A key strategy toward achieving OYE’s mission is to empower youth to take ownership and control of their own transition plans and one of those ways is through finances and money management. Finances and money management addresses skill areas regarding financial literacy, including budgeting, banking, savings, credit, and leveraging financial resources for long term planning g. The proposed program will assist with their transition to independence by creating opportunities to increase knowledge of finances as well as the importance of building consistent savings and wealth. The program will work with youth in foster care between the ages of 15-21 and former foster youth who have achieved permanency after age 15 but under 21.
