Understanding Your Finances
- Mobile and Online Banking
- Identity Protection
- Shopping for Insurance
- Family Conversations about Money
- Four fundamental financial habits for families
- Eight best practices for staying secure
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
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
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.
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
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.
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