The Building Health and Wealth Network – Full Program used a 28-week curriculum that included a weekly 4-hour peer support group and 3-hour financial empowerment class. The peer support group, which was unique to the Full Program, used a trauma-informed approach to guide participants toward a more financially stable foundation. Financial empowerment classes covered topics such as saving for education, housing, entrepreneurial activities, retirement, improving credit, and reducing debt. The program also helped participants open a credit union savings account, and matched any contributions the participant made during the program.
All participants were the primary caregiver of one or more children younger than 6, were receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits, and were required to work at least 20 hours per week to receive these TANF benefits.
Building Health and Wealth Network was implemented in Philadelphia, PA. Comparing the effectiveness of the Full Program with the effectiveness of the Partial Program indicates the effect of being referred to a set of services that includes those unique to the Full Program. The comparison indicates how much better the Full Program meets participants’ needs than the Partial Program does. The Full Program and Partial Program provided the same services for the same duration, except for the weekly peer support group, which was unique to the Full Program.
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