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Community Reinvestment Initiatives - are REAL programs, REAL Solutions, REAL Partnerships and represent REAL Community Involvement

REAL Deal Programs are ones like the following.

Just file it! We’ll help.
The Career Transition Program
StretchPay

Each of these are REAL Programs for real folks that bring REAL Solutions to issues like filing your income taxes for free. Just file it! We’ll help allows you to file your state and federal income taxes for free and automatically enables you to file for your state and federal Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Care Tax Credit, Home Heating Tax Credit and your Homestead Property Tax Credit with your refunds and credits directly deposited automatically into your share account within 8 days of filing.

REAL Deal Solutions are available at your credit union through

Financial Education seminars, materials, resources and small group sessions aimed at teaching community residents and credit union members of all ages about the value of money, how it works and how to get it to work for you.

We have over 300 in-school student run credit union branches teaching today’s youth about money and how to save and set savings goals now and for the future.

REAL Community Involvement for credit unions means supporting

BizKid$, the Children’s Miracle Network, Habitat for Humanity, the Walk for Warmth, Toys for Tots and hundreds of local charitable initiatives each year through out the state.

REAL Partnership

MCUL and credit unions lead the way with REAL Partnerships, making REAL things happen for members and within communities across the state. The MCUL has on-going relationships with organization throughout the state some of which include:

Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
Michigan Poverty Law Center
Community Economic Development Association of Michigan
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Michigan State University Extension
United Way Association of Michigan
Accounting Aid Society
Statewide Earned Income Tax Coalition

Community Reinvestment Initiative Mission Statement
	"To bring together public and private entities to explore opportunities for strengthening communities by improving the financial well being of Michigan residents with an emphasis on underserved areas."