Links about your personal financial health.

•••• Full of pertinent information, user friendly, and/or aimed at teens
••• Quite a bit of relevant information
•• Good relevant information for some users
• Relevant for particular topics, not for everyone.

 

Financial Literacy for Youth

•••• FLY can give you wings! It can help you learn what you need to know to gain control over your money and chase your dreams!

LINK: http://www.socwel.ku.edu/fly/

•••• Financial Literacy:
This website offers many different links directed at strengthening financial literacy of Kansas residents. Resources cited include information on checking accounts, savings plans, and building credit.
LINK: http://www.kansasstatetreasurer.com/prodweb/financial_resources.php

•••• Basics of Handling Your Money:
This website has very useful information about finances, including information about how to make money, why it is important to save money, and how to spend money.
LINK: http://www.school-for-champions.com/finances/basics.htm

•• Income Related to Education:
This is a brief guide to how much money is earned by average high school dropouts compared to high school graduates, high school graduates with training, and college graduates.
LINK: http://www.school-for-champions.com/finances/income_education.htm

•••• My Money:
'My Money' is the U.S. government's website dedicated to the basics about financial education, including how to save, invest, and manage your money better. Whether you are planning to buy a home, balancing your checkbook, or investing in your 401k, the resources on MyMoney.gov can help you do it better. Throughout the site, you will find important information from 20 federal agencies government.
LINK: http://www.mymoney.gov/

••• Consumer Action:
Consumer Action offers a broad selection of financial literacy resources, providing information on how to select a checking account to investingand managing debt.
LINK: http://www.consumer-action.org/

••• Saving - Make your money work for you :
This brochure provides information about the importance of saving, setting short-term and long-term goals to promote saving, opening a savings account and ways to make your money grow faster, including certificates of deposit (CDs), individual retirement accounts (IRAs), U.S. Savings Bonds and college savings accounts.
LINK: http://www.consumer-action.org/english/articles
/make_your_money_work_for_you_en_2009/

••• Credit Cards - What You Need To Know:
Most people use credit cards but do they know the terms of the agreement they have with their card issuer. This brochure is designed to help readers understand the different types of cards available; sort through offers to choose the card that's right for them; understand credit card terms and conditions, and avoid fees and penalty rates.
LINK: http://www.consumer-action.org/english/articles
/credit_cards_what_you_need_to_know/

•••• Money Smart - A Financial Education Program:
The Money Smart Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) is a friendly and easy to use learning tool that teaches the 10 modules of the Money Smart curriculum through a computer.
LINK: http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/mscbi/mscbi.html

•••• Money Smart for teens:
Money Smart for Young Adults curriculum helps youth ages 12-20 learn thebasics of handling their money and finances, including how to create positive relationships with financial institutions.
LINK: http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/young.html

••• Paying your Taxes:
Taxes to the government take a bite out of your paycheck, but they keep the country running. Know what kinds of taxes you'll owe, and how to get money back if you pay too much (many people do!).
LINK: http://www.school-for-champions.com/finances/taxes.html