Operation HOPEYouth Programs
We support a two generation approach to help families and communities have the financial and wealth building skills and resources to create generational change, improving the overall financial wellbeing of the community.
Youth and young adults · Delivered virtually throughout the academic year in a series of online group-education workshops · There is NO cost to the students, teacher or school to participate in HOPE’s Youth programming.
From operationhope.org/programs/youth-and-young-adult-programs ↗About this program
Young adults and youth who receive money management education when the principles are most relevant to their stage of life, are more likely to take those skills into adulthood. Without intentionally exposing young children to financial concepts and educating pre-teens and teens on proper money management practices, they will inevitably pick up poor money habits. We don’t want to leave our youth’s future financial management skills to chance.
Operation HOPE offers programs for both school-age youth as well as young adults so we can provide age-appropriate financial education during a young person’s formative years.
To meet the needs of the community in the midst of and post COVID-19, Operation HOPE created and launched a virtual model for school-age youth programs. The virtual model creates the opportunity to gain real-time feedback that has also allowed us to learn ways to engage with communities and young people digitally regardless of geographical location or available technology.
Young adult learners (learners in their late teens and early 20’s) experience emerging financial independence within a short period of time, creating a unique opportunity to build positive financial behaviors and foster a healthy financial mindset.
Over the course of the year, young adults participate in a combination of group education workshops, group coaching sessions, and 1:1 coaching. Programming for this age group is tailored to help them better understand financial topics that are relevant to planning for the future including: budgeting, savings, credit and debt reduction, income and benefits, identity protection, student loans, and the emotions of money.
Questions
Will I need to pay for this?
There is NO cost to the students, teacher or school to participate in HOPE’s Youth programming. This initiative, like all of the services that Operation HOPE provides to adults, homeowners and small business owners, are provided through partner and donor sponsored scholarships and offered to our clients FREE OF CHARGE.
How much commitment is required? How long are the programs?
Youth and young adult programming is delivered virtually throughout the academic year in a series of developmentally appropriate, online group-education workshops. To make the inclusion of financial literacy education as seamless as possible, HOPE Youth workshops and resources are designed to fit in with existing curriculum, national financial education standards, and school calendars.
Details
- Who
- Youth and young adults
- When
- Delivered virtually throughout the academic year in a series of online group-education workshops
- Where
- Online
- Cost
- There is NO cost to the students, teacher or school to participate in HOPE’s Youth programming.
- Ages
- Late teens and early 20s for young adults; school-age youth
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