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| These nonprofit and government websites offer
practical information for the everyday taxpayer and consumer. |
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| All
My Money :: To be used by community agencies. Created by
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension. Sixteen modules
include Budgeting, Spending, Credit, Banking, Debt, Insurance,
Benefits, and Taxes. Lesson plans and hand-outs come with a
cost. See webstore. |
| Alliance
for Investor Education :: 529 Saving for College. Allows
relatives/friends to participate in giving towards a college
fund for youth. |
| American
Savings Education Council :: Just starting to understand
savings for youth to adults. Financial tools broken down by
age range. includez a check off list of the things you need
to do before retirement. |
| The
Beehive :: A useful site that helps you montior what’s
going on for you with money, health, school, jobs and family.
In both English and Spanish. |
| Consumer
Federation of America :: Basics in Banking, Credit and Debt
Insurance, Investing, Savings and Wealth Building. |
| Credit
Smart :: This curriculum used widely by the City of Boston
Home Center focuses on money management, credit improvement,
credit scoring, and restoring bad credit through nine modules. |
| Education
World :: Offers Teachers and Educators four lesson plans
to help get students started on the road to financial responsibility. |
| Federal
Reserve Education :: Links to instructional materials and
tools that can increase your understanding of the Federal Reserve,
economics and financial education. All the resources are free. |
| Food
Stamps :: In both English and Spanish, this site explains
food stamps and has a quick calculator to figure out eligibility. |
| How
Stuff Works: Income Tax :: An explanation of how income
tax works. |
| How
Stuff Works: Credit and Debt :: Explanations on how credit
reports, credit cards and credit scores work. |
| Investor
Protection Trust :: Website strives to provide independent,
objective information needed by consumers to make informed investment
decisions. |
| Institute
of Consumer Financial Education :: Personal finance education,
credit education courses, debt management education, bankruptcy
education, savings and investment information, credit repair,
credit report reviews, credit counseling information and financial
planning and budgeting education for all age groups. |
| Jump$tart
Coalition :: Clearinghouse with long history for promoting
financial literacy for youth. Lots of free information materials
for K-12 and young adults. |
| Junior
Achievement :: Bringing real world of money to youth. Scholarships
for High School Students. |
| Kids
Bank :: A website for kids to learn about money and banking. |
| Money
Smart :: Ten modules including basic banking, credit, saving,
home ownership, and consumer rights. Web-based, interactive,
financial education program. Free CD-ROM available in English,
Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean. |
| National
Association of Investors Corporation :: Connects articles
about investing with a newsletter available for youth. |
| National
Consumer Law Center :: Up to the minute information to help
consumers, their advocates, and public policy makers use powerful
and complex consumer laws to assure justice for vulnerable,
low income Americans. |
| National
Council on Economic Education :: Program guides and curriculums.
Want to build a program/workshop? This is where you want to
start. |
| Prosperity4Kids
:: Empowering kids for a healthy financial future. |
| Savings
and Investing Campaign :: A roadmap to Saving and Investing. |
Stock
Market Game :: Gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical
$100,000 in a real-time portfolio. Although it's a game, students
will learn economic and financial concepts they'll use for the
rest of their lives. |
| U.S.
Treasury for Kids :: Connects children to educational, U.S. Government Web sites designed especially for them. |
| Universal
Currency Exchange :: Allows users to perform currency and foreign exchange rate calculations for the top 85 currencies. |
| Young
Investor :: Provides information to kids, teens, parents, and teachers on investing, budgeting, and other money management concerns. |
