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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Kid’s Cash Kit and Caboodle


What's in the Kit and What is the Caboodle?

The Kid’s Cash Kit includes:

  • Kids Cash Kit and Caboodle photoPlastic tote bag with an easy-to-carry handle
  • Letter to parents (on credit union letterhead) – explains the purposes of Kid’s Cash Kit & Caboodle, lists sponsors, and highlights the credit union
  • Moneyboxes with three sturdy compartments: one for saving, one for spending and one for sharing
  • A Financial Goals Poster
  • A Family Guide for assembling and using the moneyboxes
  • A Passbook for recording transactions
  • Glossary of financial terms and a resource list
  • A "Teach Children about Money" guide from the Credit Union National Association (CUNA)
  • One of three age-appropriate CUNA activity books:
    • Save, Spend & Share Coloring Book (Ages 5-7)
    • Best of Adventures in Saving! Activity Book (Ages 7-9)
    • Rosa’s 15th Birthday, Our Journey to Mexico (Ages 10- 12)(English/Spanish)

The Caboodle is comprised of promotional materials and products that credit unions choose to add to the kit. Credit unions may promote their own products and services such as:

  •  Youth savings programs
  • Financial education programs
  • Credit union events
  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

 

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