The $920 million, 134,000-member Metro Credit Union has partnered with five organizations in its home community of Chelsea, Mass., to bring financial and employment services to lower-income residents.
“Chelsea has concentrated pockets of lower-income residents who need a variety of services but have not had a single, central location to get them,” said Charlene Bauer, senior vice president of community relations for the CU. “We envision the CONNECT project as helping to change that.”
The CONNECT project will provide a single location where lower-income residents can receive financial education and job training along with opening credit union accounts and getting financial education.
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