Nueces County Jail wins international award for financial literacy program for female inmates

Nueces County Jail wins international award for financial literacy program for female inmates

The Nueces County Jail has won an international award for a financial literacy program it offers to female inmates.The Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards gave the jail's "Second Chance Money Skills" program first prize in its "Closing the Gender Gap" category.The program teaches financial literacy skills to female inmates in Nueces County, with the hopes they will use those tools when they're released and pass them on to their families. Nueces…