Resources

How Money Smart Are You? is a suite of interactive games and other resources based on FDIC's award-winning Money Smart program. Each game teaches players about critical financial literacy skills like earning, spending, saving, bor...

NCUA's World of Cents is an engaging, kid-friendly game for ages 5 and up. This interactive game teaches kids about the value of money while reinforcing basic math skills.

The FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households is administered in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau. Explore the results of the survey, including information on bank account ownership and consumer habits lik...

This VBA webpage features resources designed to help Veterans and their families manage, secure, and protect their financial resources and well-being. Discover tools to help Veterans and their loved ones reach financial goals like...

FDIC's Money Smart Newsletter showcases how communities across the U.S. are using the Money Smart curriculum to promote financial literacy. This article highlights Friends Against Fraud, a workshop created by the Elder Justice Com...

​​​​​In partnership with the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (FLEC), NCUA provides resources to increase access to financial literacy initiatives and help consumers make informed financial decisions. The Resource Cente...

FDIC's Consumer Resource Center provides information and resource to educate and protect consumers, promote economic inclusion, and connect people with financial resources in their communities. The Resource Center highlights educa...

FLEC's MyMoney.gov website features a collection of resources from more than 24 agencies that can help everyone in the U.S. build financial well-being by developing key financial literacy skills. Explore the website to find games,...

This curriculum for upper elementary through high school students, based on the documentary Girl Rising, highlights connections between education, financial literacy, and financial empowerment. Each lesson plan follows the story o...

Created by ALA and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation, Thinking Money for Kids is a collection of financial education resources for children and their parents and caregivers. Thinking...

This FTC webpage offers guidance on a variety of financial topics with a focus on scam awareness. Through easy-to-read articles and videos, consumers will learn how to recognize, avoid, and report scams in different contexts — lik...

FTC's Consumer Advice website offers practical guidance and education on a variety of financial topics, including online security, scams, and identity theft. This How to Avoid a Scam webpage (also available as a printed PDF) offer...

Money Smart is an award-winning financial education curriculum designed to help people of all ages enhance their financial skills and create positive banking relationships. Participating community-based organizations use the Money...

This AARP webpage is full of practical guidance to help older adults spot scams and fraud and take action to protect themselves.

CFPB offers a wide range of publications that can be downloaded or ordered at no cost. You can get materials on topics like credit, mortgages, fraud, and more for a wide variety of audiences, from kids to older adults.  ...

ALA's Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) created these guidelines and best practices to support library professionals in creating, implementing, and evaluating financial literacy programming – including recommended p...

Through this curated collection of professional development resources, ALA provides library professionals with tools, information, and best practices to support financial literacy in the communities their libraries serve. ...

This detailed guide from Consumer Reports equips consumers with information about trends in scams and tips for how to recognize scams involving phone calls, emails, texts, social media, and more.

The Teaching Skills that Matter in Adult Education project offers resources to help educators incorporate critical literacy skills into adult learning programs. This library of financial literacy resources includes lesson plans on...

The Museum of American Finance offers a variety of educational materials, including class activities, descriptions, and outlines. High school juniors and seniors can also sign up to participate in a 5-session, free personal financ...

This accessible webpage from HUD walks consumers through the process of buying a home with step-by-step guidance. Consumers can learn about budgeting and shopping for a home, state and federal homebuying programs, housing loan opt...

This CFPB webpage teaches consumers to prevent, recognize, and report common types of scams and financial fraud schemes. Consumers can explore how-to guides, recorded webinars, easy-to-understand explanations of financial terms, a...

This interactive SSA webpage can help community members plan for their financial needs in retirement and make informed decisions about Social Security. Consumers can estimate their monthly Social Security benefit amount and learn ...

The #GetBanked initiative began at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of informing consumers about how to open a bank account online and ensuring that people could receive economic impact payments safely through dire...