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July 31, 2025
Navigating the Emotional Toll of Financial Stress—and Finding Your Strength
For many families, financial hardship isn’t just a numbers game - it’s an emotional weight that can feel relentless. When bills pile up and stability seems out of reach, it's...
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May 30, 2025
Grow Money-Smart Kids: Easy Ways to Teach Financial Literacy at Home and School
When you look at the children in your care and your community, do you long for a way to help them learn more financial skills than you received when you...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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? ...
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December 21, 2023
5 Steps Toward Becoming Financially Self-Sufficient
Do you long for a life that isn’t financially dependent on others? Do you want to take your finances to the next level of security and freedom?  If so, this...
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August 30, 2023
Achieving Financial Stability: A Guide for Families and Communities
Here’s an important statistic: finances are the number one cause of stress in the United States.  In a 2020 study by CreditWise, people ranked finances as significantly more stressful than...
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June 30, 2023
A Guide to Helping Families in Financial Need
Hello there, friend! If you’re here, you probably have some questions about how to effectively help families in financial need.  We’re glad you’re here! In this blog, we’ll address two...
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May 30, 2023
7 Contributing Factors to Financial Insecurity in Families (Plus 8 Ways to Find Resources)
According to a 2022 report, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.  When this happens, unexpected financial hardships such as job loss, medical bills, car repairs, and high-interest loans create...
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