Financial Stability
LISC’s financial stability programs connect low- to moderate- income families with the financial and labor market mainstream. We offer employment and career services, financial coaching and education and low-cost financial products that build credit, savings and assets.
LISC Cleveland's financial stability initiatives include a local network of four Financial Opportunity Center® (FOC) partners, which are part of the national LISC FOC Network.
Bridges to Career Opportunities (Bridges) is a LISC program hosted by FOC partners that helps chronically unemployed and underemployed adults train for, land, and advance in jobs in local growth industries—sectors such as healthcare, construction, and technology—by helping them overcome the roadblocks to success. The majority of Bridges clients are people of color and women, representing the groups facing the highest systemic obstacles to opportunity in our economy.
With the onslaught of COVID-19, Bridges became a lifeline for those most impacted by the economic fallout of the pandemic. Because of our country’s yawning racial and gender wealth and opportunity gaps, women and BIPOC Americans make up that majority. We are sharing the extraordinary journeys of nine people who now have promising careers and brighter financial futures thanks to Bridges. Discover their stories here.
Financial Opportunity Center® Services
FOC services help families stabilize their finances and build assets through financial education, access to benefits, and employment growth and navigation.