As part of their CDFI Futures series, Next City dove into the impact of LISC’s Financial Opportunity Center (FOC) and Bridges to Career Opportunity (BCO) models. More than 100 FOCs, in 26 states, combine job placement, financial coaching and financial supports to improve peoples’ long-term economic prospects. Katrin Sirje Kärk, LISC’s director of Workforce Innovations describes how the program promotes clients’ lifelong goals: LISC and the coaches, she says, “are committed to being there for as long as needed.”