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.

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Check out the Money & Me website designed just for teens!

How much do you know about money?


Maybe you have a budget and a plan…or maybe you have no idea where to start. Either way, you can learn everything you need to know at Money & Me, a free financial workshop designed just for teens like you.
Money & Me participants get expert advice on topics like:


• budgeting;
• saving;
• maintaining a checking account;
• managing credit;
• planning for the future, and more.


With videos and other activities, Money & Me keeps things fun and interesting. Most importantly, you’ll leave feeling educated and ready to make, manage and multiply your money.


Credit unions across the state offer Money & Me, free of charge, in their communities—typically during summer, winter or spring breaks. To learn more, click here or contact Diane LaVigna-Wixted at diane.lavigna-wixted@cuany.org or (800) 342-9835, ext. 8186.


This program has been sponsored, in part, by the National Credit Union Foundation