New training – Financial Recovery Made Easy
Partnering with churches and nonprofits to support members in transition with limited or unstable income.
FINANCIAL WORKSHOP SERIES
5 Ways to Save (Single Session)
Attendees discuss financial patterns, temptations and learn from their past. They also discover new strategies for saving money and creating new streams of income.
Rewriting Your Money Story: Funding Your Dream
This 3-session series identifies old financial habits, replacing them with new strategies for financial stability and goal attainment.
3 Keys to Financial Transformation
This 3-session series is highly recommended for financial sustainability and housing retention. We don’t just teach budgeting; we help people transform their relationship with money. Attendees learn a practical strategy that helps them to view, use and manage money differently, saving money in the process. This battle-tested program has transformed lives and received rave reviews.
Why You Should Become a R.I.S.E. Partner
- Highly effective, faith-based Financial Training tailored for the least of these
- Partners receive a 50% Discount
- Weekly office hours (members drop in)
- 3 Resilience workshops to build capacity
- 3 Financial Sustainability workshops with action steps and templates
- Monthly status report
- Faith That Moves Your Life (Guide)
- Additional resources available
This 3-session motivational series is recommended for clients who struggle with isolation, hopelessness, poor concentration, and comprehension. These power-packed workshops build resilience and capacity, instill hope and inspiration necessary for transformation and change. One-on-one coaching is included on drop-in day. One-on-one Coaching is also available upon request.
R.I.S.E. God Has More For You
(Restoring Inner Strength & Emerging)
You are not only changing lives, when you help the least of these, you are healing more families and transforming communities.
What sets FMI apart
- Authentic Lived Experience
- I’m not just teaching theory – I lived it and changed my life first
- She experienced homelessness, isolation and devastation
- She gained personal and professional insight, financial and spiritual certification to create a system to help the masses.
- Her lived experience builds trust, credibility and buy in with attendees facilitating commitment to change.
Dual Credentialing
- Board-Certified Chaplain (spiritual authority)
- Certified Financial Coach (practical expertise)
- Certified Veteran Peer Support Specialist by (DBSA) Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance
- 2026 Women of Influence Honoree & Contributing Writer
Demonstrated track record of success
Transformational client testimonials
Sold out books “Money for Life” at speaking events
Generated waiting lists for financial program “Fixing My Finances”
Years later members are still benefiting from the financial strategies they learned
One client transitioned from homeless to homeowner
Another client transitioned from homeless to long term saver and investor
How do I know? Because 5 years later they still text to say “thank you” for changing my life.
It all began with the Founder who transitioned from homelessness to:
- Founder, Partners of Hope (homeless veterans nonprofit organization) while she was still unhoused
- Certified Financial Coach by Dave Ramsey Solutions
- Author, Money for Life (book & journal) and The Heart of Faith: Your Guide to Resilience & Security (book & journal)
- Founder and CEO, the Financial Management Institute and the FAITH & FINANCES Program
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