Money Smart - A Financial Education Program
Implementation Resources
To help those interested in using or promoting the Money Smart curriculum, we highlight various approaches to implementation. This page incorporates success stories from Money Smart News as well as Spotlight On pages that highlight the specific work of Money Smart Alliance Partners.
Financial self-sufficiency:
- United Way Uses Money Smart to Help the Unbanked in Kentucky (Summer/Fall 2014)
- How Money Smart Educators Are Helping Former Offenders Begin a New Life (Fall 2012)
- Spotlight On Self-Sufficiency
- Spotlight On Asset Building
- Helping Low-Income Teens Save For Financial Independence: A Money Smart Success Story (Winter 2010/2011)
- Survivors of Domestic Violence Achieve Financial Independence (Summer 2011)
- Reaching Households Struggling to Survive a Job Loss or Wage Reduction (Winter 2010)
- From Poverty to Prosperity: Money Smart Success Stories and Tips for Providing Financial Education to Struggling Families (Summer 2008)
Students/youth:
- Success Stories from FDIC’s Youth Savings Pilot Participants (Winter/Spring 2017)
- One Bank’s Contributions to Educating ... and Empowering ... Different Age Groups (Fall 2016)
- Bank Teaches Nebraska Elementary School Students Tangible Benefits of Saving (Fall 2016)
- Providing Hope to Camden Youths (Winter/Spring 2016)
- Practical Experience Supports Financial Education for Students (Spring 2015)
- How One Bank Uses Money Smart to Make a Lasting Impression on Student (Spring 2015)
- One Bank’s Way of Promoting Financial Education Through Summer Employment (Summer/Fall 2014)
- Money Smart Success Stories - At Morgan State, Students Team With the FDIC to Deliver Financial Education to Peers (Winter 2014)
- Money Smart Success Stories - Florida School for At-Risk Students and Bank Team Up to Educate Students on Financial Services (Summer/Fall 2013)
- Consumer News - Fall 2012 Special Edition for Young Adults and Teens
- Students Use Money Smart for Young Adults in Financial Education Competition (Fall 2012)
- Spotlight On Youth and Credit
- Teaming Up with School Districts and Schools on a Financial Education Program: One Bank’s Tips for Success (Summer 2012)
- Helping Low-Income Teens Save For Financial Independence: A Money Smart Success Story (Winter 2010/2011)
- Ways to Introduce College Students to Financial Education: Successful Answers to a Multiple-Choice Question (Summer 2010)
- Money Smart for Young Adults: Success Stories and Strategies for the School Year (Fall 2009)
- Passing the Test: Success Stories and Tips for Teaching Kids About Money (Spring 2008)
- Tales Out of School: Lessons Learned from Money Smart Presentations to Youth (Winter 2005)
- From a Class to a Career (Spring 2005)
- Financial Institutions Encouraged to Work With Schools to Promote Youth Financial Education (FIL-80-2010)
Homeownership:
- Georgia Nonprofit Organization Teams with Money Smart and Other Partners to Promote Low-Income Homeownership (Winter 2013)
- FDIC Curriculum Inspires Student to Become a Homeowner…and an Educator (Spring 2012)
- Spotlight On Homeownership
- Spotlight On Foreclosure Prevention
- Financial Education Offers a Path to First-Time Homeownership: Success Stories and Teaching Tips (Winter 2008)
- Money Smart Success Stories...About Homeownership (Fall 2006)
- Money Smart Program Honored by Honolulu Mayor (Summer 2006)
Small Business:
- Enhanced Money Smart Curriculum Helps Better Serve Small Business Communities (Summer 2016)
- Success Stories from the First Year of Money Smart for Small Business (Spring 2013)
- Spotlight On Small Business
- Big Results for Small Businesses: More Success Stories from Financial Education (Spring 2009)
Military:
- Attention! Success Stories Offering Financial Education to Soldiers and Their Families (Summer 2009)
- Money Smart In Iraq! (January 2004)
Non-English language populations:
- Success Stories: Making a World of a Difference by Teaching Money Smart in Other Languages (Spring 2011)
- MainStream Reaching Los Angeles' Hispanic Community with Money Smart (Summer 2006)
- Money Smart: Changing Lives for the Better (July 2003)
Community development:
- Spotlight On Community Development
- A Success Story Using Financial Education in the Gulf Coast Recovery (Spring 2007)
Strategies for delivering training:
- FYI: Delivery Systems for Financial Education in Theory and Practice (2004)
- New York Women’s Organization Educating Adults and Young Adults with FDIC Tools (Winter/Spring 2016)
- Empowering Disadvantaged Women and Families Through Financial Education (Spring 2014)
- One Bank's Experience Teaching Financial Education and Earning CRA Credit (Spring 2014)
- Spotlight On Employment Services
- How Small Depository Institutions Are Strengthening Their Communities with Money Smart (Winter 2012)
- Creating New Success Stories: Tips for Financial Educators for the Next 10 Years (Fall 2011)
- A Hands-On Approach to Financial Education: Teach, Track Progress and Coach (Summer 2011)
- Success Stories: Diverse Approaches in Using Money Smart (Spring 2010)
- Personal Statements and Essay Contests: Sharing Money Smarts and Success Stories the "Write" Way (Fall 2008)
- Best Practices for Teaching People with Visual Impairments (Winter 2007) Seniors/Disabled
- Bankers as Guest Instructors for Money Smart Classes (Spring 2007)
- Money Smart Model Sites: Regional Partners Agree to Monitor, Share Progress (Spring 2006)
Other venues for delivery:
- California Bank Uses Money Smart to Bring About Lifestyle Changes for Disadvantaged Individuals ( Winter 2014)
- Promoting Financial Education at Free Tax-Preparation Sites: Success Stories (Winter 2009)
- What Works in the Workplace: Helping Employers Provide Financial Education to Their Staff (Summer 2009)
- Financial Education Through Libraries: Opportunities for Successful Partnerships (Fall 2007)
- Special Delivery: How Money Smart Partners Are Bringing Financial Education to Unusual Venues (Summer 2007)
General testimonials:
- Still Using Money Smart After All These Years: Returning to the Source of Our First Success Story (Winter/Spring 2016)
- After 10 Years of Teaching Money Smart to Diverse Groups, an Indiana Bank and its Clients Reflect on Successes ( Winter 2014)
- Reports from the Field: More Money Smart Success Stories (Fall 2010)
- Success Stories from the Start: Money Smart Partners Look Back at the First 10 Years (Fall 2011)
- Money Smart Success Stories (Summer 2004)
- Unity in the Community Sponsors Money Smart Classes in Los Angeles (April 2004) Community Development
- State Farm Agents Bring Money Smart Classes to Union County, PA (April 2004) Community Development