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DeKalb County Public Library to Offer Workshop Series for Financial Literacy Month

DECATUR, Ga. — (April 1, 2026) — DeKalb Coun­ty Pub­lic Library (DCPL) announced today that it will offer a series of work­shops in April for Finan­cial Lit­er­a­cy Month. The events will pro­vide res­i­dents with prac­ti­cal strate­gies for man­ag­ing finances and plan­ning for the future.

The free work­shops will take place at five DCPL branch­es begin­ning April 13. Ses­sions will cov­er bud­get­ing, man­ag­ing debt, invest­ing, retire­ment plan­ning and estate plan­ning, along with a ses­sion on finan­cial plan­ning for indi­vid­u­als with spe­cial needs and their caregivers.

“Every­one needs access to clear, reli­able infor­ma­tion to make informed deci­sions, and finan­cial lit­er­a­cy is no dif­fer­ent,” said DeKalb Coun­ty Pub­lic Library Direc­tor Ali­son Weissinger. ​“The library is unique­ly suit­ed to pro­vide a trust­ed space where peo­ple can con­nect with that infor­ma­tion and put it into prac­tice in their dai­ly lives.”

Work­shops will be led by a licensed finan­cial plan­ner and tai­lored to the needs of each branch’s com­mu­ni­ty. Top­ics will range from foun­da­tion­al bud­get­ing and debt man­age­ment to long-term planning.

Accord­ing to the Nation­al Finan­cial Edu­ca­tors Coun­cil, the aver­age Amer­i­can adult lost $1,015 in 2024 due to a lack of finan­cial knowledge.

The Tau Pi Omega Chap­ter of Alpha Kap­pa Alpha Soror­i­ty, Inc., the Coun­cil for Com­mu­ni­ty Enrich­ment, Inc., and DeKalb Library Foun­da­tion are pro­vid­ing fund­ing and sup­port for the work­shops. Each loca­tion will also host a draw­ing for a fire­proof doc­u­ment organizer.

The work­shop sched­ule is as follows:

  • Mon­day, April 13, 1 p.m.: Keys to Finan­cial Suc­cess for Young Pro­fes­sion­als, Redan-Trot­ti Library
  • Tues­day, April 14, Noon: Spe­cial Needs Plan­ning, Flat Shoals Library
  • Wednes­day, April 15, 5:30 p.m.: Retire­ment and Estate Plan­ning, Stonecrest Library
  • Thurs­day, April 16, 11 a.m.: Keys to Finan­cial Well­ness, Wes­ley Chapel-William C. Brown Library
  • Mon­day, April 27, 1 p.m.: Retire­ment and Estate Plan­ning, Scott Can­dler Library 

The work­shops are free and open to the pub­lic. Reg­is­tra­tion to attend is required at dekalbli​brary​.org/​e​vents.

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