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JP’s Shawna Collier Presents Series of Asset-Building Workshops with Midtown Community Services Family PRIDE Program
In some St. Louis neighborhoods, the infant mortality rate is comparable to that of many developing countries—even though parents live just a few miles away from some of the best hospitals in the world.
Financial constraints, a lack of access to affordable healthcare and implicit biases in the medical field can prevent new and expectant mothers from getting the care they need in those critical months before their delivery date. However, for the past 28 years, Midtown Community Services Family PRIDE (Parent Resources, Infant Development & Environment) program has provided support to these moms and connected them to vital resources, including doula services and mental health care, to help them give their babies the healthiest start to life.
Invited by PRIDE, JP staffer Shawna Collier recently conducted two different workshops as part of her series of three, focusing first on credit-building, followed by a session discussing how to use one’s tax refund in paying off collection debt to better one’s credit score. Shawna’s final workshop will discuss the fundamentals of microloans, and what constitutes a credit-worthy application.
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