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JACKSONVILLE (First Coast News) --
How To Raise Your Credit Score
February 7, 2012
There are two numbers that follow you throughout life. Your social security number and your credit score. view the article
WAYS TO WORK, INC. (The Wall Street Journal) --
2011 Donation Brings Walmart Foundation's Support for Ways to Work(R) Program to $4 Million
Proven Success and Impact of National Nonprofit Helps Spur on Foundation Support and Significant Growth and Expansion
December 21, 2011
Ways to Work(R), a unique Community Development Financial Institution that provides affordable loans to working families with challenging credit histories, announced today that they received a second $2 million commitment from the Walmart Foundation for program expansion. view the article
WINSTON-SALEM (Bizjournals.com) --
Family Services closes $1 million in auto loans
November 11, 2011
Family Services in Winston-Salem has closed $1 million in auto loans in the last decade for more than 250 families with challenging credit histories. view the article
PORT WASHINGTON-SAUKVILLE (Patch.com) --
Affordable Car Loans Program Expands to Ozaukee County
Ways to Work program offers low interest loans to parents with poor credit history to purchase cars.
November 11, 2011
Ready to give out as many car loans as there are qualified working parents who want them, Ways to Work Loan Manager Janet Tierney is on the hunt for candidates in rural areas of Wisconsin that the program has recently expanded to: Ozaukee, Waukesha and Washington counties. view the article
LOS ANGELES (Los Angeles Times) --
A hard road for the poor in need of cars
Few programs are available to help low-income workers get behind the wheel.
November 3, 2011
No car, no work. That's the conclusion Lisa Twombly reached as she fought to hang on to her job as a caretaker for an elderly San Diego couple. view the article
RACINE (Insider News Wisconsin) --
A successful Ways to Work Program
November 1-15, 2011
For many individuals, having reliable transportation to and from work can be the difference between paying this month's bills and looking for another form of employment. view the article
