Your financial future starts today

HANDS is helping families take ownership of their financial futures by offering financial capabilities workshops that teach fundamental financial skills such as saving, budgeting, and investing for the future.

Upcoming Workshops

Kickstarting Financial Habits

November 19th, 2024

Rosa Parks School Library

369 Main St. Orange, NJ

6:00 pm ET

Zoom Link Available

This hybrid workshop offers a comprehensive lesson on building important financial habits. Valley Bank’s Jerry Flach will be hosting the workshop, highlighting topics such as budgeting, building a good credit score, and navigating the banking system. This course is suitable for individuals who are unfamiliar with the banking system, including immigrants, as well as adults interested in sharpening their personal finance skills. The seminar will take place at the Lincoln Ave. School library on 216 Lincoln Ave. in Orange, NJ. Refreshments and a free brochure will be provided.

Wealth Building Insider Tips

December 3rd, 2024

Virtual on Zoom
6:00 pm ET

This webinar is jam-packed with information regarding building wealth, repairing your credit, and navigating foreclosure. Join Veronica from Skylo Group to learn insider tips on using FHA loans to grow wealth as well as insights on preventing and bouncing back from difficult financial situations. If you’re interested in entering the real estate market or going beyond the basics of financial literacy, this course is for you.

The Path to Homeownership

December 17th, 2024

Virtual on Zoom
6:00 pm ET

If you’re thinking about buying a home, this workshop led by M&T bankers Benjamin Codjoe and Roodler Cazeau will teach you everything you need to know about entering the housing market. The workshop will dispel common myths, educate individuals on the homebuying process, and give tips on how to save up for your dream home in this challenging environment. Attendees will walk away with the confidence and knowledge needed to buy their biggest asset.

Manage Your Money Workshops

Sample Workshop Topics

  • Spending & Budgeting

  • Introduction to Financial

    Literacy

  • Building & Repairing Credit

  • Beginner Investing

  • Purchasing a Home

  • Fraud Prevention

  • Identity Theft Awareness

  • Financial Goal Setting

  • Saving for College

  • Wealth Building

To provide Orange families with learning opportunities to increase their financial capabilities and improve household financial well-being, stability, and ability to accumulate wealth, HANDS delivers free financial capabilities workshops to Orange Public Schools’ Parent University Program and the broader Orange community.

Orange Public Schools’ Parent University Program helps generate neighborhood interest and provides a funnel to target both youth and parents who benefit most from financial topics such as spending and budgeting or saving for college.

The workshops are administered by a variety of experts from leading organizations and financial institutions, such as Capital One, New Jersey Citizen Action, and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.

Following the series of workshops, we are connecting motivated participants with one-on-one coaching to implement action plans to meet their personal financial goals. 

Increasing the financial strength of residents is part of the way we are working to empower residents to take control of their financial future and break the cycle of multi-generational poverty. 

Check out our past workshops!

Manage Your Money: Teen Edition

December 8, 2022