1. Financial Empowerment for Student Success Lessons from the ATD-MDC-Bank of America Partnership

2. MDC-ATD-Bank of America Partnership • Partnership is a two year engagement • Grants to three pilot colleges • Community College of Baltimore County • Houston Community College • Los Angeles Harbor College • Technical assistance to participating colleges • Establishment of learning network • Publication of learning paper

3. MDC-ATD-Bank of America Partnership • Each of the pilot colleges have pursued different approaches • Houston Community College: Financial literacy components in student success courses and financial literacy fairs • Los Angeles Harbor: Targeting a specific cohort of students • CC of Baltimore County: Increased financial coaching

4. Some preliminary lessons learned • Incorporating volunteers into plans has been challenging • Getting buy in from college administration is incredibly important • Fostering collaboration – or at the very least, connection – between student services and academic departments is key for campus-wide change • Leveraging resources for support of these activities is critical • Showing impact of financial empowerment programs beyond individual interventions is extremely difficult • No two programs look exactly alike—and that’s OK!

5. Contact info • Dan Broun • Program Director • MDC • 307 W. Main St., Durham, NC 27701 • 919-381-5802 x323 • dbroun@mdcinc.org