The latest Stand By Me Podcast features Laura Gendreau, Director of Financial Empowerment, and Jude Liszkiewicz, Program Manager and Coach with the Stand By Me program, discussing what we've learned from the past year, and how to move forward into the new year ready for success. Specifically, this program covers:

Post-Covid what have we learned from a financial perspective? What have we seen?

• Increased opportunity for savings?
• More acutely aware of budgeting?
• Rising interest rates impacting credit card and mortgage debt?
• Student loan relief?
• Need for more housing - rental and purchase.

Where do want to go financially in the new year?

• Retirement savings - identifying when to begin.
• More creative ways to add secondary income.
• Financial diversification?
• Identifying more available supportive services via our partners.

Stand By Me® provides Delawareans with a Personal Financial Coach and a toolkit to navigate the challenges leading to personal financial security. The Delaware Financial Empowerment Partnership (DFEP) is a joint venture of the State of Delaware and the United Way of Delaware working together to combine resources and to create and implement an innovative package of financial empowerment services. We are joined by a coalition of non-profit organizations, corporations, foundations and educational institutions.

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