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Why financial education programs often fail to reach those who need them most

My credit union offers financial literacy classes but they are all scheduled during my work hours and I cannot afford to miss shifts to attend.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Support services designed without understanding working-class constraints reproduce the exclusion they claim to address.

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“Where Are You with Class and structural disadvantage?”

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