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In 2016, the Bureau released the Building Blocks to Help Youth Achieve Financial Capability: A new model and recommendations, which describes where and when children and young adults acquire the foundations of financial capability. Now, the Bureau has created the Building Blocks Measurement Guide to provide researchers, program leaders, teachers, and other financial educators with ways to assess young people’s progress toward each building block.

Learn what the Bureau is doing to prevent elder financial exploitation in communities across the country. 

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It’s common for couples to share their financial lives but not the responsibility for managing household finances.  But if a spouse dies or experiences a sudden illness, getting up to speed quickly could be challenging for the person left behind. Share your family financial picture now to prepare for the future. 

Recursos gratuitos disponibles que pueden reducir el costo de declarar impuestos y así permitirle ahorrar más dinero.

Resources to help you make a plan to save.

This tax season, you may be offered a tax refund advance loan or refund anticipation check. Learn more about these products and how they work.

Borrowers whose student loans are forgiven due to death or disability will no longer have to pay federal income taxes on those forgiven loans. Now, tens of thousands of disabled veterans and hundreds of thousands of people living with severe disabilities are eligible for new student loan protections. 

Learn how Your Money, Your Goals can help your organization meet the needs of people who want to tackle debt, set aside some savings, or look for ways to build their credit record. 

You know your credit report is important, but other companies also collect information on you—and you have a right to see those reports. Our latest list of consumer reporting companies gives you the details you need to take action.