Financial Planning
- Annuities
- Debt Management
- Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
- Mindful Living
- Taxes: The Basics
Financial Foundations
- Checking Accounts
- Car Loans
- Preventing Overdraft Fees
- Credit Cards
- Mobile and Online Banking
- Prepaid Cards
Building Financial Capability
- Identity Protection
- Creating a Budget
- Credit Scores and Reports
- Debt Management
- Family Conversations about Money
- Taxes: The Basics
Owning a Home
- Considering Home Ownership
- Reverse Mortgages
- Buying a Home
- Mortgages
- Mortgage Relief
- Investment Property
Preparing for Retirement
- Preparing for Retirement
- 401(k) Plans
- When to Collect Social Security
- FIRE Lifestyle
- Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
- Estate Planning
Investing in Your Future
- Building Emergency Savings
- Shopping for Insurance
- Health Savings Accounts
- Sustainable Investing
- 529 Plans
- Certificates of Deposit
Growing Your Small Business
- Overcoming Small Business Financial Hardships
- Obtaining Financing and Funding for Your Small Business
- Managing a Growing Team
- Customer Acquisition and Retention
- Opportunities for Women- and Minority-Owned Small Businesses
Small Business Essentials
- Developing a Business Plan
- Small Business Banking Services
- Small Business Financial Statements
- How Businesses Use Credit
- How Businesses Obtain Credit
Financial Caregiving
- Preventing Elder Abuse
- Reporting Elder Financial Abuse
- Planning for a Financial Caregiver
- Expectations of a Financial Caregiver
- Becoming a Financial Caregiver
Understanding Your Finances
- Mobile and Online Banking
- Identity Protection
- Shopping for Insurance
- Four fundamental financial habits for families
- Eight best practices for staying secure
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Additional Resources
It’s never too early or too late to begin learning how to manage your personal and household budgets. And it’s ever more important to know how to handle your credit cards, save money, and invest wisely. Here are some resources for children, parents, teachers, and others who are interested in improving their financial literacy.
Identity Theft Awareness Week
- Our guide to protecting yourself against identity theft
- Steps to take action if you have already become a victim of identity theft
Financial Education Games
- Financial Football is a fun and engaging way to learn about financing and budgeting for the future. This interactive game is for kids young and old. Also included is an extensive curriculum for financial education teachers.
- The Payoff–Choose to play the role of Alex or Jess in Visa’s new game, The Payoff. Help Alex and Jess make wise financial decisions as they create a video blog for a competition in this fun immersive game designed for ages 14 and up. https://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/play/the_payoff
Making Financial Education Inclusive to Students: Conversations with Master Educators.
- A Financial Education Inclusivity Guidebook created by the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership (FEPPP) of the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Financial education materials, like most public-school curriculums, are written by and for the largest market segment – the middle class. Studies evaluating the effectiveness of financial education programs repeatedly conclude that there is a need for materials that are relevant for students from low-income households. This work is designed to help educators make their financial education classes more inclusive by recognizing the differences in perspective and experience of all students. Identifying and adjusting for these differences can be the difference between a lesson that resonates with all students and one that leaves a quarter of your class unchanged in any meaningful way. If our experiences and our curriculums don’t reflect the world of our students, how do we ignite student interest? This is the question we hope to address in this booklet. We hope that this booklet will provide a fresh perspective and give you permission to explore new methods for your classroom focused on inclusivity for all students, expanding their world to include multiple perspectives. Our goal is to share with you where there is potential for improvement in our standard curriculums, and how we work to fix them. This is just the beginning of this conversation.
Students
• BizKid$ – a public television series where kids teach kids about money and business
• Youth Banking Resource Center – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Practical Money Skills for Life – a partnership of Visa, consumer advocates, educators, and financial institutions
Teachers
• Financial Education Curriculum (FEPPP) – Financial Education Public-Private Partnership of Washington state (FEPPP) provides teacher trainings and lesson planning content.
• Junior Achievement – K-12 Programs
• Jump Start Washington – A non-profit dedicated to the promotion of financial education for K-12 and providing resources to teachers and schools
• Practical Money Skills for Life – a partnership of Visa, consumer advocates, educators, and financial institutions
Partners
• Financial Education Curriculum (FEPPP) – Financial Education Public-Private Partnership of Washington state (FEPPP)
• Jump Start Washington – A non-profit dedicated to the promotion of financial education for K-12 and providing resources to teachers and schools
• Financial Literacy Clearing House – Washington Department of Financial Institutions (DFI)
Adults
• Practical Money Skills for Life – a partnership of Visa, consumer advocates, educators, and financial institutions
• Financial Literacy Clearing House – Washington Department of Financial Institutions (DFI)
• America Saves – a non-profit, government, and corporate partnership
News
Articles on our work and partners, and how we intersect with education, infrastructure, and finance.