This past month the Personal Investment Enterprise program celebrated 17 PIE graduates that completed the program by purchasing their first home, capitalized their business or pursued post-secondary education. So far this year, 23 participants have completed their financial saving and asset purchase goals. This brings the total number of individuals who have completed PIE with asset purchases to 335 since 2001.
We are grateful for the many partners and individuals that make this program possible in our communities! Through partnerships and connecting valuable community resources to make homeownership, business development and pursuing post-secondary education possible, PIE makes dreams a reality with low and moderate-income families and individuals in Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Please join us in thanking the following organizations and individuals that have made PIE possible this year:
PIE Advisory Board Members:
- Rebecca Chavez, Front Range Community College
- Samantha Colyn, Workforce Boulder County
- Maye Cordero, PIE Graduate
- Ashley Denault, Foothills United Way
- Sharon Farrell, City and County of Broomfield
- Maciel Leon, Boulder County Community Action Programs
- Gina Nocera, Mile High United Way
- Tim Rakow, The Inn Between of Longmont, Inc.
- Mac Ritter, Boulder County, Housing and Human Services
- Justin Sutherland, FirstBank
- Eric Swanson, City of Boulder
- James Williams, Wells Fargo Bank
- Mandy Yick, Attorney
Community Partners:
Local and federal funders:
Assets for Independence
Referral partners:
Amistad Center
Boulder County Head Start
Boulder County Housing & Human Services
Boulder Housing Partners
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless
Casa de la Esperanza
City and County of Broomfield
City of Boulder, Children, Youth and Families
Emergency Family Assistance Association
Family Self-Sufficiency
Flatirons Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley
Longmont Housing Authority
Mental Health Partners
Outreach United Resource Center
Sister Carmen Community Center
The Inn-Between of Longmont, Inc.
Thistle Communities
Workforce Boulder County
YWCA of Boulder County
ABOUT THE PERSONAL INVESTMENT ENTERPRISE (PIE) PROGRAM
The Personal Investment Enterprise (PIE) program is a local savings program provided through Community Action Programs of Boulder County and Foothills United Way Mile High United Way. The program is designed for low-income families to enroll in financial literacy classes and save through a matched saving account at a rate of 4 to 1. The first step in applying to the program is to attend an orientation meeting with Nino Gallo at Community Action Programs at Boulder County. Nino may be reached at 303-441-3998 or at [email protected]. For more information on the PIE program visit http://www.bouldercounty.org/family/financial/pages/pie.aspx or https://unitedwaydenver.org/personal-investment-enterprise-pie-program/. To see if you qualify, take this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrelimPIE.
