In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CASH has expanded financial education classes through its CASH Academy™platform to ensure that more people have access to the support they need to build their financial skills and receive guidance to manage complex financial challenges that arise as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CASH Academy is a statewide financial education system that markets free, fact-based classes taught by CASH staff and its local partners and connects residents to free financial coaching. CASH encourages everyone to check out their free resources at  www.cashmd.org . 

“Social workers are uniquely trained to help people navigate through this difficult time. Those with training in Financial Social Work are also positioned to guide people through the emotional side of money and financial decision making in times of stress and change that we are seeing now with the economic downturn due to COVID. CASH is ready to support individuals and families in these challenge times.” – Sara Johnson

We want to hear from you! If you are working on the frontlines of this pandemic, please let us know. We want to feature you and your story. Please submit your story and photo to alumni@ssw.umaryland.edu.

The Financial Social Work Initiative (FSWI) at the University of Maryland School of Social Work was founded in 2008 in growing recognition that addressing financial realities is more important than ever in people’s lives and in the social work profession, which serves those in need. Robin McKinney, MSW, CEO of the CASH Campaign of Maryland, is also a co-founder of FSWI, and both she and Sara Johnson, MSW, COO of the CASH Campaign of Maryland, are members of the FSWI Steering Committee. FSWI is active in research, education, and training in order to train new and practicing social workers in the field of financial social work, to increase their skill set and efficacy in working with clients in financial distress, and to advocate for greater financial and social stability and social and economic justice for individuals and communities. For more information FSWI, please visit https://www.ssw.umaryland.edu/fsw/.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

CFPB invites you to join a free webinar to learn about our multilingual resources for the limited English proficient and multilingual community on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 from 1PM to 2PM ET. This 60-minute webinar will showcase the CFPB’s resources for limited English proficient communities. We will demonstrate how to find our resources, and how they can be utilized by consumers, practitioners, and industry stakeholders.

We will also highlight our multilingual materials pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic and Disaster Preparedness and Recovery, including information about how to access relief under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which Congress passed to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether someone has experienced a loss of income or are targeted by a scammer, we have resources to help them remain protected during this difficult time.

In case you missed it, you can find many of our COVID-19 related resources and information at https://www.consumerfinance.gov/coronavirus/. These resources are available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Tagalog. You can also find additional CFPB resources available in these languages plus Arabic, Russian, and Haitian Creole, available for free at http://promotions.usa.gov/cfpbpubs.html.

Webinar Details

To join the webinar by phone only, either opt to receive a call back by providing your phone number upon joining the webinar, or call +1-415-527-5035 and enter the access code 903 729 070.

Click here to add this session to your calendar.

Closed captioning will be available during the webinar. For reasonable accommodations, please call (202) 435-9EEO, (855) 233-0362, (202) 435-9742 (TTY), or email CFPB_ReasonableAccommodations@cfpb.gov prior to the webinar.

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