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Small Steps
to Health and Wealth |
Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural
Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension's major health
finance initiative is Small Steps to
Health and Wealth™. This program is designed to motivate
consumers to implement behavior change strategies that
simultaneously improve their health and personal finances. |
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National Endowment for Financial Education |
A nonprofit foundation partnering for
financial well being |
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Fund for
Teachers |
Fund for Teachers enriches the personal
and professional growth of teachers by recognizing and supporting
them as they identify and pursue opportunities around the globe that
will have the greatest impact on their practice, the academic lives
of their students and on their school communities. |
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Social
Security |
Social Security launched a Retirement
Estimator which allows workers to make financial projections of
their Social Security benefits based on their actual earnings. This
is a basic tool that every one should use when undertaking financial
planning. |
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Ways
to Save Money
by Reader’s Digest |
Readers Digest recently upgraded its Advice & Know-How online
channel and now has a section dedicated to providing free resources
on ways to save money during this tough economic crisis. We are
committed to providing the same level of quality, up to date,
informational, and reputable content to our visitors that we have
through our Reader’s Digest publications for over 85 years. On our
spotlight page, individuals will have access to online support and
priceless tips on ways to save money when buying gas, food, clothes,
electronics and more. We also feature buying guides that help people
get the best bargains on earth |
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Complete College Planning |
Need an education? Come to Complete College Planning. |
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Practical Money Skills.com Summit 2009 Webcast |
This year's Financial Literacy and Education Summit convened
international leaders in finance to discuss the most pressing
economic challenges facing people everywhere and how best to
approach those challenges. The Summit panelists discussed how
various regions of the world approach financial education and how,
in light of the global crisis, we can apply best practices in
ensuring that consumers have the necessary tools and resources to
make wise financial decisions. |
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The Bad Credit Hotel |
Check in and learn the basics of
maintaining good credit. |
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Betterinvesting.org |
BetterInvesting is a non-profit,
volunteer-based, member-driven organization dedicated solely to
investment education. |
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Edutopia |
In this special report,
Edutopia has gathered a variety of insights and tools on
financial education that will equip your students for the years
ahead. |
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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. |
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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. |
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njbankers.com |
NJBankers Website-Your portal to
interesting, timely and accurate information about the New Jersey
banking industry and the New Jersey Bankers Association. |
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New
Jersey Professionial Education Port |
New Jersey Professional Education
Port began in 2000 and continues to provide online resources for
teachers and others. In addition to professional development modules
and tutorials, NJPEP provides resources related to the New Jersey
Core Curriculum Content Standards, the statewide assessments, and
has a page designed for parents and students. |
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The Newark Museum
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"Once Upon a Dime. The World
of Money "
This exhibition invites young people to discover the
fascinating story of money over thousands of years and across the
world. |
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Rutgers
- High School Financial Planning Program |
The High School Financial Planning
Program (HSFPP) is a seven-unit personal finance curriculum
developed by the National Endowment For Financial Education (NEFE).
It is distributed in cooperation with the Cooperative Extension
System, a national educational network affiliated with state
land-grant universities, and the Credit Union National Association
(CUNA), a trade association for over 11,000 credit unions
nationwide. In New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural
Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension is a partner in
distributing the HSFPP. |
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