Dear John,

We are happy to welcome you to the Financial Security Network! Over the past several months, Prosperity Now and a Financial Security Network Advisory Board of trusted partners from the field worked together to build a shared overview and purpose that grounds our work together:

We envision a world without inequitable and racist barriers to financial stability and wealth-building so that all people, families, and communities have the means and resources to thrive in society. 

The Financial Security Network fosters collaboration between practitioners, advocates, researchers, funders, and intermediaries who are working to support individuals and households of color and historically marginalized communities to achieve financial security by providing learning opportunities, lifting up and incubating solutions, and advocating for policy solutions that enhance, support, and protect household financial security. 

As a member of the Financial Security Network, you will be able to:

Have access to national peers and experts on financial security.
Receive direct information on promising wealth, income, credit building, and debt reduction practices and policies.
Join virtual and in-person events on asset building, guaranteed income, and narrative change.
Advocate for increased equitable distribution of wealth, income building, predatory lending restrictions, and more.
Participate in working groups focused on applying a racial equity strategy to wealth building and financial coaching programs, measuring financial security, and more.
Partner with Prosperity Now, financial security experts, racial equity experts and advocates, policymakers, the private sector, and other members across the country.
Have direct input into future activities of the Financial Security Network.

You can learn more about the Financial Security Network here.

As a member of this Network, we have an exciting virtual learning opportunity for you! Prosperity Now recently partnered with the East LA Community Corporation (ELACC) to design a universal basic income program for families in East Los Angeles. Please join us for our upcoming webinar on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, from 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm to learn all about it! Designing Responsive Programs: Guaranteed Income is an opportunity to discover the steps ELACC and Prosperity Now took to protect vulnerable populations engaged in the pilot. Participants can expect to reflect on how lessons learned during this pilot can be analyzed and applied across the field.

Register Here

Note: We welcome all members of the former Financial Coaching, Savings, and Health and Wealth Networks as well as the Financial Security and Consumer Protections Campaigns. We look forward to promoting equitable wealth-building policies and practices with you.

Thank you for your partnership,

Parker Cohen
Vice President, Programs
Prosperity Now