Safe Harbor Residents Explore Financial Literacy with Joe Connors

Thank you, Joe! On February 7, 2023, Joe Connors from Downeast Community Partners (DCP) visited Safe Harbor Recovery Home for Women and Children to engage residents in exploring and managing their personal finances. His interactive discussion included interpreting and improving credit scores, building credit, steps to take to reduce or eliminate debt, resources for filing income taxes, tips to save money, helpful budgeting tools, and more.

Safe Harbor Recovery Home for Women and Children is the only certified recovery residence in Washington County and serves women from across the region. The house provides wraparound support for women in all stages of recovery and is one of the only houses in the state where they can live with their children. Launched and operated by a collaborative effort between Healthy Acadia, Downeast Community Partners, Community Caring Collaborative, and AMHC (Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc.), Safe Harbor is supported in part by MaineHousing. 

Downeast Community Partners works to improve the quality of life and reduce the impact of poverty in Downeast communities. Downeast Community Partners (DCP) was formed in 2017 with the merging of two of the most venerable organizations in the region - Child and Family Opportunities and the Washington Hancock Community Agency. DCP is committed to creating and delivering services and programs that treat community members with dignity and compassion, and offer them the possibility of achieving their goals and dreams.

For more information about their financial coaching services or to make an appointment with their financial coach, click here or contact Joe Connors, JD, AFC, by email at joe.connors@downeastcommunitypartners.org or by calling 207-598-5657.