Monday, June 2, 2014

Financial Literacy


Smart Investing at your Library:

 Looking for dependable financial education programming for your library? Smart Investing @ Your Library is a grant funded program developed collaboratively by the American Library Association (ALA) and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. The program addresses the growing need for unbiased financial and investor education at the grassroots level.

Since its launch in 2007, participating libraries have helped people find the information they need to improve their financial decisions.

Developed by innovative librarians during tough financial times, the website's tools are patron-tested, practical and free to help start a financial education program at your library.

 Examples of the learning materials available include: Home Equity Advisor for older, middle and lower income homeowners, Love Your Money for college students and Gen i Revolution to help high school and middle school students learn about personal finance skills. 

 
For more information, email Pam Thompson, or call 850.245.6633.

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