Youth


 

The Bureau of the Public Debt has launched TreasuryDirect® KIDS—a fun, interactive, and educational website to engage students in grades 5-7 in the history and role of debt in America. TreasuryDirect® KIDS provides an introduction to Treasury securities and is designed to help teachers and parents build important lessons on saving and investing.

Audience: 
Youth, Teachers, Parents and Caregivers

Agency: Bureau of the Public Debt


Dealing with personal finances can be overwhelming for anyone, but especially for people just beginning to manage money on their own.  This publication helps young adults — including those just starting a career or a family and others still in school — take control of their finances.

Audience: 
Youth, Parents, Educators, Students

Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


A comprehensive financial education curriculum to teach those ages 12-20 the basics of handling their money and finances, including how to create positive relationships with financial institutions.  Money Smart for Young Adults can help young people in their formative years start positive habits early such as saving money and budgeting, as well as avoid making "wrong" decisions that could result in years of financial pain.  The curriculum is available free of charge; orders can be placed online.   For additional information call toll-free 1-877-ASK-FDIC (1-877-275-3342); hearing impaired 1-800-4618.

Audience: 
Educators, Parents, Students, Youth

Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


As a teen, you're beginning to make some grown-up decisions about how to save and spend your money. That's why learning the right ways to manage money...right from the start...is important. Here are suggestions.


Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


Tips on money management which includes, saving, spending, borrowing, protecting yourself from fraud and scams, and the benefits of keeping your money in a financial institution.

Audience: 
Youth, Educators

Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


The National Financial Capability Challenge is an awards program designed to increase the financial knowledge and capability of high school aged youth through an online exam.  It is designed to illustrate the relevance of financial topics to students, as well as to assess their learning, and challenges high school teachers and other educators to teach the basics of personal finance to their students. The Challenge also rewards students, educators, schools, and states for their participation and their success.

Audience: 
Youth and Educators

Agency: Department of the Treasury


The FTC’s website, www.ftc.gov/YouAreHere, teaches kids how to be more savvy consumers by demonstrating the benefits of competition, the influence of advertising on buying decisions, and the rules and regulations that many business people need to follow.


Agency: Federal Trade Commission


The IRS partnered with education professionals to bring you the Understanding Taxes Teacher Site, an interactive tax education program for high school and community college classrooms. Understanding Taxes includes detailed lesson plans, activities, simulations, and resources for teachers and students in an online version. The Understanding Taxes Student Site also provides high schools, community colleges, and the general public with a technology-based instructional tool.


Agency: Department of the Treasury


FDIC Consumer News is a quarterly publication that provides practical financial tips and information. The article It's Amazing: How a Small Savings Account Can Get Big Over Time explains how saving even small amounts of money can result in a substantial sum over time.


Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


Tips and strategies for handling your finances at different stages of life.

Audience: 
Youth, Elderly/Seniors, Caretakers, Young Adults

Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


Money Math: Lessons for Life is a four-lesson curriculum supplement for middle school math classes, teaching grade 7-9 math concepts using real-life examples from personal finance. The 86-page book is a teacher's guide with lesson plans, reproducible activity pages, and teaching tips. A teacher needs only one copy of Money Math: Lessons for Life to teach several classes of students.

Audience: 
Teachers, students

Agency: Department of the Treasury


School-based bank savings programs offer students an opportunity to learn about the importance of savings and money management by opening and making deposits to savings accounts. This issue of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Insights report discusses how the school-based bank savings programs operate, explains their establishment in “nonbank branch” settings or as authorized bank branches, and describes the benefits and potential risks to banks participating in these programs.

Audience: 
General Audience, Educators

Agency: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


This program promotes economic and financial literacy among all students in kindergarten through grade 12 through the award of one grant to a national nonprofit education organization that has as its primary purpose the improvement of the quality of student understanding of personal finance and economics.

Audience: 
K-12 Educational orgnizations and Educators

Agency: Department of Education


The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is making youth education resources available for download directly from this Web site.


Agency: Department of the Treasury


What every kid, teen, parent and teacher should know about Social Security. This site provides materials for parents, children, young adults, and teachers to learn about Social Security and what it means for them.


Agency: Social Security Administration


The United States Mint provides free educational resources for educators, parents, and kids.  Educators can visit http://www.usmint.gov/educators to view free educational resources including class activities, lesson plans, and information on how to bring coins into the classroom.  The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web site for kids is dedicated to promoting lifelong pleasure in coins and coin collecting. Games, informational features, and interactive animated cartoons, successfully combine government, technology, and education in a new and exciting way.

Audience: 
Teachers, Youth, and Parents

Agency: Department of the Treasury


51 Ways to Save Hundreds on Loans and Credit Cards


Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


The form used by a consumer to file a complaint about a thrift or savings association.


Agency: Office of Thrift Supervision