Women's Health & Money @ Work

Women’s Health & Money @ Work helps women balance their health and financial challenges on and off the job through offering a series of free health and financial educational programs. Prior to COVID-19, programs were offered at job training centers, WorkSource centers, worksites, schools, and community centers. Due to COVID-19, programs are being offered remotely via Zoom. Low to-moderate-income women in Los Angeles County receive financial coaching, enrollment assistance, guidance on accessing health care, and nutrition education. The mission of Women’s Health & Money @ Work (WHMW) is to advance women’s health equity and financial literacy.

A financial literacy and nutrition education program conducted by Worksite Wellness LA at Leichty Middle School.

Project aims:

• Focus on the social factors that predict the health status and financial security of low- to moderate-income residents in LA: meaningful and stable work, a living wage income, equity, education, strength of community, and mobility.

• Provide education and resources to low-wage working women.

• Conduct life skills training on strategies to improve women’s health and financial status.

• Evaluate the social impact value to employers and employees of offering programs onsite at workplaces and job training centers

• Provide employers a free training benefit to their employees which can potentially improve productivity, morale, retention while reducing absenteeism, accidents, and stress

Newsletters:

• March - May 2017
• July - September 2017
• October - December 2017
• January - March 2018
• April - June 2018
• August - December 2018
• January - April 2019
• May - August 2019
• September - December 2019

Learn more about:

• Conferences
  • "To Get Better Health, We Need Good Partnerships, and Good Data"
    An overview of the October 2017 "Health, Wealth, and Housing" conference, written by LA LISC, a co-sponsor of the conference
• Meetings at the Federal Reserve Bank

For more information about Women's Health & Money @ Work, please contact:

Julie Friedman
Director
Iris Cantor-UCLA Women's Health Education & Research Center
1100 Glendon Ave, Suite 1820
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 794-8062 Phone
(310) 794-8170 Fax
[email protected]