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Financial Empowerment
Financial Empowerment
What We Offer
Interest Form
Interest Form
Interested in applying for one of our Financial Empowerment programs? Click the button below to fill out an interest form. Once submitted, a member of our Financial Empowerment team will contact you to assist with the next steps in the process.
Youth Workshops
Empowering teens to navigate the complex financial landscape of adulthood, ensuring they have the tools and resources to thrive and face financial challenges head-on. Participants gain independence, responsibility, emergency preparedness, credit management, life skills, and stress reduction. For ages 13-20.
Daly City Series
Ages: 13 – 20 years
Duration: 6 weeks
When: Next cohort to be announced soon!
Where: 450 Martin St, Daly City, CA 94014 (Bayshore Community Center) Click to see the flyer!
San Mateo Series
Ages: 13 – 20 years
Duration: 6 weeks
When: Next cohort to be announced soon!
Where: 24 Second Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401 (Peninsula Family Service) Click to see the flyer!
Sign up today! Email [email protected] or call 650.403.4300.
Financial Education
We offer no-cost Financial Education Workshops. Each three-hour workshop covers the important topics of budgeting, money management, ways to build credit, and the benefits of using credit. To register please contact us at 650.403.4300 or by email at [email protected].
NOTE: All San Mateo and Santa Clara County Workshops will be held via Zoom. Call us at 650-403-4300 to confirm a workshop. We will then email you the link and login information for that workshop.
Lending Circles
In countries all over the world, informal lending circles bring community members together to lend and borrow money. From the tandas and cundinas of Mexico to the hui of Asia, nearly every culture has a system for peer-to-peer lending.
Prepaid Debit Cards
Without a bank account, families pay a premium to use check cashing services, losing their hard-earned income to these high service fee providers. What’s preventing them from joining the financial mainstream? Often lacking financial role models of their own, unbanked individuals can find banks intimidating, may be unable to meet minimum balances, and worry about overdraft fees or fines.
DriveForward
Financial Empowerment program update: June 30, 2024
Peninsula Family Service has closely watched and reviewed the DriveForward program during the last few years of economic instability, to assess sustainability and participant impact. After twelve months of careful consideration with the PFS Governing Board, finance committee, and staff, PFS has made the hard decision to end the DriveForward program.