Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Boston Tax Help Coalition and other community partners yesterday encouraged Boston residents to take advantage of free tax preparation services available at more than 30 sites across the Boston area. The services help residents who earn
The Boston Tax Help Coalition kicked off its eighteenth season of free tax preparation services with the help of Mayor Martin J. Walsh and community partners at a launch event held yesterday at the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment. The
Alan Gentle was in his office, chipping away at the administrative details of his staff’s financial work – when the phone rang. It was the Boston Municipal Research Bureau calling with exciting news: Gentle had been selected as one of
A key wedge driving the gap between Boston’s affluent and low- and middle-income residents is credit. While good credit opens the door to low-cost loans, poor or no credit can make innumerable life transactions more expensive, from car loans to
A study released today by the Mayor’s Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) finds that the Financial Check-Up (FCU) – a light-touch, one-on-one credit review – can make a dramatic impact on residents’ financial well-being in a short amount of time. A randomized, controlled trial of hundreds
Santander Bank and the Mayor’s Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) have announced that the Boston-based bank will provide a $200,000 grant in support of OFE’s financial education and economic development work for city residents. The OFE will use the grant
Caroline Sande stood in front of the graduates of the Bridge to Culinary program at their December 9th ceremony in Roxbury as a prime example of someone who made the most of the opportunity she’d been given. Just six months
When they walk into Maria Chavez’s Boston Housing Authority (BHA) office, many public housing residents come fatigued by the challenges of poverty, stress, and the uphill battle to improve their situation. Maria embraces them – anyone who enters her office,