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February 28, 2025

Financial Goal Setting: How to Set and Achieve Short-Term and Long-Term Financial Goals

Getting on top of your finances can feel daunting, as random expenses pop up out of nowhere every time you start to save. Even thinking about your debt is so...

January 30, 2025

Accessing Community Resources: Where to Find Help in Houston, TX

Do you need help? Don’t worry – you aren’t alone. In fact, everyone – even the richest, strongest, most successful person needs help in some form. Whether you’re struggling to...

December 30, 2024

Understanding Credit: How to Build and Maintain Good Credit

Do you have good credit? That question might make you want to climb into bed and pull the covers over your head. You’ve probably heard people say that you need...

November 30, 2024

From Struggle to Success: Real Stories of Women Who Have Flourished Through RaiseUp

If you’re living paycheck to paycheck, caring for loved ones, and trying to keep everything together, you’re painfully aware that you’re one injury or missed paycheck away from not being...

October 28, 2024

Resume Building: Tips for Creating a Standout Resume

In today’s job market, having a good resume is crucial for landing a well-paying job that aligns with your skills and interests. Maybe you already have a resume but it...

September 30, 2024

Your Guide to Affordable Education: How to Find Scholarships, Grants, and Low-Cost Programs

Education is a great equalizer, giving people who grew up in poverty a chance to get a well-paying job and create opportunities for their children. However, there are many barriers...

August 30, 2024

How Poverty Affects the Brain

Why is breaking the cycle of poverty so incredibly difficult? If you or your loved ones have ever lived in poverty, you know that getting to a stable financial place...

July 31, 2024

Understanding ALICE: The Struggles of the Working Poor

Most humans have felt the squeeze of tight finances – a medical bill coupled with pricey vehicle repairs that follows on the heels of a vacation and time off of...

May 30, 2024

Generational Poverty: Why Breaking the Cycle is So Hard

We all want to better our communities and help those in less fortunate circumstances. Many have poured time and money into philanthropic work, but the problem of poverty persists. Why? ...

April 26, 2024

Exploring the Relationship Between Anxiety and Poverty (plus 5 tips to manage anxiety)

We’ve all felt butterflies in our stomachs before going to the dentist, taking an exam, or entering a job interview. Anxiety is a normal part of life, and at low...

Financial Goal Setting: How to Set and Achieve Short-Term and Long-Term Financial Goals

Accessing Community Resources: Where to Find Help in Houston, TX

Understanding Credit: How to Build and Maintain Good Credit

From Struggle to Success: Real Stories of Women Who Have Flourished Through RaiseUp

Resume Building: Tips for Creating a Standout Resume

Your Guide to Affordable Education: How to Find Scholarships, Grants, and Low-Cost Programs

How Poverty Affects the Brain

Understanding ALICE: The Struggles of the Working Poor

Generational Poverty: Why Breaking the Cycle is So Hard

Exploring the Relationship Between Anxiety and Poverty (plus 5 tips to manage anxiety)

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