Financial Planning Month

October 1 - October 31, 2023

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In today’s uncertain economy, planning for your financial future is more important than ever. Join us for Financial Planning Month, and choose from a variety of programs throughout October to help you reach your goals or get back on track.

Educational Workshops

Throughout the month, there will be educational workshops presented by financial professionals on various topics such as savings and investor protection. Each workshop will be live streamed, recorded and available for viewing on the library’s YouTube Channel.

Additionally, there will be an in-person workshop on maximizing Social Security benefits at the Central Library.

LA Saves Tabling Events

There will also be a series of tabling events with financial professionals from the Los Angeles Alliance for Economic Inclusion. The tabling events will focus on encouraging people to pledge to save money and will take place at select branch library locations.

Financial Planning Day
Saturday, October 7 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Don’t miss this opportunity for a free private consultation with a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER on various personal financial issues, including debt management, retirement planning, investment strategies, income taxes, insurance, and estate planning, among many others. In addition to one-on-one consultations, there will be free credit checks and workshops on various financial topics throughout the day.

  • All appointments are now booked. Walk-ins welcome per financial planner availability.

Suggested Reading

  • 12 Ways To Retire on Less: Planning an Affordable Future

    12 Ways To Retire on Less: Planning an Affordable Future

    Edleson, Harriet
  • Building Wealth on a Dime: Finding Your Financial Freedom

    Building Wealth on a Dime: Finding Your Financial Freedom

    Hamilton, Kimberly
  • Bullet proof Investing: Gaining Financial Control in Uncertain Times

    Bullet proof Investing: Gaining Financial Control in Uncertain Times

    James Fitzgerald
  • Buy this, not that: how to spend your way to wealth and freedom

    Buy this, not that: how to spend your way to wealth and freedom

    Sam Dogen
  • Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money

    Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money

    Bola Sokunbi
  • Finance for the people: getting a grip on your finances

    Finance for the people: getting a grip on your finances

    Paco De Leon
  • Financial adulting: everything you need to be a financially confident and conscious adult

    Financial adulting: everything you need to be a financially confident and conscious adult

    Ashley Feinstein Gerstley
  • Financial First Aid: Essential Tools for Confident, Secure Money Management

    Financial First Aid: Essential Tools for Confident, Secure Money Management

    Alyssa Davies
  • Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

    Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need

    Sabatier, Grant
  • Financial Literacy for Millennials: A Practical Guide to Managing Your Financial Life for Teens, College Students, and Young Adults

    Financial Literacy for Millennials: A Practical Guide to Managing Your Financial Life for Teens, College Students, and Young Adults

    Smith, Andrew O.
  • Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties

    Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties

    Kobliner, Beth
  • Get good with money: ten simple steps to becoming financially whole

    Get good with money: ten simple steps to becoming financially whole

    Tiffany Aliche
  • Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing out Your Social Security Revised and Updated

    Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing out Your Social Security Revised and Updated

    Kotlikoff, Laurence J
  • Happy Money Happy Life: A Multidimensional Approach to Health, Wealth, and Financial Freedom

    Happy Money Happy Life: A Multidimensional Approach to Health, Wealth, and Financial Freedom

    Vitug, Jason
  • How To Invest: Navigating the Brave New World of Personal Investment

    How To Invest: Navigating the Brave New World of Personal Investment

    Stanyer, Peter
  • How to Manage Your Money When You Don't Have Any

    How to Manage Your Money When You Don't Have Any

    Wecks, Erik
  • I Will Teach You to be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS.

    I Will Teach You to be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS.

    Sethi, Ramit
  • Know yourself, know your money: discover why you handle money the way you do, and what to do about it

    Know yourself, know your money: discover why you handle money the way you do, and what to do about it

    Rachel Cruze
  • Millennial Money Makeover: Escape Debt, Save for Your Future, and Live the Rich Life Now

    Millennial Money Makeover: Escape Debt, Save for Your Future, and Live the Rich Life Now

    Richardson, Conor
  • Money like you mean it: personal finance tactics for the real world

    Money like you mean it: personal finance tactics for the real world

    Erica Alini
  • My money my way: taking back control of your financial life

    My money my way: taking back control of your financial life

    Kumiko Love
  • Stacked: Your Super-Serious Guide to Modern Money Management

    Stacked: Your Super-Serious Guide to Modern Money Management

    Saul-Sehy, Joe
  • Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life

    Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life

    Grumet, Jordan
  • The family nest egg: the complete and proven financial guide for building long-term wealth and security

    The family nest egg: the complete and proven financial guide for building long-term wealth and security

    Laura Meier
  • The Financial Diet: A Total Beginner's Guide to Getting Good with Money

    The Financial Diet: A Total Beginner's Guide to Getting Good with Money

    Fagan, Chelsea
  • The Great Money Reset: Change Your Work, Change Your Wealth, Change Your Life

    The Great Money Reset: Change Your Work, Change Your Wealth, Change Your Life

    Schlesinger, Jill
  • The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, Updated and Revised

    The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, Updated and Revised

    Bogle, John C.
  • The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life

    The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life

    Collins, J. L.
  • The special needs planning guide: how to prepare for every stage of your child's life

    The special needs planning guide: how to prepare for every stage of your child's life

    Cynthia Haddad
  • The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+: Winning Strategies to Make Your Money Last a Lifetime

    The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+: Winning Strategies to Make Your Money Last a Lifetime

    Orman, Suze
  • We should all be millionaires: a woman's guide to earning more, building wealth and gaining economic power

    We should all be millionaires: a woman's guide to earning more, building wealth and gaining economic power

    Rachel Rodgers
  • You Need a Budget

    You Need a Budget

    Mecham, Jesse
  • Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

    Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

    Robin, Vicki

The objective of this pro bono engagement is to provide free no strings attached financial planning information and education. Any workshops and one-on-one meetings with a planner are for educational purposes only. Los Angeles Public Library does not recommend or endorse individual professionals or services.

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