Jail/Penitentiary Partnerships

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Original message from: stateosian@unitedwayfresno.org

Hi All:

Happy Tuesday from Fresno, CA!

Question: Have any of you worked with jails or penitentiaries to provide financial education or financial products? Can you explain?

Thanks and have a great day.

Sevag Tateosian / Manager, Financial Stability Services / United Way of Fresno County
4949 East Kings Canyon Rd., Fresno, CA 93727 / tel: 559-243-3664 / fax: 559-228-8159
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Original message from: KnoxL@pdc.us

Mercy Corps NW in Portland OR provides a pre-release microenterprise
development planning program at the Oregon Women's Prison. Several
prisoner re-entry programs here, including those I manage, provide
financial education through individualized coaching or workshops.



Lynn Knox

Economic Opportunity Initiative, Sr. Program Manager

Portland Development Commission

ph. 503-823-2385 fax 503-865-3629

knoxl@pdc.us



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Tateosian
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Subject: Jail/Penitentiary Partnerships



Hi All:


Happy Tuesday from Fresno, CA!



Question: Have any of you worked with jails or penitentiaries to provide
financial education or financial products? Can you explain?



Thanks and have a great day.



Sevag Tateosian / Manager, Financial Stability Services / United Way of
Fresno County

4949 East Kings Canyon Rd., Fresno, CA 93727 / tel: 559-243-3664 / fax:
559-228-8159

Give. / Advocate. / Volunteer. / Live United

www.unitedwayfresno.org

www.bankonfresno.ca.gov



We invite you to be part of the change.

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That's what it means to LIVE UNITED





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Original message from: john@dolan-heitlinger.com

As the president of a credit union I used to do 2 hour training sessions for
local jailed inmates, in the jail.

A true captive audience.

The general topic was how to use financial services.

I learned the topics of most importance to them were 1. how to repair their
credit, "I'm not making any loan payments locked up in here." and 2. how to
care for their children making sure the ex-spouse did not take the money
they sent on the child's behalf.

I also talked about the general topics of budgeting, avoiding bank fees,
danger of indebtedness. you know, the general list of good consumer
financial management items.

I also talked about how financial institutions catch schemes, like some of
the ones that had landed the inmates in jail.

A very much no-BS audience. The title "President" helped give me creds.



John Dolan-Heitlinger
Principal & Author
Institute for Finance & Entrepreneurship
Office (305) 292-1208
Cell (305) 304-8835
www.financewithoutfear.com <http://www.financewithoutfear.com/>
Finance Without Fear
2011 International Book Awards Winner
in Entrepreneurship & Small Business







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[mailto:bounce-38276717-13406692@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Sevag
Tateosian
Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2011 2:26 PM
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Jail/Penitentiary Partnerships



Hi All:


Happy Tuesday from Fresno, CA!



Question: Have any of you worked with jails or penitentiaries to provide
financial education or financial products? Can you explain?



Thanks and have a great day.



Sevag Tateosian / Manager, Financial Stability Services / United Way of
Fresno County

4949 East Kings Canyon Rd., Fresno, CA 93727 / tel: 559-243-3664 / fax:
559-228-8159

Give. / Advocate. / Volunteer. / Live United

www.unitedwayfresno.org

www.bankonfresno.ca.gov



We invite you to be part of the change.

You can give, you can advocate, you can volunteer.

That's what it means to LIVE UNITED





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Original message from: leon@communityfinancialresources.net

Greetings from "Occupied Berkeley" Occupy Cal Draws Thousands: Supporters
Crowd Sproul Plaza For Robert Reich Speech
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Last year ACAP's (Alameda County) re-entry program utilized the Community
Financial Resources prepaid debit card as a "second chance" bank account
for participants in their transitional jobs program.



See "Securing a Second Chance" in the attached newsletter.





Leon Sompolinsky, CIAO

Community Financial Resources

510-931-7761

www.communityfinancialresources.org





"We let men take wealth which is not theirs; if the seizure is 'legal' we
call it high profits and the profiteers help decide what is legal." --
W.E.B. DuBois.







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[mailto:bounce-38276717-13489164@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Sevag
Tateosian
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:26 AM
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Jail/Penitentiary Partnerships



Hi All:


Happy Tuesday from Fresno, CA!



Question: Have any of you worked with jails or penitentiaries to provide
financial education or financial products? Can you explain?



Thanks and have a great day.



Sevag Tateosian / Manager, Financial Stability Services / United Way of
Fresno County

4949 East Kings Canyon Rd., Fresno, CA 93727 / tel: 559-243-3664 / fax:
559-228-8159

Give. / Advocate. / Volunteer. / Live United

www.unitedwayfresno.org

www.bankonfresno.ca.gov



We invite you to be part of the change.

You can give, you can advocate, you can volunteer.

That's what it means to LIVE UNITED





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Original message from: cbrorson@kitsapcu.org

Yes, we work with the Womens' Correctional Facility in our area and it's been a very successful partnership. We support he womens' prison in other ways too, for example we ensure that each inmate being released has several outfits (including shoes and purses) to wear to job interviews and to help them get started on the right foot.

