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2009
   
July 6 $10,000 grant awarded to Housing Resources of Racine — preparing and counseling first time homebuyers with education needed for buying a house and counseling them to help prevent foreclosure.
June 29 $20,000 grant to Neighborhood Housing of Racine — helping to educate first time home buyers will all the information they need to achieve home ownership.
June 18 $375 grant awarded to LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin to help facilitate delivery of financial education programs to their members.
June 18 $600 grant awarded to Judy Smith, employed by Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections-Racine Youthful Offender Correction Facility to attend the National Institute of Financial & Economic Literacy program of “credit and money.” She presents classes on financial literacy to the youthful offenders.
May 4 $600 grant awarded to James McInnis, employed by the Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections-Racine Youthful Offender Correction Facility to attend the National Institute of Financial & Economic Literacy program of “credit and money.” He presents classes on financial literacy to the youthful offenders.
March 13 $500 grant awarded to The Journal Times for their “Newspapers in Education Money Management Series.”
March 2 $5,000 grant awarded to Junior Achievement for their Annual Business Challenge, where high school students compete to market and manufacture the best fictional product. Top students receive $2,000 in scholarships and compete in state competition.
   
2008
   
July 8 $10,000 grant awarded to Housing Resources Inc. of Racine – promoting financial education
and couseling by advising low-to-moderate income families of all the responsibilites of owing a home, and helping them become first-time home buyers.
June 30 $5,000 grant awarded to Asset Builders Racine/Kenosha Money Conference. The November 1, 2008 conference seeks to educate those in need of financial education
who live in our community through sessions dealing with credit reports, budgeting, and credit counselors.
June 30 $15,000 grant awarded to Neighborhood Housing – educating their clients in financial
fitness and education to help them achieve home ownership.
April 14 $600 scholarship to Beth Engebretsen, employed by Wisconsin Dept. of
Corrections – Racine Youthful Offender Correctional Facility, to attend
the National Institute of Financial and Economic Literacy program. She presents
financial literacy information to the youthful offenders.
March 4 $5,000 grant awarded to Junior Achievement, for their business challenge in which high
school students compete to market and manufacture the best fictional
product.
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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