Racine’s Financial Center Closes

Racine’s Financial Empowerment Center, which helped over 3,000 residents tackle debt and boost savings since launching in 2021, is shutting down June 30th due to lost federal funding. Despite its closure, the city is actively helping participants transition to other resources to ensure no one falls through the cracks. Three years of one-on-one counseling taught thousands valuable money management skills — a powerful reminder of how vital community financial support is — even as funding runs out. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/71b5deedb5602686