Family and Consumer Education Contacts
Mallory Stanford-Jackson
Food Insecurity and Hunger
(845) 677-8223 x149
L. Schmidt
Youth Community Educator
(845) 677-8223 x122
Family and Consumer Education Events
FSNEP Event
Date: 9/10, (rain or shine)
Title: Open Garden Day
Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Farm and Home Center, 2715 Route 44, Millbrook
Come and join us for FREE tours of our gardens and FREE food and drink. Learn tips from our Master Gardener volunteers, get recipes from our Nutrition Educators and much more! Garden tours at 11 AM and 1 PM. Click here to view flyer.
Family Survival Series Workshops
- Date: September 14
Title: Making Ends Meet
Date: September 21
Title: Eating Healthy on Any Budget
Date: September 28
Title: Credit and Debt Management
Date: October 5
Title: The Balancing Act
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: Grinnell Library, 2642 East Main Street, Wappingers Falls. Please call 845-297-3428 to register. Click for more information.
Financial Management Workshops
Making Ends Meet - Teaching you how to develop and use a houshold spending budget. Participants will receive a free money management kit.
Credit and Debt Management - How to use credit wisely, pay down debt and obtain a credit report. Participants receive free credit management tools.
$ave Energy, $ave Dollars - Learn about low-cost and no-cost ways to save energy and reduce your energy bills. Also learn about programs that can help you afford energy-efficiency improvements with subsidies, low-interest loans, or free services to qualifying households. Participants receive a kit of energy saving items.
These Empower Workshops are scheduled for September and October!!!
Financial Management Education
Mission:
The primary goal of our Financial Management Education programs is to help individuals and families increase their economic well-being through increasing savings, reducing debt, and managing budgets more effectively.
The Financial Management Education program helps individuals and families improve their economic well-being by providing Bankruptcy Education, Empower Workshops, Family Budget Education Programs, free tax services provided through the Hudson Valley Ca$h Coalition.
Click here for a list of useful Financial Management and Consumer related websites.