Norm's Blog: Day Three Part Two - The City and County of San Francisco, Office of the Treasurer Tax Collector.
22 September 2011
Norm's Blog: Day Three Part Two - The City and County of San Francisco, Office of the Treasurer Tax Collector.This afternoon I was off to San Francisco’s City Hall, an very impressive building as you can see in the photo, to meet with some members of the Office of the Treasurer  & Tax Collector who run a number of financial inclusion programs as part of the work it does administering the funds the city gets in tax’s from its residents.

The Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector pioneered a program called “Bank on San Francisco” aimed a encouraging members of the community who didn’t have bank accounts to take up the a free or low fee bank account to avoid having to use check cashers and pay day lenders at an estimated cost of $40 million a year.

This program has since been adopted by many cities across America.

On the back of that success the Cites Office of Financial Empowerment was Launched in 2009 and has since gone on to pioneer an number of new unique initiatives:

  • The Kindergarten to College (K2C) program. Which aims to open a collage savings account for every child when they enter the San Franciscan school system, with an opening deposit of $50. As well as match the savings deposited in to that account dollar for dollar up to the first $100.
  • The CurrenC SF, a new initiative aimed at supporting employers in San Francisco to move from paper check based payroll systems to EFT. Again with the aim of reducing the fees often associated with having to issue and cash or clear a paper check, for both employers and employees.
  • The 211, San Francisco Financial Advice Line, a two-day telephone hotline connecting San Francisco families to free, real-time, financial crisis and money management information from seasoned financial experts. SF Financial Advice Line will also provide referrals to free or low-cost counseling services from a network of culturally competent non-profit agencies.
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