The Financial Resilience Handbook

Start From Zero – Overcome Hardship and Rebuild in Confidence

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 —Transforming Your Life

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 vulnerable populations
• Partner Discount
• Weekly office hours (members drop in)
• Resilience workshops to build capacity
• Financial Sustainability workshops with action steps and templates
• Quarterly status report
• Faith That Moves Your Life (Guide)
• Additional resources available

This motivational and money management series is recommended for clients who struggle with isolation, shake, 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
• Board-Certified Chaplain, by BCCI
• Certified Financial Coach by Dave Ramsey Solution
• Founder, Financial Chaplaincy™️
• 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