Drowning In Debt

Even as the economy improves, North Texans are struggling to stay financially afloat.

A KERA News Digital Project by
Courtney Collins, Molly Evans,
Mark Ho-Kane and Eric Aasen

Jeffrey Ford Jr., 14, looks over papers in preparation for the new school year. Photo/Lara Solt

Resources
August 19, 2016

What You Should Know About Debt, Loans And How To Manage It All

By Molly Evans

Photo/Lara Solt

The KERA Radio story

August 28, 2016

Struggling With The Stigma And Shame Of Debt

By Courtney Collins

Programmer Angelo Collins works on transit validators for DART at AAA Data Communications Inc. in Dallas. Photo/Lara Solt

The KERA Radio story

Chapter 4
August 29, 2016

Chipping Away At A Mountain Of Unpaid Child Support

By Courtney Collins

Transformance is a Dallas-based nonprofit that offers debt relief to thousands of people. Photo/Thorne Anderson

Video
August 30, 2016

This Dallas Company Helps You Get Out of Debt

By Thorne Anderson

Rene Munguia restores a '62 Ford Thunderbird for a friend to make extra money. Photo/Lara Solt

The KERA Radio story

Chapter 2
August 31, 2016

Surgery Plunges This Family Into Long-Lasting Credit Card Debt

By Courtney Collins

April Ford and her children, Jeffrey Ford Jr., 14, and Ja'Mya Ford, 12, at their home in North Richland Hills. Photo/Lara Solt

The KERA Radio story

Chapter 1
August 31, 2016

A Single Mother Files For Bankruptcy But Isn’t Giving Up

By Courtney Collins

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One Crisis Away

KERA's One Crisis Away project focuses a spotlight on North Texans living on the financial edge.

The problem's known as asset poverty, and it doesn’t discriminate. A job loss, health emergency, even legal trouble can be enough to plunge a third of our friends and neighbors into financial distress. One Crisis Away puts a human face on asset poverty and the financial struggles of people in North Texas.

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One Crisis Away: Drowning In Debt is funded in part by Communities Foundation of Texas, Texas Women’s Foundation and the Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation.