The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®) offers the award-winning High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP), a free and flexible curriculum that has been proven to change students’ knowledge, actions and self-confidence about managing their money.
Money & Me is a hands-on experience that teaches teenagers the basics of money and how to make it work for them. The program covers budgeting, credit advantages and pitfalls, savings and checking accounts, how to save for a big purchase and investing for the future.
The brass|Student Program provides high schools with access to brass|Magazine, a personal finance publication written by young adults that delivers relevant content for classroom discussions and activities. The program also includes online resource centers for teachers and students, and the Credit Unions for College scholarship database.

LifeSmarts…the Ultimate Consumer Challenge is a game show style competition for teenagers designed to better prepare them as responsible consumers in today’s dynamic marketplace. Questions cover personal finance, consumer rights and responsibilities, health and safety, technology and the environment.

Biz Kid$ is a fun, 30-minute PBS television series for kids about making and managing money. It highlights young entrepreneurs who have turned hobbies into successful businesses, raised funds for good causes and much more.

The Kid’s Cash Kit & Caboodle includes practical, hands-on tools to teach children and their families the basics of money management using the concepts of saving, spending and sharing.

Who Are You? Identity Thieves Really Want to Know! is an educational program that utilizes marketing materials, train-the-trainer workshops and instructive sessions to help credit unions and community organizations inform their members about the dangers of identity theft.

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Financial Education

ID Theft


Consumer Marketing Materials for Credit Unions

id theftThe Credit Union Association of New York is pleased to provide credit unions with resources for protecting their members from identity theft. Using the links below, credit unions can order in-lobby posters, counter cards, statement stuffers or staff buttons.

Credit unions can also enhance their communication efforts by utilizing the available sample newsletter article, web copy and press release. Public Service Announcements and/or the 5-Segment Training Video can be linked to a credit union’s website or played on a loop in branch lobbies.

Contact us for more information or to order these resource materials.

Catalog and Order form
Sample credit union newsletter article 
Sample credit union web copy
Sample credit union press release
Web Graphic
Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

 

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