Save First Financial

Ready to Make Homeownership a Reality?
Join us for an engaging and informative class designed to guide you through every step of becoming a homeowner.

Led by Experts:
- Tai Star – Senior Mortgage Advisor & Broker with over 10 years of experience
- Alex Shokrian – Save First Financial Coach and Educator

What You’ll Learn:
The basics of the home-buying process
Your rights and responsibilities as a homeowner

What You’ll Leave With:
A clear roadmap to purchasing your first home
Confidence in your next steps toward homeownership
Don’t miss this opportunity to get expert insights and practical tips to make your homeownership dreams a reality!
Here is the Zoom link to register for class: https://loom.ly/EvCraKg

Join us for a great class on retirement!
What You’ll Learn:
The basics of retirement accounts (401k, IRA, Roth IRA)
The benefits of saving early and consistently
What You’ll Leave With:
A clear understanding of how retirement accounts work
Practical steps to start building your financial future.

From shutdown to springboard: When Save First Financial Wellness faced closure in 2023, our team, led by Executive Director Molly O’Donnell, turned challenge into opportunity. Thanks to strong community partnerships and the support of Lighthouse Financial Foundation, Save First relaunched as an independent nonprofit within weeks. Today, we’re serving more families and businesses across Oregon and SW Washington, with a renewed mission to expand financial wellness access and impact. This is more than our story; it’s about the power of community, partnerships, and resilience. Thank you to FINRA for spotlighting Save First Financial Wellness. Read the full article here: https://loom.ly/0HTXkxU Kim Capeloto

Did you know? More than one in four households in Washington earn above the federal poverty line but still can’t afford the basic necessities, such as housing, childcare, and transportation. These are our cashiers, home care workers, cooks, and others who are employed and doing their best, yet still struggling to keep up.

Why? Because the federal poverty level doesn’t reflect the real cost of living in our state. This growing group, known as ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), lives in a gap where they earn too much to qualify for help but not enough to truly get by. It’s time we recognize this hidden hardship and rethink how we define financial need.

Here is a link to an article on WA households can’t afford basics, even if they’re not poor, report says - The Columbian https://loom.ly/F7VEqcY

WA households can’t afford basics, even if they’re not poor, report says Over a quarter of households in Washington earn more than the federal poverty threshold but still struggle to afford necessities like housing, child care, transportation and more, according to a recen