What Does
CARE Do?
CARE Los Angeles is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals of all ages to make informed financial decisions by providing free financial literacy education. We offer workshops on essential money management topics, including budgeting, credit, and fraud prevention. Our expert team of passionate volunteers draws on their experiences as bankruptcy lawyers, judges, and professionals from across the financial spectrum. To date, CARE has impacted thousands of individuals at schools, organizations, and community groups throughout Southern California.
Our mission is to empower individuals of all ages to make informed financial decisions by providing essential financial literacy education.
CARE Presentations
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- CARE is a nation-wide organization whose mission is to teach students and adults sound financial management principles while alerting them to the many consequences of consumer credit abuse
- CARE achieves this mission by providing in-school presentations to students at high schools and colleges, as well as other community groups
Our Partners
CARE Los Angeles is proud to partner with schools, nonprofits, businesses, and community organizations that share our commitment to financial education and empowerment. Partners of CARE Los Angeles play an important role in expanding access to free financial-literacy education by welcoming CARE into their communities, supporting outreach efforts, and helping us reach students, families, and community members across Los Angeles and beyond. Together, we work to equip individuals with the knowledge and tools needed to make informed financial decisions and build a more financially confident future.
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What is a CARE presentation like?
Focus on Financial Literacy
CARE presentations educate participants on responsible credit use, including credit cards, while also exploring budgeting, saving and identity theft.
Target Audience
Our programs serve both teens and adults with workshops that are typically 60 minutes long. Each session is designed to be relevant, informative, and interactive.
Our Volunteers
CARE LA volunteers are background-checked professionals with real-world financial expertise who donate their time to provide free, engaging financial-literacy education.
Presentations that Resonate
We are successful at resonating with people, in part because the audience appreciates the expertise and passion we have.
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Testimonials
“We partnered with CARE last school year and were thrilled to be able to offer such a valuable experience to all our students. They did an incredible job informing our students about the importance of financial credit and the pitfalls that young people often face when building their credit. We are not often able to get professionals to come and talk to our students about topics that are so relevant to their life outside of school, such as credit and finances. The team at CARE was very accommodating and worked with us to schedule presentations that fit our schedule. We look forward to working with them again!”
Donielle Westrup Alliance Marine Schools
“CARE volunteers have presented in my classroom on over 10 different occasions. Each time, I am impressed with the level of professionalism of the volunteers whose professions range from judges, to lawyers, to financiers, to bankers, to social workers, and even more. The content is real-world and information my students will be able to apply now, as well as when they enter their adult life in three years. Making students aware and educating them about the financial pitfalls that many young people fall into at such a young age is an invaluable tool that may prevent financial devastation for them in the future. I appreciate the commitment of the CARE organization and the many volunteers who donate their time and have made it their calling to bring this information to the young adults in my classes.”
Gretchen Reynoso Costa Mesa High School/Freshman Seminar
“Presenting the CARE credit use program to young people is an honor and a privilege. It provides an extraordinary educational experience for mainly high school students of a critically important life skill, particularly as it is presented to them by Bankruptcy Judges, attorneys, financial advisors and bankers who address the problems of excess credit use that they see in the real world. It is also an amazing experience for presenters such as myself when I see the light go on in the students’ eyes and as they start asking questions that show they are interested in the information that is being conveyed to them. I am grateful to CARE for allowing me to employ my experience as a bankruptcy attorney and parent for such as useful purpose.”
Robert Saunders Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
“Teaching kids about financial literacy has been one of the most rewarding volunteer opportunities I have ever had. It is a shame that kids graduate from high school not knowing the difference between debit cards, credit cards and pre-paid cards and the impact each of them can have on your life. CARE has created a tool for these kids to kickstart and protect their financial health. The lessons are invaluable and the kids and their teachers show their enthusiasm for learning, which brings a warm feeling of satisfaction to me each time I present the information in the classrooms.”
Sharon Kopman JD
“I realized as my daughter, now a young adult, went through school that she never learned the basics of financial literacy in her classes. She never learned about the need for and establishing good credit. She never learned why or when she should use a debit vs. a credit card and what happens if you do not pay your credit card bill timely. As a bankruptcy trustee I see hundreds of Chapter 7 debtors facing financial issues, and I have come to I realized that that they too never learned. I feel we have failed as a system to help people understand the benefits and detriments of creditor card use and abuse.
CARE is the perfect solution. It allows us to help explain to high school students (and sometimes their parents) the whys and wherefores of credit card use, credit management and the need to establish good credit before credit is abused and they face filing their own bankruptcy. I am awed by the attention paid to our presentations and the insightful questions. My only regret is that we cannot reach more students with our program. I am honored and pleased to be part of this excellent program.”
Elissa Miller JD
“CARE Los Angeles gave two invaluable presentations at Chabad Outpatient Center, teaching our clients the essentials of credit, budgeting, and savings. The interactive sessions were eye-opening, and the feedback from our clients was overwhelmingly positive—they learned practical skills to manage their finances more effectively. We are grateful for CARE’s engaging and informative presentation and look forward to collaborating again in the future.”