Financial Navigation & Consumer Financial Protection
If you believe you have been the victim of wage theft, fraud, scam, financial crime or are in need of navigation of available financial assistance programs, Call: 720.913.1900 or Email: CFPD@denvergov.org
Financial Empowerment Centers
If you need assistance with Free financial coaching, Free tax services and/or navigation resources, Call: 720.944.2498 or Email: FEC@denvergov.org
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Hours of Operation
9am-5pm | Monday - Friday | Closed on Weekends
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The Office of Financial Empowerment & Protection (OFEP) works to improve residents’ economic mobility by identifying and bridging gaps through collaborative efforts with internal and external partners while developing solutions through programs, policies and best practices to help stabilize families, individuals and small businesses.
Check out our 2019 Impact One-Sheeter to learn more.
There are five defining programs and initiatives of the Office:
The City of Denver is one of a handful of U.S. municipalities offering a Consumer Financial Protection Division. The focuses of this Division are on the education, prevention, enforcement, policy and supportive services required to oversee and manage the complaints from residents who believe they have been victims of unfair financial practices. The CFPD has created an organizational hub to better coordinate wraparound services currently provided by government agencies and nonprofit organizations for our residents.
Through the utilization of a newly developed Complaint Management System our CFPD Navigators are now taking complaints from residents through a complaint line and online form submissions. A CFPD Navigator will help bring resolution to complaints by appropriate agency or organization referrals while tracking the progress of the resolution. CFPD also offers access to supportive services to clients that include: rental and food assistance, legal services and mediation.
If you believe you have been the victim of:
The Denver Financial Empowerment Center is a program of the Office of Financial Empowerment & Protection in the City of Denver that offers free one-on-one financial coaching and navigation that helps individuals, families and small businesses reduce debt, develop savings, establish credit, increase credit scores, access banking services and connect clients to city resources and programs.
There are 11 FEC locations in the Denver metro area. Learn more about OFEP's Financial Coachingprogram.
To schedule a coaching session or for more information, contact: 720.944.2498.
Financial Empowerment Centers
Warren Village 2019 Housing Impact Study
See our regional maps of Metro Denver by outcome and City Council District:
City Council Maps (PDFS)
The Financial Empowerment Innovation Hub serves as an information source that offers fresh and collaborative solutions to residents based on a five-prong economic ecosystem comprised of housing, transportation, workforce development, health/wellness and childcare/education options while aligning with government agencies and nonprofits to intentionally connect financial empowerment strategies to establish economic stability.
The Financial Empowerment Training Network provides standardized and relevant training for Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) coaches and service providers, encouraging them to help clients resolve the financial issues that are contributing factors to their inherent need for services. In addition to coach training, the training center focuses on training human services employees and direct service providers with the basics in financial empowerment coaching, motivating these employees and service providers with the necessary tools required to integrate the financial coaching curriculum into their daily work.
The Regional Economic Mobility Network brings together city service providers including like Denver Human Services and the Office of Economic Development & Opportunity with nonprofits, for-profits, banks and regulators to best coordinate financial empowerment services to effectively measure their success while identifying and addressing gaps that help Denver residents achieve economic mobility.
We collaborate with:
Jay Salas, Director
jason.salas@denvergov.org
720-913-8462
Alvin Tafoya, Deputy Director
alvin.tafoya@denvergov.org
720-913-8855
Ron Ojeda, Consumer Financial Protection Division Manager
ron.ojeda@denvergov.org
720-913-8472
Brandon Gibson, Consumer Financial Protection Division Navigation Supervisor
brandon.gibson@denvergov.org
720-913-8638
Ken Seeley, Collaboration and Evaluation Specialist
ken.seeley@denvergov.org
720-913-8854
Lorelei Sommers, Grants Coordinator
lorelei.sommers@denvergov.org
720-913-8470
Location & Hours
Webb Municipal Building, 2nd Floor
201 W. Colfax Avenue, Dept. 1102
Denver, CO 80202
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Main: (720) 913-8450 | TTY: (720) 913-8475 | Fax: (720) 913-8470