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.

Financial Literacy Statistics

Financial Education

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Forms for use prior to and during Money & Me program

The materials below are for credit unions that are hosting the Money & Me summer programs in their communities.

Planning Timeline

Memorandum of Understanding

Student Registration Form

Money & Me Program Acceptance Letter

Track Spending Assignment (Pre-class) (NOT included in Educator's Lesson Guide)

Student Medical Info/Release Form

Student Photo/Media Release Form

NYCUF Student Survey - Pre-class (included in Educator's Lesson Guide)

NYCUF Student Post Program Evaluation Form (included in Educator's Lesson Guide)

Educator's Lesson Guide 2011:

Introduction

Day1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Student Handouts

Flip Camera Instructions

Promoting the Money & Me program to teens in your community.

Articles, web copy, flyers, posters and graphics as shown below are all customizable and all designed to help you promote your support of Money & Me in your community.

Sample Credit Union Newsletter article

Sample social media and text message copy

Sample Credit Union Press Release

Sample Credit Union Web page copy

Sample Member E-mail message

Sample Credit Union Intro Letter to Parents

Sample Post-Session Credit Union Newsletter Article

Sample Post-Session Credit Union Press Release

To customize the jpg files below (color flyer, black & white flyer, black & white poster and the texting graphic), insert the selected file as a graphic into your preferred document, then place a text box on top of the graphic where indicated.

PDF files such as the 22” x 28” poster and 7" by 5" poster are customized using adobe acrobat.

MoneyMeFlyerColorHiRes

MoneyMeFlyerBandWHiRes

MoneyMePosterbandw11x17HiRes

MoneyMePoster4c22x28

Money&MePostcard 7" by 5"

The National Credit Union Foundation (NCUF) is supporting this project by providing an Innovation Grant.

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