Throughout the year GIAC’s Economic Development committee addresses issues concerning financial planning, money management, consumer education, investments and employment opportunities. The committee provides programs to assist chapter members and the community to start the journey to financial independence and economic empowerment based on Delta Sigma Theta’s Financial Fortitude initiative. Delta’s Financial Fortitude initiative is comprised of ten components and provides a collaboration of information from major economic corporations and other well-known financial institutions. The ten components include: Goal Setting, Financial Planning, Budgeting, Debt Management, Savings & Investments, Retirement Planning, Homeownership, Insurance, Estate Planning, and Entrepreneurship. Financial Fortitude is a process that will help program participants to set and define goals, develop a plan to achieve them, and to put the plan into action. The process serves as a blueprint to address all aspects of personal finances