money basics
PEER-LED FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT
What is Money Basics?
Money Basics is a peer-led and person-directed financial empowerment course
Money Basics is a peer-led, person-directed, and strengths-based financial literacy program designed specifically for peers (i.e. individuals with lived experience of mental health and/or addiction challenges and recovery). These workshops are fun, empowering, and cover a number of financial issues that are commonly experienced by peers.
Key topics include: budgeting, banking, taxes, paying off debt, resources to save money, and navigating the relationship between mental health and/or addiction challenges and money.
Money Basics is a program of The Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO). MHAAO is an inclusive peer-run organization dedicated to self-direction honoring the voice of lived experience.
Facilitator Training
Interested in offering Money Basics to peers in your community? Take our Virtual Peer Facilitator Training!
MHAAO’s Money Basics Facilitator Training will prepare you with the tools and knowledge needed to facilitate each Money Basics workshop and provide peers with the tools and resources to improve their economic situation. The training gives an overview of the financial topics explored in the Money Basics curriculum and will provide information, tips, and tools for facilitating each of the ten Money Basics workshops.
MHAAO’s Money Basics Facilitator Training is free and comprised of 12 go-at-your-own-pace modules. Each module is between 15-20 minutes and guides you through the curriculum and how to plan and prepare for each class.
Becoming a Money Basics facilitator is a professional development opportunity for members of the peer-delivered services workforce. Upon completion of this training, participants can earn 6 continuing education units (CEUs) from MHAAO’s Training Center.
The goals of this training are to:
- Have an understanding of the Money Basics course topics, goals, and methods
- Have an understanding of the class structure and the work you’ll be doing before, during, and after each workshop
- Have an understanding of the activities you’ll be facilitating; and do some of these activities for yourself
- Learn how to access and utilize the Money Basics Facilitator Toolkit and resources
- Leave the training with the tools and the knowledge to facilitate these workshops to peers in your community
Sign up for the Money Basics Facilitator Training today!
Facilitator Toolkit
MHAAO has developed a virtual Peer Facilitator Toolkit for Money Basics facilitators to access all the course materials in one convenient place. This Toolkit has everything a peer specialist will need to facilitate this course, including the Guide for Students and Guide for Facilitators, the registration and course assessment forms, and the worksheets, handouts, PowerPoint slides, supplementary videos, and additional resources for each of the ten workshops. The Facilitator Toolkit is a free resource offered to those who complete our Money Basics Facilitator Training.
