Mission
To assist our residents to achieve greater economic prosperity by connecting them to financial mainstream services, products, and financial education.
Challenge
Millions of Americans spend too much of their hard-earned money on fees to cash their paychecks. They try to pay off high-prices loans to carry them over to their next paycheck and have no savings. In the current economy, it is essential to have access to a basic bank account and financial services. An account and financial services in today’s world provides a life-line and entrance to a world of economic stability and hope.
About Us
Cowlitz Asset Building Coalition, representing Cowlitz County, WA has been selected as one of eight pilot communities to participate in the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Financial Access Pilot (CFAP), known locally as the Bank on Cowlitz County. CFAP is a initiative of the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Financial Education, endorsed by the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy.
The Bank on Cowlitz County is a strong collaboration of financial institutions, community organizations, financial education providers, federal, state, housing, and other social welfare agencies in Cowlitz County working together to expand access to financial education and financial services for county residents as a means to promoting individual, family and community economic well-being.
