Measuring Outcomes of Financial Capability Programs: Tools for Practitioners

Posted under Resources on February 10, 2012

Success Measures at NeighborWorks America has released a comprehensive 240-page publication that makes the Success Measures outcome indicators and data collection tools available to the community development and financial capability fields to help gauge the impacts of a range of financial capability coaching, counseling, training, and technical assistance initiatives on the lives of individuals and families.

The publication includes:

  • New data collection tools for adults and youth which track changes in consumer attitudes and behavior over time related to financial capability in the areas of individual/family/household financial status; financial behavior and attitudes; non-financial characteristics; informal and communal assets; and efforts related to foreclosure mitigation.
  • An overview of the collaborative process which resulted in the development of the tools.
  • Examples of how the tools were used by community-based organizations in a national pilot demonstration.

The Success Measures Financial Capability Indicators and Tools are intended to benefit an array of stakeholders committed to advancing the economic security of low- and moderate-income individuals and families and will offer solid documentation of the impacts of financial capability initiatives for those funders, national organizations, and researchers committed to advancing best practice in the field.
Measuring Outcomes of Financial Capability Programs:

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