Volume
52
Issue
5
DOI
10.34068/joe.52.05.02
Abstract
This article describes the community organizing role of an Extension educator and a research faculty to enable young children in a resource-limited community to start savings accounts and to save regularly through a school-based savings effort. The study explored whether children from low-income communities are capable of saving money regularly when parts of a community system can be brought together to support a savings effort. When barriers are removed and enabling factors put in place, young children are capable of saving regularly and achieving their savings goal. Implications for university and community partner collaborations are discussed.
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Recommended Citation
Cheang, M., & Kawamura, L. (2014). Bringing Savings Opportunities to Public Elementary School Children in Resource-Limited, Rural Communities. The Journal of Extension, 52(5), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.52.05.02
