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    Fast Facts: Financial Literacy

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    25 states require personal finance instruction to be incorporated into high school coursework. Four states require a full semester course devoted to personal finance. As of 2009, over 50 federal financial literacy initiatives were under way.

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    25 states require personal finance instruction to be incorporated into high school coursework. Four states require a full semester course devoted to personal finance. As of 2009, over 50 federal financial literacy initiatives were under way.

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    Fast Facts: Financial Literacy

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    25 states require personal finance instruction to be incorporated into high school coursework. Four states require a full semester course devoted to personal finance. As of 2009, over 50 federal financial literacy initiatives were under way.

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    Fast Facts: FINANCIAL LITERACY

    Part II: Working Together


    The federal government, state government, schools, non-profits, and financial services companies working together to improve financial literacy in America.

    FACT: 25 states require personal finance instruction to be incorporated into high school coursework. Four states (Missouri, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia) require a full semester course devoted to personal finance.

    View state-by-state requirements here.

    FACT: As of 2009, over 50 federal financial literacy initiatives were under way, spread widely among many different federal agencies.

    FACT: Financial service companies offer free financial education such as:

    The Allstate Foundation

    Moving Ahead Through Financial Management: A Financial Education Program to Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence

    AXA Financial, Inc.

    Women's Guide to Retirement and Retirement Planning

    BB&T Corporation Learn & Plan Financial Education

    BBVA Compass Financial Education

    Capital One Financial Corporation MoneyWi$e.org: An adult financial literacy program Bank It: A financial literacy program for youth and their parents

    Charles Schwab Corporation, The Money Matters: Make it Count Schwab MoneyWise

    CitiGroup Inc. Financial Education Curriculum

    City National Corporation Dollars + Sense Financial Literacy Program

    First Commonwealth Financial Corporation

    Financial Education

    Genworth Financial My Money My Future

    HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. YourMoneyCounts

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. Financial Education Library

    KeyCorp Financial Education

    MasterCard Worldwide Priceless Pointers Kids, Cash, Plastic and You

    The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. School Bank Program HomeBuyer Club First-Time Home Buyer Education

    Principal Financial Group Dream Again Planning Center

    Raymond James Financial, Inc. FDIC Money Smart Bank on St. Pete Program Project Prosper Junior Achievement Teach Children to Save Day annual event HOPE Expo Raymond James sponsors/hosts the HOPE Expo, which includes home buyer and other financial literacy classes. RBC Bank USA

    Everyday Financial Advice

    RBS Americas (Citizens Financial Group, Inc.) MoneyHelp

    Regions Financial Corporation Scholars & Dollars FDIC MoneySmart for Young Adults (Ages 12-20) FDIC MoneySmart for Adults (English) (Spanish) Partner with Freddie Mac to ensure local non-profits have access and are trained on "Credit Smart." Partner with Cemark to provide "How to do your Banking" in schools throughout Regions' footprint

    State Farm Insurance Companies Finances Learning Center Make It Possible Program

    TD Bank

    Unum

    WOW! Zone

    20 Ways to Take Advantage of Your Company Benefits Plan

    U.S.Bancorp U.S. Bank Credit Wellness Center U.S. Bank Center for Economic Education at Dominican University U.S. Bank Financial Scholars Powered by EverFi Teach Children to Save Get Smart About Credit Junior Achievement FDIC Money Smart FDIC Money Smart for Young Adults FTCs Preventing Identity Theft U.S. Bank of Bearville: Expanding the reach of financial education

    Visa Inc. Practical Money Skills for Life

    Wells Fargo & Company Hands on Banking / El futuro en tus manos

    FACT: At least 34 financial literacy programs are available for free for individual or classroom use. Of these programs, 22 curricula can be completed online, and 6 curricula provide free volunteer tutors.

    Financial literacy is about more than basic banking. It is about retirement savings, insurance, student loans, helping the underbanked, serving the military, and more. The Financial Services Roundtable keeps track of the various financial literacy efforts of member companies in each of these categories. Contact Judy Chapa, VP of Financial Literacy, at judy@fsround.org for more information. (As promised, answers to last weeks quiz questions from the U.S. Treasurys Financial Capacity Challenge: 1. C, 2. C, 3. B, 4. A, 5. B)

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