We teach several classes......the Psychology of Spending, Solving the Mystery of Credit Reports and Recovering From a Financial Crisis. These classes have been very well received and they inmates so appreciate the information and education!


Cathy Brorson, CUDE
Outreach Coordinator, Marketing
(360) 662-2153 direct
(800) 422-5852 x22153 toll free

[cid:image001.jpg@01CCA46E.150AD110]

P.O. Box 990, Bremerton, WA 98337
kitsapcu.org

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Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:26 AM
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Jail/Penitentiary Partnerships

Hi All:

Happy Tuesday from Fresno, CA!

Question: Have any of you worked with jails or penitentiaries to provide financial education or financial products? Can you explain?

Thanks and have a great day.

Sevag Tateosian / Manager, Financial Stability Services / United Way of Fresno County
4949 East Kings Canyon Rd., Fresno, CA 93727 / tel: 559-243-3664 / fax: 559-228-8159
Give. / Advocate. / Volunteer. / Live United
www.unitedwayfresno.org<http://www.unitedwayfresno.org>
www.bankonfresno.ca.gov<http://www.bankonfresno.ca.gov>

We invite you to be part of the change.
You can give, you can advocate, you can volunteer.
That's what it means to LIVE UNITED


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Original message from: manager@cuplus.org

We work with a local faith-based halfway house for released prisoners and use the NEFE course.

Michael Daugherty
President/Manager
Community Plus Federal Credit Union

From: John D-H
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 3:10 PM
To: 'Sevag Tateosian' ; communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: Jail/Penitentiary Partnerships

As the president of a credit union I used to do 2 hour training sessions for local jailed inmates, in the jail.

A true captive audience.

The general topic was how to use financial services.

I learned the topics of most importance to them were 1. how to repair their credit, “I’m not making any loan payments locked up in here.� and 2. how to care for their children making sure the ex-spouse did not take the money they sent on the child’s behalf.

I also talked about the general topics of budgeting, avoiding bank fees, danger of indebtedness… you know, the general list of good consumer financial management items.

I also talked about how financial institutions catch schemes, like some of the ones that had landed the inmates in jail.

A very much no-BS audience. The title “President� helped give me creds.



John Dolan-Heitlinger
Principal & Author
Institute for Finance & Entrepreneurship
Office (305) 292-1208
Cell (305) 304-8835
www.financewithoutfear.com
Finance Without Fear
2011 International Book Awards Winner
in Entrepreneurship & Small Business







From: bounce-38276717-13406692@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-38276717-13406692@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Sevag Tateosian
Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2011 2:26 PM
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Jail/Penitentiary Partnerships



Hi All:


Happy Tuesday from Fresno, CA!



Question: Have any of you worked with jails or penitentiaries to provide financial education or financial products? Can you explain?



Thanks and have a great day.



Sevag Tateosian / Manager, Financial Stability Services / United Way of Fresno County

4949 East Kings Canyon Rd., Fresno, CA 93727 / tel: 559-243-3664 / fax: 559-228-8159

Give. / Advocate. / Volunteer. / Live United

www.unitedwayfresno.org

www.bankonfresno.ca.gov



We invite you to be part of the change.

You can give, you can advocate, you can volunteer.

That’s what it means to LIVE UNITED






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Original message from: P.A.Jones@ljmu.ac.uk

Dear Sevag



You might be interested in some recent developments here in the UK in relation to the development of financial services for people in or leaving prison.



One big issue here is the difficulty many people in or leaving prison face in opening and using a bank current account. The Co-operative Bank was one of the few financial instutions that pioneered access to banking for people in prison.



Two reports on this Co-operative Bank initiative can be found here:



http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/HEA/financialinclusion/96249.htm



We are now working on a new project looking at how credit unions can best offer financial services in prisons



This is just a new project but information can be found here



http://unlock.org.uk/staticpage.aspx?pid=194





Good wishes



Paul


Paul A Jones, Ph.D
Research Unit for Financial Inclusion
Independent research into issues central to the development of credit unions, co-operatives and social enterprise, and to the future of low and moderate-income consumer finance.
Liverpool John Moores University
79 Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, L2 2ER
Telephone: :+44 (0)151 231 4064; +44 (0)7939 566552 (Mobile)
Website: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/HEA/financialinclusion/index.htm
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Sent: 15 November 2011 19:26
To: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Jail/Penitentiary Partnerships

Hi All:

Happy Tuesday from Fresno, CA!

Question: Have any of you worked with jails or penitentiaries to provide financial education or financial products? Can you explain?

Thanks and have a great day.

Sevag Tateosian / Manager, Financial Stability Services / United Way of Fresno County
4949 East Kings Canyon Rd., Fresno, CA 93727 / tel: 559-243-3664 / fax: 559-228-8159
Give. / Advocate. / Volunteer. / Live United
www.unitedwayfresno.org<http://www.unitedwayfresno.org>
www.bankonfresno.ca.gov<http://www.bankonfresno.ca.gov>

We invite you to be part of the change.
You can give, you can advocate, you can volunteer.
That’s what it means to LIVE UNITED


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