Transformative power for Economic Justice

Leading the charge

Long term solutions can only come from intersectional work across diverse sectors. Financial Health Pathways is committed to bring to the table all the necessary voices so we can redesigned our systems and make them equitable and inclusive. As conveners we increase awareness of critical issues that push people further into poverty and create spaces to innovate and come up with sustainable solutions that work for all.

Convening to innovate

Our first research “Boosting Financial Health in Travis and Williamson counties gave us an opportunity to congregate community leaders, philanthropic organizations, financial leaders and policy makers to review the findings and commit to take the necessary steps to collaborate and actively engage in the design of sustainable solutions to address poverty in our region.

Research

‘Boosting Financial Health in Travis & Williamson counties’

Financial Health Pathways is excited to release this work that provides a snapshot of the post-pandemic financial health in our community and our recommendations for policymakers, financial institutions and philanthropic organizations. This work was made possible thanks to our amazing partners who invested in this report: Experian, JP Morgan Chase, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, the City of Austin, the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service and the St. David’s Foundation. A big thank you to Carol Urton, Yvette Ruiz, Adrienne Sturrup, Virginia Potter, Denise Herrera and Alyssa Studer for believing in this work. A very special thanks to Ann Baddour at Texas Appleseed for the encouragement and support.

Read the report

Policy

SB 1063

That created a new personal financial education class for High School students
88th Texas Legislative session

Advocating to stop penalizing people for being poor. We supported the repeal of the OmniBase Program and educated policy makers about its damaging consequences.
Financial Justice Judge's training

Training Judges across the state on solutions that assist people in exiting poverty.