Community engagement and consumer education

Statewide Outreach Sponsorship Program

The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) has announced its third-annual Statewide Outreach Sponsorship Program for organizations that engage in financial empowerment work and serve underserved communities. The program will award sponsorships to up to five organizations for one-year contracts of $25,000 each. The goal of the sponsorship program is to collaborate with trusted community partners to empower consumers to make decisions about insurance and other financial services that are best for them and raise awareness of free services and resources offered by the division.

Oregon organizations can apply to receive one of five sponsorship contracts. Preference will be given to nonprofits, public schools, public charter schools, and tribal entities currently conducting financial empowerment work in Oregon.

Organizations will be evaluated on their ability to help underserved communities, including African Americans; Latino, Latina, and Latinx people; Native Americans; Asians and Pacific Islanders; other people of color; women; LGBTQ+ people; survivors of domestic violence; immigrants and refugees; youth who are underserved; previously incarcerated people; people with disabilities; and seniors.

Organizations can attend a free information session through Zoom at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, or 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, to learn more about the program. The session is not mandatory. For those not able to attend, the session's slide deck will be posted here shortly following the session.

Zoom link for information sessions: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1606815890?pwd=jvnhrghS4Vk1JWyUiMhazv9zUQONa1.1

The request for proposal and other sponsorship documents will be available on this page when the application window opens on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. The deadline to submit applications is Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2024.

 DFR Statewide Outreach Sponsor Program information session slide deck

For 2024, the four organizations receiving $25,000 sponsorship awards are:

• Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, Inc. is based in Union County with services also available in Baker, Grant, and Wallowa counties, and advocates for and assists senior citizens, children, low-income persons, and person with disabilities in attaining basic human needs and in becoming more self-sufficient.
• Financial Beginnings Oregon is a statewide nonprofit that provides accessible and unbiased financial education programming to youth and adults in schools and community-based organizations with a focus on empowering people to take control of their financial futures.
• FACT Oregon is a statewide nonprofit that empowers Oregon families experiencing disability in their pursuit of a whole life by expanding awareness, growing community, and equipping families.
• Warm Springs Community Action Team (WSCAT) serves the Warm Springs Indian Reservation and the Burns Paiute Tribe. WSCAT's mission is to promote community development in Warm Springs by empowering individuals and groups to realize their potential, become self-reliant, and effect positive change for themselves, their families, and their community.