Money Mentors volunteers help community members achieve their financial goals.
Financial education and coaching can make a huge difference in people’s lives. Money Mentor volunteers offer unbiased resources and quality information at key, timely moments. Illinois Extension educators provide research-based training to volunteers who want to help others with their personal finances. Your help is needed; volunteer with Money Mentors!
Money Mentors assist individuals in our communities with personal finance strategies, including:
- Budgeting
- Establishing Financial Goals
- Building Savings
- Managing Credit
- Organizing Finances
Participants may meet one time (for example, to ask a few questions about money management) or they may commit to meeting in-person, by phone, or a virtual communication mode at least once a month over a four-month period. After four months of mentoring, the mentor and participant decides if meetings should continue.
The goal for each meeting is to determine the most important steps a participant can make to move towards their financial goals. Money Mentors volunteers are trained in problem-solving and financial coaching strategies to help participants move forward. Read more about volunteering.
There is no cost to meet one-on-one with a Money Mentors volunteer. All meetings are confidential.
