KCFEN

King County Financial Empowerment Network

About Us

The King County Financial Empowerment Network (KCFEN), empowers low-and-moderate income King County residents to build, maintain and preserve assets and achieve financial security. We partner with community organizations, financial institutions, and local government to find innovative solutions to address poverty in King County. We do this through programs that provide:

Access to reliable and relevant resources for King County
Youth financial education
Bank On Seattle King County Integration Initiative

By connecting people to resources and education, we hope to empower this community to build lasting financial resilience and break down barriers to economic success. Through these critical partnerships, we strive to create an equitable and inclusive future where everyone can thrive financially.

Our mission is to support and empower King County residents on their journey to financial well-being through partnerships that promote access to financial education and resources.

Vision: We envision communities where all people can thrive, free from the oppression of poverty, to find financial security and success

Values

Collaboration

Integrity

Accountability

Honesty

KCFEN Initiatives and Outreach

Bank On Seattle King County, a KCFEN initiative, brings together local resources to expand access to first time and second chance accounts to local low- and moderate-income residents, especially immigrants, youth, and justice impacted communities. The goal of the strategy is to assist the County’s unbanked and underbanked residents achieve greater economic prosperity by connecting them to financial mainstream services, products, and financial education.

Financial Capacity Building: forming strategic partnerships to increase access to financial institutions for un and underbanked residents of King County.

To get more information on how to get involved with Bank On Seattle King County, please email mya@fenwa.org.

King County Provider Submission and Resource Suggestion

We are building our King County Provider Directory!

The purpose of this directory is to provide accessible and affordable resources for financial coaching, counseling and education in King County. We want to include nonprofit and government partners, though we will make exceptions if services are provided at low-to-no cost, or with affordable sliding scale fee options. Read our website linking policy.

Does your organization offer financial wellness services, and you want to add your organization to this list? Or have a suggested resource you think should be added to this page, please let us know.

Learn more about local resources and events happening in King County!

City of SeaTac Housing Forum

Wednesday April 2nd 2025 from 5 - 8pm

Learn more about down payment assistance and support available through the Covenant Homeownership Program.

Event ticket link

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