Are you or the organization you work for interested in investing in vulnerable youth to help them to achieve life-long success? If so, consider getting involved with Community Action Partnership’s Opportunity Passport™ Program!
Opportunity Passport™ is a national program trademarked by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative and is provided in partnership with Project Everlast and Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties. The program prepares youth in the foster care system for success in adulthood by offering financial education and matched savings opportunities. Through their participation in the program, youth are able to save for the purchase of their first vehicle, establish bank accounts, pay down debt, establish or improve credit, pursue post-secondary education, and secure stable housing among other things.
The program depends on generosity from the business community to make this work possible. With the goal of establishing a positive support system for youth in our community as they work to become financially independent, any business that can help our youth achieve success or that wishes to volunteer their knowledge and expertise with financial literacy would be an ideal partnership.
To learn more about how you can get involved in Community Action’s Opportunity Passport™ program, contact Sara Drueke, Opportunity Passport™ Program Specialist, at (402) 875-9347 or sdrueke@communityactionatwork.org. For more information about the program, visit http://www.communityactionatwork.org/programs/money/opportunitypassport.html.