Bridges Out of Poverty: As we are looking to counter poverty or its impact on people and businesses in our community, Bridges Out of Poverty solutions give us the structures, ideas, and concrete tools a community needs to prevent, reduce, and alleviate poverty. Bridges Out of Poverty is an approach that helps employers, community organizations, social-service agencies, and individuals address poverty in a comprehensive way. People from all economic classes come together to improve job retention rates, build resources, improve outcomes, and support those who are moving out of poverty.

Your Money Your Goals: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Your Money, Your Goals: A financial empowerment toolkit! This toolkit is designed for anyone who works directly with economically vulnerable people in a wide range of organizations and on a broad range of issues. Users of this toolkit may have different titles, but you generally come from non-profit, community-based, or private sector organizations or city, county, or tribal government agencies, and you are generally responsible for working with people to:
• Conduct needs assessments
• Develop action plans
• Provide resources and referrals needed to implement action plans
• Monitor progress and evaluate results
The toolkit is a collection of important financial empowerment information and tools you can choose from based on the needs and goals of the people you work with.