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National Financial Literacy Month is recognized in April to help highlight the importance of financial literacy and teach Americans how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits. Many of the country's financial institutions and nonprofit financial educational organizations promote the month by holding promotional events and creating educational materials that center around effectively handling money and dealing with debt. This site spotlights the OCC's outreach efforts to further the success of the financial literacy initiatives.

Monica Reas, Danielle English, Adrienne Mingione, Karen Bellesi, Hershel Lipow representing the OCC at this year's Financial Literacy Day on Capital Hill.	Deputy Comptroller of the Currency Barry Wides participates in Teach our Children to Save event in Queens, NY with Mr. Met; Karen Lutz, NY State Regional Manager, Citibank; Laura Fisher, ABA Education Foundation; Aaron Heilman, NY Mets Pitcher; Eileen Auld, NY Community Relations, Citi.
Barry Wides, Deputy Comptroller, spotlights consumer information and initiatives to Financial Literacy Day on Capitol Hill attendees (April, 28, 2008).	Comptroller Dugan met with students and principal Richard Bost, at the Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology and they explained the financial literacy benefits that the bank branch has brought to their high school.
Danielle English (OCC), Karen Bellesi (OCC), Patience Singleton (US House Committee on Financial Services ), Adrienne Mingione (OCC), and Hershal Lipow (OCC) at National Consumer Protection Week (February 2008).	OCC staff Hershel Lipow and Adrienne Mingione looking at new financial literacy materials during National Consumer Protection Week (February 2008).
Natalie Abatemarco, Director of North America Community Programs at Citi, discusses the impact of foreclosures on communities with Barry Wides, Deputy Comptroller for Community Affairs, John Dugan, Comptroller of the Currency, and Kathleen Rizzo, Senior Vice President in the Community Development Department at HSBC.	OCC employee Hershel Lipow gathering information on current financial literacy intiatives

Comprehensive Consumer Resources and Related Links:

• Financial Literacy Newsletter
  A new resource from the OCC: This periodic update highlights new financial literacy initiatives and programs.



• www.HelpWithMyBank.gov
  HelpWithMyBank.gov provides answers to common banking questions. While targeted to national bank customers, the site answers many questions common to all banking consumers and provides useful information about contacting regulators of institutions other than national banks.



• Financial Literacy Resource Directory
  The OCC's Community Affairs team has compiled a variety of financial literacy resources for consumers to use.



• OCC Consumer News and Public Service Announcements
  The OCC has compiled recent consumer news and public service announcements.



• OCC News RSS Feeds and Podcasts
  Now consumers can subscribe to OCC news and consumer podcasts to stay up to date on the latest information on banking from the OCC.



• Combating Abusive Lending
  The OCC ensures fair and equal access to financial services. This collection of material highlights some of the ways the agency fights abusive lending.



• MyMoney.gov
  MyMoney.gov is the Department of the Treasury's comprehensive Web site to help improve financial literacy.



• National Consumer Protection Week Site
  The homepage of National Consumer Protection Week provides a collection of resources and information from federal agencies to help consumers to be better informed.



• OCC Anti-Fraud Resources
  The OCC provides variety of resources to help you fight fraud.

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The OCC's Customer Assistance Group is available to help national bank customers with questions or complaints from 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Eastern, Monday - Friday, at 1-800-613-6743, or by e-mailing Customer.Assistance@occ.treas.gov.