Financial Empowerment
Classes, counseling, and resources to reach your financial goalsAdvice
Personal counseling is available for all individuals who have completed our financial empowerment workshops.
Resources
We work together as a team to provide you with resources to reach your financial goals.
Training
Gain the skills and confidence to manage money, build credit, and reduce debt.
Get help from our in-house Financial Counselor
Advice
The world of personal finance is full of complex questions. Our financial empowerment workshops help reveal the answers as you learn to understand money, debt, and credit more than ever before.
Learn and grow with our live workshops:
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- Give Yourself a Raise – savvy money management skills.
- Navigating Your Credit World – learn the key factors of credit and how it affects your financial well-being.
- Decisive Credit Building – advanced workshop to build your credit score.
- D.R.A.I.N: Dispute, Refute, Authenticate, Investigate, and Negotiate your bad debt. Learn how to deal with collectors.
- Student Loan Repayment Chutes and Ladders: explore your repayment and forgiveness options.
- One-on-one Financial Counseling is available after taking one of our workshops. See the chart below to learn more.
- Second Chance Banking: There’s still hope to rebuild your finances if you have lost banking privileges. We can work with you to help restore the services you need.

Check out this matrix to quickly understand how our financial empowerment workshops differ from a credit repair agency.
Please note that we are currently running (as of 9/25/2020) a special where you get Decisive Credit Building, DRAIN, and Student Loan Repayment for only $25 dollars. That’s three workshops for a one time registration of $25!
Jay MacPherson, Financial Counselor
MacPherson@snapwa.org | (509) 319-3016
Hours:
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Thursday 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Evening & Weekend consultations available by appointment
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Resources for so many things all under one roof…
Place

Women’s Business Center
500 S Stone St
Spokane, WA 99202
(509) 319-3016
What We Do
Our name might be the Women’s Business Center but we are open and here to serve all. Let’s work together to reach your goals.
Small Business Loans
Connect people with the right funding and resource for their business.
Classes and Training
We offer a variety of affordable and free classes to support our community.
Home Ownership Loans
We assist with first time home buyers, assist with foreclosure, or loan defaults.
Individual Advisors
Our experts provide one-on-one counseling services to help our clients achieve their financial goals.
Training opportunities on many topics
Classes
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