What is it?
Activities that teach participants how to create budgets, initiate accounts at financial institutions, and make informed financial decisions. Financial literacy education assists participants in learning how to effectively manage spending, credit, and debt – including student loans, consumer credit and credit cards. Activities also include educating participants on identity theft and ways to protect themselves.
Lesson topics must include Banking Basics, Income and Employment, Budgeting, Consumer Skills, Credit and Debt, Financing Higher Education, and Insurance.
Resources
Financial Toolkit for People with Disabilities
This toolkit provides a path forward for people with disabilities, and the people who support them, as they make employment-related decisions, regardless of where they are in their employment journey. Learn about tools and resources designed to assist people in securing their financial future from preparing for a job, to maintaining a job, and through retirement.
Financial Beginnings
Financial Beginnings is a resource for programs that want to host program-specific workshops. Maree is our contact: maree.beers@finbegor.org
Banzai Free Online Courses
Free Online Financial Literacy Courses for Students | Banzai
Get Schooled
- https://getschooled.com/journey/find-a-job/money-management/
- https://getschooled.com/journey/find-a-job/money-management/paycheck-101-understanding-your-pay-stub/
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/financial-literacy
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | How Money Smart Are You?
https://playmoneysmart.fdic.gov/games
Questions?
Contact Lindsey Davis (ldavis@worksystems.org)