Wealth Building Priority
The Foundation for the Mid South’s Wealth Building efforts enable families to build financial security in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Improving the Financial Future of Youth
The Foundation for the Mid South partners with programs in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi that help families build financial security. One of our efforts is aimed at strengthening youth’s financial knowledge, so that they learn early on how to save and grow their money.
Graduating Financially Savvy Students
It is never too early to develop good financial habits. To ensure youth increase their understanding of money and finance, a grant to the Mississippi Council on Economic Education helped train teachers in 13 Mississippi school districts how to use their financial curriculum in the classroom. Youth develop good money-management skills and receive rigorous instruction […]
The Foundation Is Offering Financial LIteracy Training
The Foundation for the Mid South believes that building wealth requires increased access to effective financial programs and information. In response to research indicating that teachers are one of the most targeted groups for alternative financial services, such as check cashers, car title loan or payday loan advance businesses. The Foundation has engaged with licensed […]
Students Volunteer to Help Residents Make the Ends Meet
In East Iberville, Louisiana, local residents come to the high school and the Belfair Baptist Church to have their taxes prepared for free—by students. Each tax season, over 20 high school students, trained by the Rural School and Community Trust and certified by the IRS, assist hundreds of people with their taxes. Kiwandria Frazier was one […]
New Report On The Status Of EITC In The Mid South
The Foundation for the Mid South published, Earned Income Tax Credit: Working Hands Getting a Hand Up, to share information on the federal and (in some areas) state tax credit. The document encourages the region’s use of this valuable anti-poverty tool to help working, low-income people keep more of their earnings. You will learn more […]
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