Secure Matched Savings Program 2025
Secure Matched Savings Program participants grow their financial skills through workshops, counseling, and regular saving in a credit union savings account. Participants who complete all program requirements over the course of up to 10 months receive a $4-to-$1 match to seed an emergency savings fund of $1,050. Here’s how it works:

If you would like to enroll in our Secure Matched Savings Program, register for an upcoming orientation. Orientations are offered on Thursdays in-person at 5:15pm and on Fridays on Zoom at noon. Check out all available sessions here.
Eligibility Income Limits

Here’s what one Secure graduate had to say: "What helped me most about the SECURE Program was its structure. I knew that I had to deposit a specific amount of money by a specific time into a specific account. This detailed structure helped me to stay on track (no pun intended!) every month.”
Our Secure Matched Savings Program is made possible by a generous grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.
