Financial Literacy
ACT (Assets Coming Together) for Youth Center of Excellence connects research to practice in the areas of positive youth development and adolescent sexual health.
360 Degrees of Financial Literacy is a free program created by certified public accountants to help Americans understand their personal finances. The website provides information on education planning, college saving programs, and college finance options.
CashCourse is a website committed to increasing financial literacy among college students and recent graduates. Cash Course offers information on financial planning and navigating student loans.
The foundation is a non-profit organization that is devoted to improving people’s lives by educating them on management of personal and corporate risk. The foundation provides free curricula, resources, and activities for teachers and student to increase financial literacy.
AnnuityFYI provides information about how to create a budget for youth.
This is an electronic resource gallery for lessons to teach students to increase their financial literacy.
Here students can learn all about the language of money and how to be financially responsible.
Coindexter Club is geared to children between the ages of five and twelve years old to learn about finances through means of a virtual world. Coindexter educates children on how to earn, save, spend, and manage money through fun games and activities.
These lesson plans educate children between the ages of 6-18 about the different aspects of building credit and credit card ownership.
Center for Student Credit Card Education (CSCCE) is committed to providing young adults with credit card literacy. The center hopes that by increasing awareness about credit it will prevent more young people from suffering the consequences of abusing credit cards. An interactive program is available online that allows students to learn independently.
Consumer Jungle is an interactive website dedicated to educating young people about personal finance topics by playing games, participating in contests, and submitting articles. Consumer Jungle hopes to increase financial literacy so that young adults can avoid credit card debt.
Daily Finance provides information on planning, saving, spending, and investing for kids.