{"id":1338,"date":"2024-07-16T19:28:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1338"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:33:05","slug":"financial-empowerment-program","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/news\/financial-empowerment-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Empowerment Program at Toronto Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you need help with filing your taxes, accessing government benefits, saving with limited cash flow, and planning for the future? Join the Financial Empowerment Program at Toronto Public Library!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This program is meant to provide support to low-income individuals to help them learn how to improve their financial health and well-being. Get free and unbiased one-on-one financial support at the Downsview branch.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Services include:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Filing taxes<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Managing debt and credit<\/li>\n<li>Saving and budgeting on a low income<\/li>\n<li>Finding government benefits<\/li>\n<li>Applying for benefits<\/li>\n<li>Setting and reaching financial goals<\/li>\n<li>Coaching through financial challenges<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Book a one-on-one session with a Financial Empowerment Counsellor today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Services available in English, Mandarin, or Spanish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-on-one financial support at the Toronto Public Library<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1339,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[22],"class_list":["post-1338","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}