PROGRAMS
The Financial Success Program (FSP) is a comprehensive financial education and coaching model that focuses on changing financial behaviors. This model is one of only a handful in the country that is evidenced based.
Findings showed statistically significant reductions in smoking, consumption of fast food, overdrafts, shut-off notices and late fees among others. Significant increases in income, promotions, savings and school attendance were also found. In 2022, the findings were published in the peer reviewed American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
Since the FSP model was launched in 2009, 1,300 people have since graduated from the FSP. The mantra "Cash Flow Creates Change" reinforces the importance of that skill along with identifying new financial choices.
Childcare and dinner are provided as part of the FSP model as those are often barriers to participation. Nine weeks of in-class training and one year of financial coaching are provided to build the financial confidence of financially stressed individuals. The FSP also has value-added components such as access to the Level Payment Plan with both OPPD and MUD.
Cura Research Project
Enrollment: January 2022—October 2024
Study Concludes: June 2026
The FHC is working with Creighton University’s Cura Project in Nebraska’s first medical-financial partnership. This unique approach to helping people with Type 2 Diabetes better manage their health includes four interventions:
A financial social worker works individually with each participant to optimize benefits (health, prescription, etc) and connect participants with community-based resources to address social needs (housing, food, transportation, etc).
The Financial Success Program is an interactive 9-week class on financial education (includes dinner, childcare and transportation, when applicable) and one year of one-on-one financial coaching.
Diabetic-friendly groceries are delivered to each participant’s home every two weeks for the duration of the 18-month program.
Each participant receives 6-months of one-on-one health and wellness coaching to promote healthy lifestyle behavior changes (healthy eating, exercise, sleep, stress reduction, etc).
The Cura Project is studying this combination of interventions to determine if they can help people with Type 2 Diabetes achieve better health by reducing social needs including financial instability and food insecurity.
Primary outcome measures include A1C, blood pressure, body weight, income, financial stress, and lifestyle behaviors.
