New Jersey Coalition for Financial Education

NJCFE Items For Educators
	The ABCs of Credit Card Finance-Essential Facts For Students by Dr. Carol A. Carolan information available here. Click here to download a PDF version of the Guide Click here to download the accompanying PowerPoint presentation.

	Hispanic Financial Literacy Workbooks and Materials

Fraud Scene Investigator	Fraud Scene Investigator is an interactive investor education program that teaches and empowers students how to detect and stop investment fraud, using a resource they're most familiar with-the Internet. http://www.nasaa.org/Investor_Education/FSI/

jumpstart.org	First convened in December, 1995, the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy determined that the average student who graduates from high school lacks basic skills in the management of personal financial affairs. Many are unable to balance a checkbook and most simply have no insight into the basic survival principles involved with earning, spending, saving and investing.

themoneymammals.com	You teach them their ABCs, you teach them to eat right, you teach them good manners. Now teach them something just as important... THE VALUE OF MONEY!

NEFE	The National Endowment for Financial Education is an independent, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the goal of helping all American improve the quality of their lives through their acquisition if information and skills that enable sound and knowledgeable financial decision making.

Jaguared Educational	Jaguar Educational is a publisher and distributor of high-quality educational materials for use in schools, social service agencies, job search and career centers, health care organizations, libraries, and other educational institutions. Jaguar offers posters, videos, books, and CD-ROMs in the following subject areas: Biology, Career Education, Job Search, Character Education, Job Success, Life Skills, At-Risk Youth, Health and Nutrition, and Substance Abuse Prevention. We encourage you to contact us with inquiries, suggestions, and requests.

	"It's Easier for a Teenager to Become a Millionaire than it is for an Adult" poster

Real Money	A Financial Simulation for Young Adults, is an interactive financial simulation program that helps teenagers and young adults understand how personal behaviors and decisions affect someone’s finances and quality of life. While dozens of high quality financial simulations for youth exist and have been used successfully for several decades, most are very resource intensive and require a large room (e.g., gymnasium or cafeteria), months of advance planning, substantial photocopying, and dozens of volunteers to staff “stations” for various household expenses (e.g., landlord, utility company, car dealer, and insurance agent)



*NJCFE does not endorse any one curriculum.