About Us

Our Mission

Our members offer services and educational resources that help empower people and families to improve their financial capability, health and independence.

It is important that residents have access to resources that help lay a solid foundation for banking and financial empowerment. Our coalition is particularly focused on assisting youth, first-time job seekers and families with disabilities to access financial services.

Our History

Started in 2018, Bank On Greater Milwaukee helps connect consumers to safe and affordable banking products certified as meeting the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund’s Bank On National Account Standards. With assistance from the CFE Fund, Milwaukee’s Alliance from Economic Inclusion, local funders, and over 30 partners from the private, public and nonprofit sectors, the Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin (UEDA) formed a Bank On working group in late 2017 to identify strategies to increase collaborative efforts that could connect consumers to mainstream financial services and products.

The Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin (UEDA) serves as the convening agency for Bank On Greater Milwaukee. A Program Director works with a Leadership Team to provide guidance and support to the work. Coalition members meet regularly to identify points of collaboration, community engagement opportunities, share best practices and develop innovative ideas.

The Bank On Movement

Bank On Greater Milwaukee is proud to be part of the national Bank On movement, made up of over 75 similar local coalitions across the country.

The nonprofit Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) is the national partner for local Bank On coalitions, supporting local efforts through resources like the Bank On National Account Standards and accompanying certification, grant support to build local coalition capacity, and a robust learning community. The CFE Fund also works to give voice to local coalition experiences by informing both federal regulatory policy and financial institution practices.

This effort is accomplished locally by the work of our Members below whose goals are to ensure that everyone has access to safe, affordable financial products and services.

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Meet Our Team

Constance Alberts, Bank On Greater Milwaukee Program Director
(she/her)

Constance Alberts has been with UEDA since September 2018. She works to support the growth of Bank On in the community. Constance has extensive experience building and managing financial education programs in the nonprofit sector, as a credit counselor, homeownership counseling manager, volunteer senior tax preparer, and affordable mortgage lending officer.

Constance received her Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the University of Phoenix and Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership & Quality from Marian University of Fond du Lac. She is an active community volunteer with her church and several organizations such as Riverworks Financial Clinic, Samed’s House (sober living for women) and The Joseph Project. In 2021 Constance was asked to serve on Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ Council on Financial Literacy and Capability.

Coalition Members

Bank On Greater Milwaukee (BOGM) is part of a collaborative national effort that includes Cities For Financial Empowerment (CFE) Fund, American Bankers Association, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), Federal Reserve, community banks, large banks, credit unions and community-based organizations to decrease the number of unbanked and underbanked in our Community.

This effort is accomplished locally by the work of our Members below whose goals are to ensure that everyone has access to safe, affordable financial products and services.

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