MODULE 5:
Using the toolkit
How does it work?
At this point you may be wondering: How am I ever going to find the time to add financial
empowerment into my already packed schedule? One way to think about this financial
empowerment work is that it is not an “add-on” service, but rather something to be integrated
into the work you are already doing with clients.
Does this mean that it doesn’t require time on your part? Of course not. But that time will be
front-loaded. In order to integrate financial empowerment into the case management or other
supportive services you provide, you will have to invest time into:
Learning the toolkit content
Becoming comfortable with the topics and the tools in the toolkit Thinking about ways to introduce financial empowerment in the context of the case
management you provide Potentially capturing the outcomes of financial empowerment in the work you do