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Financial Coaching
Handling financial matters is an essential part of life, one that is unfortunately seldom taught in school. Below are helpful links that provide in-depth information about important situations that many of us face and wish we knew more about, such as buying a house and preventing and recovering from identity theft. (Provided by Consumer Credit Counseling Service of San Francisco www.cccssf.org Copyright © 2010 CCCS of San Francisco)
CreditTrack - Online personal finance education center Checklists & Charts from CCCSSF Fritter Finder - A helpful worksheet to discover where you "fritter" away money Money Management Planner - A budgeting tool to help you find out if you're on the right track
Other helpful links: Debt In Focus - A free and anonymous service to help bring your debt into focus, providing a simple financial analysis National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Resources for Consumers and Financial Education FirstGov.gov - The official site for United States Government information, services, transactions and forms Federal Trade Commission - Provides consumer protection information and news Money Smart - A financial education program through the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) Computer-Based Instruction The Money Smart Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) through the FDIC is a friendly and easy to use learning tool that teaches the 10 modules of the Money Smart curriculum through a computer. The CBI can enable people to study independently at their own pace. The CBI is for users age 13 and over. Each module generally takes between 20-30 minutes to complete. Students receive ongoing feedback and, upon successful completion of each module, can print out a personalized certificate of completion. For the best experience of the FDIC Money Smart CBI, please make sure you have the latest version of the Adobe Flash player installed on your computer. The latest version of Adobe Flash Player can be downloaded at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/. Installation questions or troubleshooting help can be found at http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/. If you are accessing the CBI from a slow Internet connection, the application may experience brief delays in responding. Click Here to enter "Money Smart."
Thanks to a recommendation from a student interested in learning about Credit Scoring, Internet Safety and Identity theft we introduce http://www.creditscore.net/ to provide teen financial education.
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