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Financial Literacy Resources

Some additional resources for teaching Financial Literacy include:

Financial Education for Adults

• Finding Paths to Prosperity is a new curriculum to aid IDA programs. The curriculum provides 10-session outlines as well as information about developing effective training sessions, using participatory training techniques, adapting materials for low-literacy audiences, and other topics. It includes workbooks, facilitator’s guide, and CD-ROM with customizable visual aids.
• Financial Education Clearinghouse (NEFE) Curricula and resources on a variety of topics, including credit management, entrepreneurship, and homeownership.

• Money Smart (available in English and Spanish) A training program to help adults outside the financial mainstream enhance their money skills and create positive banking relationships¹.

Financial Education for Families and Youth

• Hands on Banking (available in English and Spanish) An interactive, online introduction to the banking system.
• Building Native Communities: Financial Skills for Families a unique tool to help Native American families build on their own knowledge and develop personal financial skills while embracing Native traditions and values.

• MoneySKILL An online course targeted to high school students, consisting of 34 “how to” modules on income, money management, spending and credit, and saving and investing, with two real-life simulations which allow the creation of a personal financial plan.

Additional Materials for Educating Youth on Financial Responsibility

• Money and Kids: A Parental Guide to Teaching Financial Responsibility
• Money Still Doesn’t Grow on Trees: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Teenagers and Young Adults

• Kids, Parents, and Money: Teaching Personal Finance from Piggy Bank to Prom

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Featured Facilitator!

Ms. Betsy DeCampo is a Business & Industry Coordinator at Carteret Community College. She attended NC REAL Institute in Durham, NC in April of 2004. Ms. DeCampo is actively involved with post-secondary and youth REAL Entrepreneurship programs in Carteret County. She serves on staff at NC REAL Summer Camp Trainings.