Step 6: Determine Support
Review scenarios and find conversation starters that help you identify appropriate supports to help families make progress toward their economic mobility goals.
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Family Support and Well-being
Family well-being occurs when all family members are safe, healthy, and have chances for educational advancement and economic mobility. Support services such as early care and education, housing and food assistance, and physical and mental health care positively contribute to the well-being of families and their children. When families face challenges that cause stress, including poverty and homelessness, their health and wellness can be negatively impacted. Engaging families as active participants in problem-solving and goal-setting can help them identify and use their own strengths to address the challenges they face. When families are healthy, safe, and economically stable, their children's health and well-being can thrive.
Connecting Families to Support
You don’t have to do it all! Learn about ways to connect families with supports from outside your program through referrals and partnerships, and how to determine when it's best for your program to provide support.
Step 7: Track Progress and Celebrate Successes
Explore scenarios and find conversation starters that help you manage families’ progress toward their economic mobility goals.
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.
Making and Using a Budget
Find action steps, conversation cues, and resources for families to support them in making and using a budget.
Accessing Public Benefits
Explore action steps, conversation cues, and resources for families to support them in accessing public benefits.
