Englewood's education program to create personal financial stability

Englewood's education program to create personal financial stability

Englewood residents last week became among the first in Illinois to qualify for a new public-private financial education program designed to help low-income people learn skills to manage money.

"I think we need to do more to help low-income people get into the financial mainstream," said Dory Rand, a lawyer at Chicago's office of the National Center on Poverty Law who is one the founders of the program made possible through the coalition organization Financial Links for Low Income People (FLLIP).

"The National Center on Poverty Law is an aspect of our mission. We're trying to get people out of …