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Built for You: Navigating the Financial System with MyMAF
Maybe you’re stretching every paycheck. Maybe you’re saving for something big, like a home or your immigration fees. Or maybe you just want to know where you stand. Either way, you’re already working hard for your money. MyMAF is a free app that helps you see your savings, your…
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Finding a Way Forward
Previously, we explored the economic pressures facing low-income families. We showed how inflation erased a decade of wage gains for Lending Circle applicants and how the income gap between them and their neighbors widened. These forces shape the everyday realities of the…
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Falling Behind Neighbors
In our previous insights post, we found that inflation is outpacing the wage gains of the low-income families MAF serves, making it increasingly difficult for them to get by. But keeping up with rising prices is only one measure of a household’s financial well-being. Another is…
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Earning More, Affording Less
Cecilia, a MAF client, told us a few months ago, “Almost everything has gone up…50%, 100%…”Fuel was $3.20, now it’s $5.00. It doesn’t go down, but [wages] don’t go up at the same rate…” Cecilia is not alone in her experience. Across the country, low-income families like hers are…
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Affordability Crisis Pushes MAF Clients Further Behind
Graphic with arrow and house indicating rising costs The post Affordability Crisis Pushes MAF Clients Further Behind appeared first on MAF .
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34 Weeks: Cecilia’s Story of Survival, Tenacity, and Forging Ahead
Cecilia was 34 weeks pregnant, the marks of domestic violence still fresh on her mind and her body, when she realized that she needed to run. Her daughter, Olivia, was not yet born, but the threats from her partner had become severe. He physically harmed Cecilia, leaving her…
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What Eight Years of Building MyMAF Taught Us About Trust
Imagine someone like Rosa…an immigrant who’s spent the last few years building her financial life in the U.S. She makes $28,000 a year, pays her bills on time, and has never missed a payment. She has no credit history. When she downloads a financial app she found on social…
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Two Detentions: One Family’s Fight to Stay Afloat
First, her husband was detained. Then, her son. Learn how ALMA helped Maria's family stay afloat during one of the most difficult periods of their lives. The post Two Detentions: One Family’s Fight to Stay Afloat appeared first on MAF .
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The Invisible Crisis Before Our Eyes
Trust is foundational to everything in our lives, yet it is incredibly difficult to build. It requires intentionality. It takes time—even in the best of circumstances. And it can erode almost instantly in the grip of fear and anxiety. I have spent my entire career building trust…
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Trust in Technology Starts with Trust in People: Insights on Tech & Financial Inclusion
In our first webinar, we learned what happens when you start by listening: community shows up. In our second session, our nonprofit partners from Chicago and Los Angeles shared what that trust looks like in practice, and what it costs when it’s absent. For our third and final…