 Financial Literacy Resources
June 25, 2008
The majority of ORR Individual Development Account Program (IDA) grantees use the following curriculum for their financial literacy classes:
- FDIC Money Smart: http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/index.html
- ISED Picture This: http://www.ised.us/doc/05-05-23%20FLC%20Brochure%20Final.pdf
- Citibank’s curriculum: http://www.citigroup.com/citigroup/financialeducation/edu_resources.htm
- Local financial institution or agency compiled curriculum
However, there are many other financial literacy resources available.
The following are links to additional financial education resources*:
http://www.nefe.org offers a comprehensive set of links to financial education curricula
http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/overview.html
http://ncee.net/ offers several financial education curricula for youth. We discussed reviewing these for preliterate refugee populations and those highly unfamiliar with American currency and banking practices.
http://www.lirs.org/infores/PDFs/FinancialLiteracy.pdf is a document sponsored by Lutheran Refugee Services and created with RefugeeWorks.
http://www.smartaboutmoney.org/nefe/pages/home.asp The National Endowment for Financial Education
http://MyMoney.gov/pdfs/QuickRefGuide.pdf This site offered by the U.S. Treasury outlines the National Strategy for Financial Literacy.
http://www2.nefe.org/eval/manual_appendix.html#sample_b Nefe offers several good tools for evaluating your financial education offerings
http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/special_interest/ Many people across the U.S. are taking Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. He offers an entertaining DVD in English and Spanish. If the costs are negotiated down, this could save a lot of money and time on trainers.
http://www.financialeducation.citigroup.com/citigroup/financialeducation/curriculum/international.htm Citigroup offers comprehensive financial education and homebuyer curricula in a variety of languages.
http://www.treas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/financial-institution/fin-education/commission/activities.shtml This outlines the Treasuries financial education commission objectives and provides several useful tools.
http://www.financeproject.org/irc_pubs.cfm?p=24&id=89 The Finance Project also provides several good financial education resources.
* Research by Amy Shir of ISED: amy.shir@ised.us