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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Project Information for Credit Unions

id theftThe New York Credit Union Foundation (NYCUF) is pleased to announce a new project entitled, Who are You? Identity Thieves Really Want to Know!, to help credit unions educate their members about ID theft. This project is a collaboration of the NYCUF, Credit Union Association of New York and CUNA Mutual Group. Credit unions may participate in one or all of the following components:

1.  Marketing campaign

  • Promotional materials include posters, counter cards, teller buttons, statement inserts, sample press releases, website messages and newsletter articles.

2.  Train-the-trainer workshops

  • The NYCUF will train future credit union trainers at regional in-person sessions
  • Attendees will receive curriculum materials

3.  English and Spanish language videos

  • PSAs will be aired on television stations statewide
  • A 15- minute educational video for showing in credit union lobbies, in training sessions or to stream on credit union websites
  • On-demand webinars are available to members via credit union websites

Credit unions must register Adobe Acrobat Reader to participate. This information is required in order for NYCUF to determine the level of credit union participation, acknowledge those participating credit unions, prepare promotional and training materials, and schedule train-the-trainer workshops and member education programs in appropriate locations based on demand.

Many credit unions may choose to partner with public libraries, community and senior centers, and other non-profit organizations to invite their constituents to attend and, as appropriate, to offer training sessions at their sites. These local partnerships would, in turn, open the sessions up to community members who may not be credit union members.
 Topics to be covered through this project include:

  • identity theft: what it is, how it occurs and minimizing risk
  • skimming of information from debit/credit cards
  • recognizing pretext calling techniques to obtain private information (i.e., social security number)
  • protecting your computer and learning to safely shop online
  • avoiding Internet scams and frauds such as spamming, spoofing, phishing and pharming
  • what to do if you’re a victim

Complete the participation form. Adobe Acrobat Reader

If you have questions about this project, please contact us.

Funding for this project was from a court-approved settlement of antitrust claims brought by the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission. The views and statements expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission. Additional funding has been provided by the National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF) and Covera Card Solutions. This is a collaborative project of the New York Credit Union Foundation, the Credit Union Association of New York and CUNA Mutual Group.

*Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Report, Identity Theft Victim Complaint Data, New York, January 1 – December 31, 2006. Data released February 7, 2007.

 

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