Using Goals to Boost Savings

Using Goals to Boost Savings

7 July, 2020    

The Community Empowerment Fund (CEF) is a non-profit organization focused on enabling and sustaining transitions out of homelessness and poverty. Founded in 2009, CEF provides relationship-based support, workforce development, financial education, and matched savings accounts to individuals experiencing or at-risk of experiencing homelessness in Orange and Durham Counties of North Carolina.

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