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Members of our national network of more than 12,000 community-based organization staff members share their success stories and innovative strategies. Learn how other agencies are using Consumer Action’s free multilingual educational materials to empower consumers and make a difference in their communities.

• 2012 Lunar New Year Greetings from Consumer Action
  Consumer Action conducted a MoneyWi$e training in Houston last year, and has established a strong relationship with the Chinese community there. Consumer Action wishes everyone…
• MoneyWi$e Stipend Report - Phase Two
  Consumer Action awarded 10 grants of $5,000 each to the 10 organizations described in this report for work to be conducted between Oct. 25 and…
• MoneyWi$e Stipend Report - Phase One
  This report prepared by Consumer Action provides a snapshot of each grantee’s mission and services and describes their stipend (mini-grant) projects. The report also builds…
• Coastal citizens address effects of oil spill
  Consumer Action’s multilingual consumer education materials played a role in the event. On June 1, 2010 local residents had…
• Consumer Action lends expertise to national housing initiative
  The foreclosure prevention fair held Dec. 5 at South El Monte High School in El Monte, CA was one of a series of events offered…
• Comunidad Latina Credit Union offers exemplary financial services
  Consumer Action reminds you that it’s important for consumers to shop around when looking for banking services. It’s always a good idea to compare account…
• MoneyWise brings hope to Post-Katrina Louisiana
  In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in the summer of 2007, Consumer Action and Capital One used their unique partnership to help the devastated community-based…
• Texas program makes a difference with CA Moneywise modules
  Overview A lack of basic money-management skills is widespread among Americans. The unfortunate results include increasing consumer debt, low saving rates, home foreclosures, lost job…
• MoneyWi$e a crucial tool in battling unemployment
  Battling a skyrocketing unemployment rate, which reached 9.5% in June, organizations on the front lines of the nation’s dismal job market are using MoneyWi$e to…
• CA Joins Forces with NABVETS to Educate Veterans
  Consumer Action entered into a partnership agreement with NABVETS, creating a national capacity to mutually provide access, manpower and resources to offer MoneyWi$e financial…
• Changing lives with financial education
  MUA is one of the first non-profits in Boston founded by and led entirely by Latinas. Our mission is grounded in mentoring and training women…
• Using financial literacy to improve lives
  Partnering for success Since November 2007, Empowerment Seminars, Inc. and InfoSource Communications, LLC have pooled our resources and expertise to provide financial literacy training and…
• 2009 MoneyWi$e Stipend Program
  Consumer Action and Capital One are proud to announce the selection of stipend programs for 2009. Seventeen community organizations that attended the MoneyWi$e trainings hosted…
• 2008 Moneywise Stipend Programs
  In an effort to support community-based organizations to educate consumers about financial management, Consumer Action and Capital One are proud to announce the selection of…
• Improving the quality of life for colonia residents - Texas
  Consumer Action’s Sol Carbonell and Audrey Perrott visited Texas’s Border Fair Housing and Economic Justice…
• On Lok’s second annual fundraising event
  On April 24, Mikael Wagner of Consumer Action attended On Lok's second annual fundraising event. The event, sponsored by AARP of California, was attended by…
• Commitment to community development - Phoenix, AZ
  Community development at Desert Schools means staying true to our core value of people helping people. We believe that community development happens by supporting education,…