Family and Financial Futures in Jackson, MS
May 24th, 2017
Temma and her son five-year old son Antonio are learning to save together. They recently participated in financial education through a partnership with the Mississippi Children’s Museum and HOPE. For seven weeks, members of HOPE’s team led sessions on the importance of saving and how to talk about money as a family. The sessions were a part of a family literacy program hosted by the museum. Temma said before attending these sessions she and her husband never thought about having conversations with their children about saving. Now, Antonio has is very own Take Flight Child Savings Account with HOPE and is planning to save for a car.