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Economic Mobility
Economic mobility is a core aspect of improving family well-being. Economic well-being is the extent to which a family feels financially stable and has hopes for the future. It also means families have knowledge of and access to the financial resources and opportunities they need to promote their children’s healthy development and make the best decisions for themselves.
Review materials to help you support families in developing and making progress toward their economic mobility goals.
Phase 3: Communication with Families
Communication with families is key to building the strong relationships necessary to support family economic mobility. Learn how to leverage techniques for sensitive conversations.
Phase 4: Goal Setting with Families
Learn how to use the seven steps for setting and reaching goals with families to provide family economic mobility support.
Phase 5: Follow-up and Review
Situations can change quickly for families. Discover strategies for evaluating and adjusting your approach as you help families work toward their economic stability and mobility goals.
Phase 6: Continuous Program Improvement
Learn how evaluating family goals at the program level can help ensure that your program is well-situated to support the families you partner with.
Income and Spending
Learn to support families' goals around choosing financial products, making and using a budget, accessing public benefits, paying bills, filing taxes, and accessing tax credits.
Savings and Assets
Learn how to support families’ goals around building savings, buying a car, buying a home, saving for education, and saving for retirement.
Debt and Credit
Learn to support families’ goals around accessing and reviewing credit reports and scores, building credit, managing debt and student loan debt, and avoiding predatory loans and identity theft.
Education and Career
Learn to support families’ goals around career pathways, finding a new job, getting a GED or high school diploma, accessing job training, pursuing and paying for college and higher education, or starting a business.
Choosing Financial Products
Discover action steps, conversation cues, and resources for families to support them in choosing financial products.
