Invitation to Financial Educators, Financial Coaches, Credit Counselors and Financial Capability Providers

On Thursday, March 9, 2017, Capital Area Asset Builders (CAAB), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Abt Associates will host a gathering of financial educators and coaches to request their insights and opinions to the CFPB on resources it is developing to help support financial educators and enhance the financial capability of consumers.

The CFPB seeks to improve the utility and effectiveness of its financial education materials by testing these materials with financial educators. Understanding how these tools are used in practice by practitioners like you will allow the Bureau to improve them. The CFPB has partnered with Abt Associates and Financial Literacy Group, highly respected independent research organizations, to conduct focus groups on these materials and they need your help.

CAAB is currently assisting Abt Associates in recruiting focus group participants at CAAB's offices in downtown Washington, DC . To register for one of three focus groups, please visit

A focus group session generally lasts about two hours and you will be compensated $50 to thank you for your time. Participants typically reflect that they find the process engaging and informative. The CFPB relies on experts like you to provide feedback when it develops resources. We hope that you will take this opportunity to provide your insights and experiences to help shape tools and resources that will be used by financial educators across the country.

Spots for the focus groups are limited so please sign up quickly!

We look forward to seeing you on March 9th!