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Eviction & Predatory Loans

Season 2 Episode 202 | 26m 45s

Parents worried about eviction from their apartment in Columbus, Ohio, a second marriage and blended family in Seattle, WA, and cancer survivor in New Orleans all share one goal. They need immediate help beating the system to turn their financial lives around. Finally help arrives when Jean Chatzky, Louis Barajas and Patrice Washington visit their homes. Is it too late?

Aired: 04/30/24 | Expires: 04/30/26
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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The coaches show the families how to find nonprofits to help them get ahead.
The Opportunity Coaches travel to LA, Tampa, and Philadelphia to meet families.
The Opportunity Coaches travel to Lake Charles, El Paso, and Raleigh to meet families.
Six families travel to Dollywood to meet Opportunity Coaches to help change their lives.
Families strengthen their financial foundation by visiting resources in their communities.
Using the coaches' tools the families now have the skills to be successful on their own.
The families use The Opportunity Finder to identify help in their communities.
Families wrap up their initial coaching sessions and start to work on their goals.
The families build financial resilience by using tools provided by their coaches.
Families work with Opportunity Coaches who provide tips to get their finances on track.
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When paycheck to paycheck doesn’t cut it one family might lose their home.
Six families on the brink of financial ruin anxiously prepare to get help.
Families strengthen their financial foundation by visiting resources in their communities.
Families continue to meet with nonprofit resources in their communities.
The coaches show the families how to find nonprofits to help them get ahead.
The families use The Opportunity Finder to identify help in their communities.
The families successfully follow their financial plans and we see the changes.
Using the coaches' tools the families now have the skills to be successful on their own.
The coaches return and see how far the families have come on their journey.
Families move forward with their goals and use a new tool called The Opportunity Coach.