In this session, a panel of experts will discuss how the cascading economic consequences of the pandemic are reversing years of progress in workplace equity, and may have long-term implications for women's financial lives for years to come.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness of the financial hardships millions of Americans now face, the economic impact has been disproportionately felt by some communities more than others. Discover innovative solutions nonprofits are developing and deploying to support the financial recovery of immigrants, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable populations during this time of crisis and beyond.
Learn how three nonprofits are working to address these issues by educating, activating, and empowering the next generation of Black leaders to achieve financial health and build wealth. This event is postponed until further notice. Thank you.
Prudential’s Lata Reddy shares how the company’s work to foster financial wellness in its home city of Newark, New Jersey, and nationwide can be a blueprint for a new level of resilience.
In this session, we reflect on the immediate and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Americans’ financial health and discuss potential solutions.
How will COVID-19, both a public health and a financial health crisis, shape health system policies and partnerships in the future? Join Dr. Choucair for a candid conversation about how to transform healthcare and ensure health equity for all.
In this session, we take a closer look at how community-based institutions are working to provide support in new ways, and how this shapes the outlook for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our expert panel shares insights on the current impact to the workforce and how the pandemic could forever transform the way we work.
By Corey Stone Entrepreneur-in-Residence Back in early April, the Financial Health Network published a short piece of mine calling for banks and credit unions to grant universal forbearance on overdraft fees during the pandemic. I hypothesized that, as newly unemployed workers drained their savings to cover basic living expenses, many would overdraw their bank accounts...
By Matt Bahl Vice President, Market Lead Workplace, Financial Health Network Recently, the Financial Health Network entered into a new collaborative partnership with PayPal, JUST Capital, and the Good Jobs Institute to encourage the nation’s largest employers to prioritize employee financial health. This initiative, the Worker Financial Wellness Initiative, centers around a simple, yet often...
By Laura Cummings Director, Financial Health Network It’s no secret that many small businesses don’t make it. Going into 2020, only about half of small businesses were expected to make it to their fifth year. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has further laid bare that financial shocks can be devastating to small business owners, both personally...
By Dan Murphy, Policy Manager, Financial Health Network When the CARES Act was enacted on March 27, it stabilized the financial health of millions of families facing massive unemployment and other economic hardships in the wake of COVID-19. Unfortunately, it also left millions of American families out of the law’s broadest relief provision — Economic Impact Payments....
By Arjun Kaushal, Associate, Financial Health Network As Congress discusses the extension of stimulus programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the outstanding issues has been whether the next round of benefits will extend to the millions of undocumented immigrants and their families who have, so far, been left out. But this debate...
By Thea Garon, Senior Director, Necati Celik, Associate and Andrew Dunn, Manager, Financial Health Network Since mid-March, the United States has lost more than 21 million jobs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to help people get by, the Treasury Department began distributing recovery rebates, or “stimulus payments,” on April 11 as part of the...
By Naomi Adams Bata Vice President, Financial Health Network Just over a year ago at the 2019 EMERGE: Financial Health Forum, Jennifer Tescher announced the Financial Health Network’s new name and tagline: Financial Health for All. Our organization rebrand was a rallying cry to encourage other organizations –our Members, funders, industry thought leaders –to invest...
By Sarah Parker, Senior Director, Financial Health Network In the midst of the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers are realizing that insurance is not a nice-to-have; it’s a must-have. Life insurance carriers report a marked increase in interest from new customers who want to purchase policies, as people recognize the importance...
By Jacquelyn Reineke, Manager and Heidi Johnson, Director, Financial Health Network There is no denying that the COVID-19 crisis has turned the world upside down. Everyone has had to deal with daily changes to their routines and come to terms with a new normal, but vulnerable populations — in particular, aging Americans — have faced the most devastating consequences...
By Alejandra Ruales, Senior Manager, Financial Health Network Amid the economic devastation of COVID-19, understanding the financial health of households has never been more important. In this time of uncertainty, financial health measurement can provide real-time information on how the virus is affecting customers, employees, and small businesses, as well as information on where organizations...
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