{"id":21371,"date":"2026-11-13T01:45:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T01:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=21371"},"modified":"2026-11-13T01:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T01:46:34","slug":"coming-soon-toledo-urban-federal-credit-unions-new-resource-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/coming-soon-toledo-urban-federal-credit-unions-new-resource-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union\u2019s New Resource Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dawn Scotland<\/em>
\nThe Truth Assistant Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

The Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union will be expanding its services into a resource center this year. The Truth sat down with LaToya Morgan, Strategic Advisor, Community Development, and Lisa Hasley, Community Engagement Specialist, of TUFCU to talk about the new developments for the community institution.<\/p>\n

What is the TUFCU resource center ? Why is it needed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

LaToya Morgan:<\/strong> \u00a0[CEO] Cowell\u2019s vison is finally coming to fruition. This is the 30th<\/sup> year of \u00a0her having the credit union and being in the community. And so I think it just speaks to how she’s anchored herself. TUFCU really prides itself on being the anchor in the community. This is a trusted entity. What we do goes beyond just the financial services that we offer. Hence, why the research center came to be an idea of hers over 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Many that come through the door need assistance beyond financial and that could be anything from social services to policing and things of that nature. And when she first started the African-American Festival it was grounded on health and education and wellness. She still stands on that and she wants to highlight that again. And so with the resource center, we\u2019re really ready to do that. The center will be connecting community partners under one roof to offer a more holistic location and really creating an ecosystem of services within the resource center.<\/p>\n

What services will be offered? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Morgan:<\/strong> Our intention is to have workforce development, workforce training (certificates), JFS services, notary services, insurance agents, reinstatement license clinics, first time homeowner classes – including hands-on workshops to show people how to, for example, patch up drywall or stop a leaking sink and more . Really, this is just based off of what we’ve seen is the demand from our members that come in here and just other community advocates and what they\u2019ve expressed they need.<\/p>\n

What is the goal of the resource center? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Morgan:<\/strong> Our number one goal for the resource center is really to have a centralized location because our community is unique. We know our community. We\u2019ve learned a lot about our community and Toledo Urban has established a brand for itself and a rapport in the community. Like I said before, it’s a trusted anchor in the community. And so things that come from us, because we are trusted in the community, and by us offering these programs and at a place that they trust in their neighborhood – we see the results. So that’s why we’re doing it. We’re doing it for the community.<\/p>\n

Is there anything else that the community should know about TFUCU and its services? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Lisa Halsey: <\/strong>There is huge difference between credit unions and traditional banking, and with this one being within the community, we’re truly listening to what the community needs. We’re listening to what they’re saying when they’re stopping in they’re coming in for more than just the financial. So it’s like we see a lot of people coming in for X, Y, Z, and then we’re going to do what we can to provide that. It’s not like, oh, that’s not our problem here. Let’s give you a phone number to call. We\u2019re going to make it happen.<\/p>\n

Morgan<\/strong>: And so one thing that I also want to express is membership. Let our dollars work for us. So the more members we have that are within our community, the more personal it gets because every dollar that I put into my savings or have here in my account increases the chance of someone else in my community to get a loan.<\/p>\n

We have dollars now in our bank, from our community, and we can lend to other community members. So we really want to stress in the midst of a permanent location for the research center, parallel to that, increasing our membership and really letting everyone know what we do in the services that we offer.<\/p>\n

We were a community, development, credit union, and Dr. Cowell is out here doing some real community, advocacy and service. So, membership, we want everyone to be a member. \u00a0When you become a member, you own a stake in this. And so we are only as good as our members, if you will, in their contribution to the credit union.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the TUFCU visit toledourban.net or social media pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Dawn Scotland The Truth Assistant Editor The Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union will be expanding its services into a resource center this year. The Truth sat down with LaToya Morgan, Strategic Advisor, Community Development, and Lisa Hasley, Community Engagement Specialist, of TUFCU to talk about the new developments for the community institution. What is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[374],"class_list":["post-21371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21372,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21371\/revisions\/21372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21371"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=21371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}