Asset-Based Credit Training

CBA's Credit Building is Asset Building trainings are fundamentally changing the way financial educators and asset builders around the country understand credit in today's economy and how they implement their work.

Why CBA’s Asset-Based Credit Education Training?

CBA challenges asset building practitioners to re-think credit and offers tools and strategies in our Credit Builders 5-Step^©approach that can be immediately implemented in practice.

Training Goals

•    Better understand today’s credit economy
•    Value credit as a financial asset
•    Have new strategies to build credit
•    Know best practices to measure financial education outcomes with credit report info
•    Use Credit Builder Toolkit for tools and information around credit building

Who is the training for?

•    Financial Coaches
•    Housing counselors
•    Microenterprise lenders and TA (Technical Assistance) providers
•    IDA (Individual Development Account) practitioners
•    Financial literacy/education trainers
•    Workforce development specialists
•    Tax Prep/VITA site volunteers

How does CBA offer the training?

Currently, CBA’s half or full-day workshop is offered upon request by organizations. Some organizations invite CBA to specifically train their staff while others partner with other organizations in their area for a group workshop. The sponsoring organization(s) are responsible organizing the event while the CBA trainer is specifically focused on delivering the presentation.

CBA members receive a discount on training! Contact CBA for pricing information.

Examples of past trainings:

Making Connections Providence organized a workshop for its Family Economic Success Program staff of housing counselors, financial coaches, workforce development practitioners
Chicago LISC Center for Working Families organized two workshops for financial coaches and workforce development practitioners respectively
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank co-sponsored with Mission Asset Fund and San Francisco EARN to offer the seminar, Helping Nonprofits Build Stronger Credit in their Communities
Latino Economic Development Corporation retained CBA to hold all-staff training

In their words

What your colleagues are saying about the CBA training:

You have given me some tools to assist [individuals] that will strengthen my rapport and create stronger relationships. – Financial Coach, Center for Economic Progress and LISC Center for Working Families, Chicago, IL

Thank you so much for the fantastic training session. It couldn’t have been more informative…I now understand what you mean by the ‘credit building’ versus ‘credit repair’ approach. – Director of Lending, Latino Economic Development Corporation, Washington, DC

Your workshops were excellent and very stimulating - they even exceeded my already high expectations. Among other things, they accomplished my goal of fundamentally changing the perspective of the attendees…Your innovative approach, website, and toolkit make it possible for us practitioners to bring hope to the large number of our community for whom good credit seems totally out of reach. – Family Economic Success Consultant, Making Connections, Providence, RI

Need help? Don’t delay, begin today – and get your chance for free TA!

CBA members committed to entering the Challenge may each request 2 FREE hours of technical assistance in completing their entry during April. All requests must be made by Friday, April 9 and will be accommodated on a first come, first serve basis for up to 10 CBA member organizations.

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