Financial Literacy
Financial Literacy
Budgeting, saving, investing, and understanding how money works. The financial education that schools don't teach.
Organizations
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The journeyLearn → Engage → Connect → Act
Choose a starting point
Start with the story
See what's happening, who's working on it, and why neighbors are paying attention.
Find one way in
Pick something real: show up, join in, call your rep, or connect with a group already moving.
Look around your neighborhood
Across Houston — from your block to the whole city. Find nearby places, resources, events, and neighbors building community close to home.
Newsroom
What's happening.
Getting By
Workforce Development Success Story: From Job Seeker to Hiring Manager
BakerRipley's workforce program helped veteran Bradley James go from unemployed to hiring manager at a maritime company in just one year.
Read the story →Getting By
Donate Cryptocurrency to Houston Food BankHouston Food Bank
Getting By
Leave a Gift to Catholic Charities in Your Will or IRACatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Getting By
How to Create an Endowment with Catholic Charities HoustonCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Who’s doing the work
Clinics, agencies, nonprofits, funders, and community groups
Health is delivered by many kinds of people and institutions. Start here to see who is providing care, organizing support, funding work, and shaping the system.
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By the numbers
$59,760
Annual household survival budget (65+)
Source: United For ALICE
29%
ALICE households (working, below survival budget)
Source: United For ALICE
44%
Households below the ALICE survival threshold
Source: United For ALICE
$64,325
Annual household survival budget (under 65)
Source: United For ALICE
265,780
Households in poverty
Source: United For ALICE
523,710
ALICE households (above poverty, below survival budget)
Source: United For ALICE