<p>The Nuestro Barrio Homebuyer Education Campaign is an innovate approach to provide financial literacy to Spanish and English speaking audiences.  The campaign will work with ten nonprofits in North Carolina to implement financial literacy and outreach program.</p><!--break-->
<p>The Nuestro Barrio Homebuyer Education Campaign is an innovate approach to provide
financial literacy to Spanish and English speaking audiences. Nuestro Barrio is a
telenovela miniseries that provides both entertainment and financial literacy. The
campaign will work with ten nonprofits in North Carolina to implement financial literacy
and outreach program. Nonprofits will conduct the community outreach and utilize a
new educational video and curriculum based on the show. Financial literacy subjects
include relationship with a bank, basic checking and savings, buying a home, insurance,
default and delinquency, consumer protections.</p>
<p>North Carolina has one of the fastest growth rates for Latinos in the United
States. Nonprofits are still developing educational programs to include this most
recent immigrant population into financial mainstream. This initiative will have a
primary audience of low and moderate income households who are Spanish speakers
and a secondary audience of English Speakers who can benefit from greater financial
literacy. In North Carolina, the median formal education is 10.5 years. Financial literacy
is a life skill that is often not covered in public schools. There a more than 1 million
households that are under banked in NC. Nuestro Barrio provides financial literacy
without depending on formal literacy skills through media.</p>
<p>Stay tuned for more information as the campaign moves forward!</p>