EARN and the Asset Policy Initiative of California (APIC)
Missions and Goals
EARN breaks the cycle of poverty by matching the savings of low-wage workers and helping them invest in assets that build wealth, creating a cycle of prosperity across generations. EARN is a nationally-recognized, award-winning pioneer, engaging low-wage workers, businesses, policymakers, and other nonprofits in its efforts to fulfill its three core promises:
1. Empower low-wage workers in the Bay Area to escape poverty permanently through asset building products and services;
2. Create, demonstrate, and evaluate innovative asset-building practices that can be replicated on a large scale; and
3. Champion state and local asset-building policies that enable all families to accumulate, leverage and preserve assets that will grow our state’s economy
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Population Served
Low wage workers at 200% and below of federal poverty guidelines.
Services Offered
Languages
English
Other Asian
Chinese
Spanish
Organization Information
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Main Office
Address: 235 Montgomery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, 94104
Phone: (415) 217-3660
Website: www.sfearn.org; www.assetpolicy.org
Email: jill@sfearn.org
Main Contact:
Contact: Asset Services Director Jill Sturm
Location: 235 Montgomery Street, Suite 300 San Francisco 94104
Email: jill@sfearn.org
Phone: (415) 217-3670
Fax: (415) 217-3663
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Parking
- Meter - Paid Lot Public Transportation
- Accessible by Muni Bus. - Accessible by Muni Light Rail. - Accessible by Bart. - Destination: Montgomery Street BART Hours:
Monday - Friday |
Services Offered
Delivery Method | |
| Financial Education and Management Group or one-on-one education on financial best-practices and money management techniques Click for Details undefined | Classes Work Shop Coaching |
| Basic Budgeting Creating individual and family budgets to help maximize income, meet payment obligations, and save money Click for Details undefined | Classes Work Shop |
Delivery Method | |
| IDAs and Matched Savings IDAs are matched saving accounts most often for the purpose of home ownership, higher education, or small business start-up. Most IDAs are matched at a rate of $2 for every $1 a client saves with varying requirements for the savings goal Click for Details undefined | Classes Work Shop |