
Kaitlyn came to “ the Enlisted Project” (STEP) offices with her two young children asking for help. She was facing eviction and repossession of her car. Her husband was enlisted in the Navy and deployed thousands of miles away. As it has with thousands of other military families, STEP helped Kaityln and her family with emergency grants and, most importantly, assisted her in developing a financial plan to avoid future financial crises. “Other programs distribute money to address immediate needs,” said Tony Teravainen, who co-founded STEP in 2012. “In creating STEP, we didn’t want to just do that. We wanted […]