Training & Workshops
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First Time Homebuying Workshop
First Time Homebuying Workshop
BUY YOUR HOME WITH HELP FROM LUCHA Through bilingual workshops and individual counseling, our knowledgeable counselors will help you purchase your first home. Our staff explains how to maintain good credit, choose a home and select the right loan for your budget. LUCHA helps facilitate grants for home buyers from state agencies and other resources. […]
Home Buyer Workshop
Home Buyer Workshop
Whether you are thinking of buying your first home, or looking for an investment property, learn what's driving the real estate market, how to secure a mortgage, and the steps needed for a successful transaction.
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Financial Empowerment – Session 1: Understanding Credit & Establish a Good Credit Score
Financial Empowerment – Session 1: Understanding Credit & Establish a Good Credit Score
In this installment of LUCHA’s financial empowerment series you will learn about why credit is important, what credit is, your credit history and how to understand it, why good credit history is important, the benefits of good credit, and how to establish Good Credit History. After this course participants should be able to describe credit, […]
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Spring Into Summer Fair
Spring Into Summer Fair
The Spring Into Summer Fair, being held on Saturday, April 14th at Jones College Prep will feature over 20 organizations and Chicago cultural institutions who have designed activities for youth to participate in that offer a glimpse at that organization’s summer programming. By pursuing interest based learning, youth create their paths toward college and career while staving off the “summer slide” that so often counters the ground gained in the classroom throughout the school year.
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BankWork$ Financial Careers Training Begins
BankWork$ Financial Careers Training Begins
This is an 8 week training for low-income persons wishing to launch a career in the financial sector. The program is focused on developing customer service and sales skills, as well as knowledge of banking regulations, financial products and services, cash handling, mock interviewing and other related skills in order that the graduate is prepared […]
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Tech Tuesday: Career Resources
Tech Tuesday: Career Resources
Did you know that we have resources to help you with your resume and job search? Come to this hands-on workshop to learn how to use free online resources to […]
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Post-Purchase Workshop – IREFI
Post-Purchase Workshop – IREFI
These workshops, with specialized topics each month, will assist recent first-time homebuyers with the transition process from renter to home owner. There is so much involved with being a home owner and doing so effectively to maintain and improve upon the investment requires first-hand knowledge about a variety of topics. Our Housing Counselors will teach […]
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Financial Empowerment – Session 2: Credit Score Components & Methods to Improve/Restore Credit
Financial Empowerment – Session 2: Credit Score Components & Methods to Improve/Restore Credit
In this installment of LUCHA’s Financial Empowerment series participants will learn about why credit is important, the major players in the credit industry, the difference between FICO and Vantage Scoring, tools for improving/restoring credit, how to understand a credit report, and credit laws. After this course participants should be able to effectively understand a credit […]
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Small Business Tax Workshop
Small Business Tax Workshop
Sergio Guzman, IRS, S.P.E.C., presents the basics of business taxes, the different types of small business organizations, tax returns, record keeping and the latest tax updates. Presented by the Internal […]