Your Money, Your Goals expands its reach
Twenty new social services, legal aid, and volunteer organizations are joining with CFPB to train staff and volunteers on Your Money, Your Goals. You can...
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Toddlers to teens: How to kick-start your child’s saving habits
On our newly redesigned web resource Money as You Grow, you will find activities designed for each age group to help prepare your children for their...
Creating your own financial rules to live by
Consumers have told us that they sometimes find common financial advice — like "save 10% of your income" — hard to apply to their own circumstances. Some...
Take a tour of Money as You Grow! Our new resource to help parents and caregivers give children a strong financial start
Money can be a complicated topic, and knowing what's best for your child can be difficult. To help parents and caregivers, we're launching a newly...
The teenage years are for practicing money decisions in a safe space
In this last part in the series, we’re going to explore how teenagers practice the financial skills that drive their choices in adulthood.
The right shoes and common sense can help your preteen gain financial ground
We recently heard stories from parents that reinforce what our research shows: The preteen years are critical for developing an internal compass for what's...
When your child learns self-control, it helps their financial future, too
As a parent, you are the most powerful influence on your children's financial lives. In the first five years of life, children go through rapid neurological...
Newly arrived and in need of help navigating our financial system
To help, we developed the Newcomer's Guides to Managing Money, an unbiased resource for recent immigrants. Take a look and see ways to pay bills, receive...
The newcomer’s guides to managing money
According to recent studies, people with limited English proficiency may be more likely to fall prey to frauds and schemes, and it can be harder to manage...
Here’s why childhood is an important time to learn about money
If you have kids, it might surprise you to know that children as young as five years old can be ready to learn about saving and spending. From early...
The launch of the CFPB financial coaching initiative
Today, we're excited to launch our financial coaching initiative. We're cohosting the launch with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the event will take...
More financial empowerment tools for communities
This expansion builds on the success of last year's launch of Your Money, Your Goals. Since then, we've trained over 2,000 frontline staff in both public...
Here’s why you should open a savings account for your kids
Parents often want to open accounts for their children, to help them learn about saving for the future and managing their money. And young people often go...
Getting young people on the path to financial success
We're working with the Department of Labor to increase youth financial capability across the country at this crucial stage when young people are starting to...
Save the date: Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting in Washington, DC
Join us for a Credit Union Advisory Council meeting with Director Cordray on Thursday, March 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. EST. During this meeting we will discuss...
You’ve got goals for your life—and some of them take money to achieve
Goals, whether long term or short term, usually cost money to accomplish. That means when you have a life goal, you probably have a financial goal...
No-sweat ways to help kids start out strong, financially
America Saves Week is coming soon. This annual event helps thousands of us start out on a regular program of saving money toward our goals. We've all got...
More momentum for promoting tools for social services programs
In the six months since we announced the release of Your Money, Your Goals: A Financial Empowerment Toolkit for Social Services Programs, organizations...
4 elements define personal financial well-being
Savings and income are part of financial well-being, but we learned that they’re not always the most important part. Instead, when people talked about their own financial well-being, four main elements came to light.
5 reasons to check out our Owning a Home tools now
This week, we're launching our latest effort to help you navigate the market, ask the questions, and take the steps that will help you to find the mortgage...
The holidays give you an opportunity to show your kids how money works
The holiday season provides a particularly good opportunity to reach kids with some basic money attitudes. Your children absorb what you say and what you...
Helping more consumers use our services in other languages
We're working to reach more people with our services and information, and we could use your help. We're proposing a Language Access Plan, as part of our...
A new school year, a new resource for parents and kids
Parents are the strongest influence on how kids learn and think about money, and the back-to-school shopping season is a great time for some major money...
Your Money, Your Goals: Financial empowerment tools for social services
Many people feel overwhelmed by their financial situations, and they may not know where to go for help. For many low-income Americans, frontline staff of...
Helping build financial capability across America
We just published our second annual financial literacy report to Congress. It outlines our strategy and what we've done over the past year to enhance...
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