Summer Jobs Connect is an initiative that supports young adults seeking summer employment. The initiative enhances municipally-led programs by integrating structural linkages to safe and appropriate banking products, services, and education. Public Works was engaged to evaluate how young adults approach and perceive banking products and services.
Summer Jobs Connect is an initiative that supports young adults seeking summer employment. The initiative enhances municipally-led programs by integrating structural linkages to safe and appropriate banking products, services, and education. Public Works was engaged to evaluate how young adults approach and perceive banking products and services.
Working closely with program staff in eight cities, we ultimately surveyed over 3,100 youth to examine how youth view mainstream financial services, interact with banking institutions, and plan to use financial services after the program ends. To provide additional nuance, we augmented the survey analysis with insights garnered through a series of focus groups across partner cities.
This analysis resulted in data-driven insights that allowed CFE Fund to enhance the national policy conversation on banking access initiatives for low-to medium income youth.
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