Member Financial Education

 

People Helping People -The philosophy by which credit unions operate.   As member-owned financial institutions, our goal is not only to provide financial services to our members, but to help improve their financial lives.  The links below provide a wealth of resources to help you teach your members how to gain control of their finances and their future.  Choose the "General" or "Children & Youth" links below to be directed to the resource that is right for you.

 

     General Financial Education Resources         Children & Youth Financial Education Resources

 

 

Through CUNA’s Center for Personal Finance, CUNA has launched the Personal Finance Initiative (PFI), an online network for leaders of the credit union movement to share best practices and discuss financial education.  The resources provide materials and expertise to teach smart money management and the credit union difference. In a variety of print and electronic formats, we give consumers the information they need to improve their skills in budgeting, saving, borrowing, buying, and investing.  Click here to visit the CUNA PFI site.

Financial Literacy Resources

CUNA's Financial Literacy Resource site provides a wide range of ready-made financial education print materials and resources to help credit unions educate their members.  You'll find products for every market, including adults, teens seniors, and more.  Visit http://finlit.cuna.org for more information. 

 

Contains resources for credit unions and their members, including brochures, videos and other information.  Visit CUNA's ID Theft Resource Center by clicking here.   

 

CUNA's consumer oriented website, this site contains consumer news, personal finance tips and a "links" section that directs consumers to a variety of additional resources.  The site also contains auto, home and other financial calculators for consumers. Visit the site at www.creditunion.coop.

 

The National Credit Union Administration's consumer financial literacy resource site can be viewed at www.ncua.gov/FinancialEducation/index.htm.

 

Title V of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACT Act) established the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (Commission) with the purpose of improving the financial literacy and education of persons in the United States. The Commission established a website, www.mymoney.gov and a toll-free telephone number (1-888-MYMONEY) to coordinate the presentation of educational materials from across the spectrum of federal agencies that deal with financial issues and markets.

 

The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), a nonprofit foundation, site that provides advice and practical information on a variety of financial topics including savings, investing, debt management and more. Visit www.smartaboutmoney.org for more information.

 

 

 

Provides a variety of marketing materials and resources to help credit unions reach out to youth (and their parents). Visit http://buy.cuna.org/static/finlit_youth.html. (Note:  Your CUNA username and password may be required to access CUNA resources). 

 

In 1972, recognizing the average age of credit union members was rising, the National Youth Involvement Board (NYIB) was created as a national system for the dissemination of information and resources regarding youth participation in the credit union movement. NYIB provides a credible link to youth marketing resources and ideas for the credit union movement, to youth education resources and ideas and encourage excitement for financial literacy and creates leadership opportunities for the credit union movement. Visit the NYIB website at www.nyib.org.

 

Biz Kid$ has developed easy to download learning materials and tools that can be used to help young people get the most of the Biz Kid$ television show.  The materials are available on www.bizkids.com.  Produced in high definition by the Emmy Award-winning creators of Bill Nye the Science Guy, Biz Kid$ is a fun, fast-paced series designed to entertain, engage, and elevate kids’ knowledge about money.  Biz Kid$ started broadcasting in January of 2008 and is shown on PBS stations in Mississippi and nationwide.  Every Biz Kid$ episode will begin and end with a narrator reminding viewers that:  “Production funding for Biz Kid$ is provided by America’s Credit Unions, where people are worth more than money.”  (Click here for additional information about Biz Kid$.)
 
NEFE HSFPP

The National Endowment for Financial Education High School Financial Planning Program (NEFE HSFPP) website, http://hsfpp.nefe.org/home provides access to their award-winning, fully-developed financial literacy curriculum that credit unions can use to be a guest speaker in classrooms and/or provide to teachers in the their local schools.  America's Credit Unions, along with the Cooperative Extension System partner with NEFE to teach and distribute the HSFPP curriculum.

 

Jump$tart is a national coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the financial literacy of kindergarten through college-age youth by providing advocacy, research, standards and educational resources. Jump$tart strives to prepare youth for life-long successful financial decision-making.  Mississippi has a local chapter and credit unions are encouraged to get involved.  Visit the national Jumpstart site, www.jumpstart.org, and the Mississippi Jump$tart site, www.msjumpstart.org for more information.