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City unveils Home Prosper program to prioritize Head Start families for counseling and $2,000 grants
Summary
The City of Rochester's Office of Financial Empowerment described a new Home Prosper program funded by a Living Cities grant that will offer up to 60 participants financial counseling, first-time homebuyer training and a $2,000 award; councilmembers asked about eligibility, lottery selection and program follow-up.
The Office of Financial Empowerment presented the Home Prosper program, a Living Cities-funded initiative that will provide financial counseling, first-time homebuyer training and a $2,000 award to up to 60 City of Rochester residents, with priority for Head Start families.
"The Home Prosper Program is both financial counseling and first-time home buyer training," said Madeline, program lead in the Office of Financial Empowerment. The program will be administered in partnership with the Housing Council at PathStone and Action for a Better Community (ABC). Participants are expected to complete four hours of homebuyer training and at least three financial-counseling sessions and must achieve at least one financial goal to receive…
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