{"id":1379,"date":"2019-10-08T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/?post_type=nshe_news&#038;p=1379"},"modified":"2023-02-21T17:20:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:20:44","slug":"nshe-ccsd-partner-with-operation-hope-to-teach-financial-independence","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/news\/2019\/10\/nshe-ccsd-partner-with-operation-hope-to-teach-financial-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"NSHE, CCSD Partner with Operation HOPE to Teach Financial Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nevada System of Higher Education and the Clark County School District are partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/operationhope.org\/\">Operation HOPE<\/a>, a global organization that works to end poverty through financial education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operation HOPE will fund full time financial coaches at the Clark County School District, Nevada State College and the College of Southern Nevada to work with CCSD and NSHE staff and college students at no cost. The partnership is then expected to expand to NSHE\u2019s other degree granting institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has never been more important for our students and employees to have access to financial coaches who can help create pathways to financial independence,\u201d said NSHE Chancellor Thom Reilly. \u201cSo many in higher education are weighed down by the burden of financial debt. That burden and the stress caused by it, is incredibly disruptive to achieving personal goals, including graduating from college. Teaming with Operation HOPE will provide the coaching, education, and protective tools needed to overcome financial distress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSHE Board of Regents will consider a Memorandum of Understanding with Operation HOPE at a special meeting on Oct. 18. Each NSHE institution would then have the ability to create its own partnership with Operation HOPE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCCSD is committed to ensuring our team members have the tools to succeed,\u201d said CCSD Superintendent Dr. Jara Jesus. F. Jara. \u201cThis great resource will allow them to work with Operation HOPE toward financial stability at no cost. The partnership will provide invaluable education and coaching.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operation HOPE is a nonprofit organization working to disrupt poverty for millions of low and moderate-income youth and adults across the nation. Their focus is financial dignity and inclusion, by equipping young people and adults with the financial tools and education to secure a better future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOperation HOPE is proud to announce that HOPE financial wellbeing coaches will provide financial coaching to NSHE students and employees of CCSD and NHSE,\u201d said Anita Ward, President Operation HOPE.&nbsp;\u201cThrough the HOPE Inside model, Operation HOPE coaches will build pathways to financial dignity for Nevada\u2019s education ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[39,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1379","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-39","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}