ProsperityME

ProsperityME’s services include financial literacy courses and one-on-one financial counseling to individuals and/or families, as well as college access counseling services. We serve men and women of all ages from the following communities: Congolese, Burundian, Somali, Sudanese, Iraqi, and Russian, Latino communities, as well as low-income individuals and families from Portland and Lewiston, Maine. The financial counseling is designed to help individuals and families make sound financial decisions with personal finance. The financial literacy courses are composed of five classes. ProsperityME offers three main courses: Basic Money Management in America, Savings to Build Wealth, and Microfinance. The materials covered in these courses help develop participants’ financial skills to gain experience in:

Basic banking and savings

Budgeting techniques

Awareness of financial fraud and scams

Setting and meeting short and long-term financial goals

Using credit wisely

Building, maintaining, and repairing credit

Savings for college, retirement, buying a home or car

Steps to open and manage a business

*ProsperityME provides these classes at no cost to participants