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Meet the Families

Season 2 Episode 201 | 26m 45s

Six families living on the edge of financial disaster need solutions, desire stability and help. They also fear the hard truth when help arrives. Can they overcome the stigma and unfair shame or will they continue to suffer in silence when they meet their financial coaches?

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.
Opportunity Knock$ as the families are presented with $30,000 to reach bigger goals.
The families return to Dollywood to share their financial journeys with coaches.
The families successfully follow their financial plans and we see the changes.
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.
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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.
Using the coaches' tools the families now have the skills to be successful on their own.
The families successfully follow their financial plans and we see the changes.
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.
Families strengthen their financial foundation by visiting resources in their communities.
When paycheck to paycheck doesn’t cut it one family might lose their home.
When the coaches arrive the stakes are high. Is it too late for one family?
Families continue to meet with nonprofit resources in their communities.