The CSF Initiative
Sound Outreach participates in the Center for Strong Families initiative, funded by the United Way of Pierce County. Drawing on established research about the most effective services for our clients, this initiative bundles together employment coaching, financial coaching, and access to public benefits through comprehensive case management for economically vulnerable households throughout Pierce County.
Through this initiative, Sound Outreach operates three Financial Opportunity Centers, which you can read about below. Additionally, Sound Outreach Financial Coaches work at other locations, such as the Tacoma Housing Authority, to support client services.
For information about United Way Pierce County’s Center for Strong Families Initiative, click here.
Sumner-Bonney Lake Center for Strong Families
The newest addition to the Pierce County CSF family is the Sumner-Bonney Lake Bethel Center for Strong Families launched in spring 2022. It operates at 1508 Willow St Sumner WA 98390 in the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District Sumner Middle School. Similar to our Hilltop location, this opportunity center combines employment coaching and financial counseling to build financial empowerment and economic opportunity for households. For the operation of the Center, Sound Outreach is partnered with United Way and the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District to staff the Center with our fantastic Financial Counselor and Employment Coaching team. Read More in the Tacoma Weekly article.
For more information contact:
CSF Sumner-Bonney Lake Financial Coach
Michael Hunter
michael@soundoutreach.org
253 -254-1440
CSF Sumner-Bonney Lake Employment Coach
Margarita Garcia
maggie@soundoutreach.org
253-719-3743
Bethel Financial Opportunity Center
The Sound Outreach Bethel Financial Opportunity Center, part of the Center for Strong Families (CSF) initiative, operates at 18020 B St. East in Spanaway. Similar to our Hilltop location, this opportunity center combines employment coaching and financial counseling to serve as an engine for financial empowerment and economic opportunity for households in the Spanaway area.
This financial opportunity is staffed by our dynamic team of Financial Coach and Employment Coach. Together, they have helped hundreds of clients secure better jobs at higher wages, build up sound financial habits leading to higher credit scores, and save their income through budgeting and goal-setting techniques. United Way of Pierce County named the Bethel Financial Opportunity Center “Site of the Year” for all participating locations in the county!
For more information contact:
CSF Bethel Financial Coach
Kenan Hadzic
kenan@soundoutreach.org
253-278-4078
CSF Bethel Employment Coach
Kayleigh Sheen
Kayleigh@soundoutreach.org
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Hilltop Financial Opportunity Center
Sound Outreach’s Hilltop Financial Opportunity Center, part of the Center for Strong Families (CSF) initiative, operates from our location at 1106 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. This United Way-funded center bundles together employment and financial coaching, as well as access to public benefits through comprehensive case management for economically vulnerable Hilltop households.
Sound Outreach takes a cross-sector approach to provide resources to program participants. In 2019, our offices at Alberta Canada Building began hosting 4-5 Tacoma Housing Authority staff in our space, and a street-facing ATM, establishing a neighborhood financial center complete with our CSF programming and access to financial services.
For 20 years, Sound Outreach has served as a trusted agency on the Hilltop, providing SNAP and Apple Health enrollment, free tax preparation, housing counseling, and homeless services. Our new focus on financial wellbeing is helping our neighbors to reduce debt, build credit, and grow wealth—all crucial elements for current residents when considering how economic development will affect rents and rising costs of living.
For more information contact:
CSF Hilltop Financial Coach
Stephanie Grassi
stephanie@soundoutreach.org
253-331-5608
CSF Hilltop Employment Coach
Arceto Clark
253-720-7074
arceto@soundoutreach.org
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