COMMUNITY OUTREACH SERVICES

Sensible Alternatives to Valuable Economic Empowerment (S.A.V.E.), is a financial literacy program geared toward adults, this consist of eleven training modules that cover basic financial topics. Topics include a description of deposit and credit services offered by financial institutions, how to choose the correct institution and maintaining a checking account, spending plans, the importance of saving, how to obtain and use their credit effectively, and the basics of building or repairing credit. Children Acquiring Savings for Their Harvest (C.A.S.H.) is a financial literacy program geared toward youth between the ages of 12-20 years of age. Youth are taught on their level the basics of handling their money and finances, including how to create positive relationships with financial institutions.

Building Blocks to Your Future Home provides general instruction to increase your knowledge and build new skills in the area of homeownership. Subjects covered include homeownership readiness and affordability, money and credit management, types of properties and financing available, purchase, mortgage, and closing processes, home maintenance and financial management after you have bought your home. We also offer information on predatory lending and how to avoid the traps.

Community Assisting is provided through Northwest Louisiana CDC as a hand up and not a hand out. Applicant will come and fill out application and provide delinquent bill. Then the board will review information and applicant will be informed of results. If applicant is not approved through our organization, they would then be referred to other agencies that can assist in their endeavors.

Community Service Resources Listing our organization has inquired a book of resources listings of available city, parish, regional and some state-wide services available to the community within the Ark-La-Tex. These services cover a broad spectrum of needs on such topics as health, education, family sufficiency, child care, employment, substance abuse, and crisis intervention.

The home will serve boys in Louisiana who need a safe, secure, and stable home. This will include those who are homeless, neglected, in danger of violence or drug and sexual abuse. The home will also receive boys from DCFS and the Caddo Parish Juvenile Justice System.