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Lessons Learned from the NeighborWorks Financial Capability Learning Lab
Lessons Learned from the NeighborWorks Financial Capability Learning Lab
4/24/2020
Lessons Learned from the NeighborWorks Financial Capability Learning Lab
Author(s)/Creator(s):
NeighborWorks America
NeighborWorks America developed the Financial Capability Learning Lab to provide six NeighborWorks organizations with the opportunity to test and launch new strategies to address critical marketplace needs and help move the field forward. The primary goals of the Learning Lab were to strengthen the capacity of selected organizations to deliver financial capability services and identify scalable solutions for the financial capability field. NeighborWorks America's role was to provide the space, structure and support over one year for selected NeighborWorks organizations to innovate and increase their capacity to deliver financial capability services. Resources included:
Operating grants for program implementation.
Tailored technical assistance, coaching and accountability from an experienced program consultant on program design, implementation and best practices.
Evaluation assistance on Success Measures financial capability tools to learn from the project and track client outcomes.
Virtual peer-learning opportunities to raise awareness of common strengths and struggles related to service delivery.
Technical training from subject matter experts on project themes, such as engagement, retention and partnerships.
Themes and Trends
From the outset, the Learning Lab aimed to help bridge knowledge gaps and solve challenges related to service delivery that are common in the financial capability field. The organizations in the Learning Lab explored four distinct themes, each with a corresponding set of strategies:
Customer engagement — how to identify a target audience and engage them in services.
Service integration — how to seamlessly integrate financial capability into existing housing and community development services.
Customer retention — how to keep customers in programs long enough to achieve outcomes and improve financial lives.
Safe and affordable financial products — how to form collaborations with the financial services industry to ensure that customers have access to safe and affordable products.
This report includes two case studies:
Customer outreach and engagement case study
Customer retention case study
Learning lab organizations included:
AHC Inc., which serves the mid-Atlantic region
Champlain Housing Trust, headquartered in Burlington, Vermont
Coastal Enterprises, Inc., which serves Maine
The Neighborhood Developers/CONNECT, headquartered in Chelsea, Massachusetts
NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Origin SC, which serves South Carolina
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