Today’s story is all about the impact the recession is having on families.I also posted an extended version of the conversation I had with Barbara Whitehead here . One detail I wasn’t able to include in the story — Eva currently has a career coach at the YWCA. The organization seems to have a lot of good programs for job training and job hunting… including its Economic Empowerment Institute. “The YWCA’s new Economic Empowerment Institute offers women a partnership for long-term personal and financial success. With the help of a professional empowerment coach, you will set personal goals and a plan to achieve them over three program phases. Work one-on-one with an empowerment coach to:

• Find and grow your career

• Learn career advancement strategies

• Strengthen computer and job skills

• Increase your credit score

• Expand financial knowledge

• Develop saving and investing techniques”

Could be worth checking out.