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Resources For Youth and Young Adults
It is not necessary to have an organized financial literacy program to help young members and potential members learn to manage their money.
The items listed below include some that are designed for self-study and some intended to help parents become better financial role models. Others simply make learning about money fun.
Credit Union Educators
- Marketing event—National Credit Union Youth Week: April 20-26, 2008
- Marketing event—National Youth Saving Challenge: April 20-26, 2008
- Recognition program—Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award
- In-school branch resource—
Online Directory of Credit Unions with In-School Branches - Youth education articles—Savingteen—annual supplement to Credit Union Magazine.
- Other resources—"Summary of Financial Literacy Programs"
Preschoolers and Parents
- FREE in-home activities—Thrive by Five™: Teaching Your Preschooler About Spending and Saving—resources for parents in English and Spanish, available for downloading at no charge
- Coloring/counting books—Save, Spend & Share and How Many?
- Parent seminar kit—Value of a Dollar: Teaching Your Preschool Child—complete resources for conducting a parent workshop
Youth in Elementary (ES), Middle (MS), and High School (HS)
Budgeting simulation (HS)—Mad City Money™—2½-hour hands-on simulation that gives youth a taste of real world family finances.- Activity book (ES)—Adventures in Saving™: A Tale of Three Savers
- Coloring banner (ES)—sturdy vinyl for wall display
- Comic book (MS, HS)—Tales from the Vault—credit union history and philosophy, starring Kid Kred
- Financial services booklet (MS, HS)—Guide to Money—introduction to financial services
- Customizable web content (ES, MS, HS)—Googolplex™: The CU Guide for Student Moneymakers—three-in-one customizable online content for your credit union web site
- Customizable web content (HS)—Guides to Independence™—interactive introduction to financial services for your credit union web site
- FREE lesson plan (MS, HS)—"Share Draft/Checking Account Basics"
- FREE personal finance curriculum (HS)—NEFE® High School Financial Planning Program®—complete introduction to financial planning for group instruction
- FREE financial institution checklist (HS)—"How to Shop for a Financial Institution" long and short versions
- Statement stuffers (ES, MS, HS)—statement stuffers about allowances and other youth-related topics for parents
- Parent seminar kit (ES, MS)—Value of a Dollar: Teaching Your K-8 Child—complete resources for conducting a parent workshop
Young Adults 18-to-30
- Customizable web content (available July 31)—MoneyMix™: Launch Your Life
- Credit union conference—YES (Your Essential Strategies) Summit: Serving 18-30s
Links to Affiliates & Partners Serving Youth and Young Adults
- National Endowment for Financial Education®—partner with America's Credit Unions for the High School Financial Planning Program
- USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service and the state Cooperative Extension System—partners with America's Credit Unions for financial literacy
- National Youth Involvement Board network
- Education Credit Union Council
- State affiliates of the Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
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