Assisting survivors to understand the implications of how to begin to rebuild her credit, saving for the future and where to find on-going support can make the difference between building financial stability and a survivors returning to her abuser.

Financial Tools

Financial Empowerment Curriculum

The Allstate Foundation's Moving Ahead Through Financial Management Curriculum is a comprehensive package of tools and information designed to empower victims to be self-sufficient with their finances. The curriculum includes the following components:

  • Strategies for addressing the complex financial and safety challenges of ending a relationship with an abusive partner
  • Information on how to protect personal and financial safety in an abusive relationship and after leaving an abusive relationship
  • Methods for dealing with the misuse of financial records
  • Resources for working through the financial and safety challenges of identity change
  • Tools to help people of all incomes and earning power work toward long-term economic empowerment, including budgeting tools, step-by-step planners and more
  • Tactics for locating and accessing local, state and national personal safety and financial resources

Check out our Short Term Planning Guide to help get you started on the path to financial fitness.

Download a copy of the curriculum in English or Spanish.