Category Archives: Partner Spotlights

As many of you may have noticed upon arriving at our office to find it bustling during tax season, we share office space with CASH Oregon, a non-profit committed to improving the financial health of low income working families and individuals through Earned … Continue reading →

“Your wallet didn’t come with a manual. Your credit cards didn’t have a warning label. While you focused on your career and family, you let your finances run themselves, which also didn’t come with a warning. You’ve tried, but searching the internet gives you … Continue reading →

Meet Rita Nuckolls, one of Innovative Changes most versatile volunteers. Rita has been volunteering with IC$ since we started our volunteer program two years ago. Since then, she has pioneered our tax time education waiting room workshops, infusing lessons on … Continue reading →

In November we went Salem to host a Training of the Trainers session in our Financial Household Resiliency curriculum. Mitzi Smith of Maps Credit Union organized this session and is a driving force expanding the amount financial education taught in … Continue reading →

A couple months ago we did a referral partner training for over twenty staff at Impact Northwest which jumpstarted an active and mutually beneficial partnership. Impact Northwest is a multi-cultural, multi-service organization that helps people achieve self sufficiency. Their diverse … Continue reading →

Neighborhood Partnerships (NP)was one of the early supporters of IC$ offering IDAs. Now that the program is up and running, we have gotten the chance to become part of their Oregon IDA Initiative, participate in larger conversations around state-wide household … Continue reading →

This fall, 25 more people will begin saving on a monthly basis into an IC$ Individual Development Account (IDA) account that can be used to fund their education. We have been able to offer these IDAs as a great resource … Continue reading →

Often our clients ask: “what’s the next step?” They have attended our classes, peer groups and coaching sessions. They are following a budget, saving money, have improved their credit, and may even be coaching others on how to do all … Continue reading →

Some say it takes a village to raise a child. We’d like to adapt that and say, it takes a village to support a person. A large reason why we can be successful in the work that we do is … Continue reading →