Prepare Teens for Their Financial Future

As a parent or high school educator, your goal is to help prepare your students to thrive as independent young adults. No matter what’s next- four-year university, community college, military service, or even gap year- one thing is certain: your students will have to make decisions about money, and you want them to make the best decisions possible. CashCourse (www.cashcourse.org) is a free online resource that equips young people with tools to help them track spending, create a budget and, most importantly, understand how their current decisions will affect their future financial well-being.

About CashCourse

Launched in 2007 by NEFE, CashCourse is another one of our nonprofit and non-commercial programs that never solicit its users to buy products or pay for resources. The sole purpose of CashCourse is to give young adults the information they need to make informed, thoughtful and beneficial decisions that are aligned with their values. CashCourse is used in more than 1,000 higher education institutions- including small private colleges, large public universities and both two-year and four-year programs- in all 50 states. About 40 percent of CashCourse schools are community colleges. Many schools use CashCourse in freshman orientation sessions to help new students think about how they will manage their money during their college years.

  

Sharing CashCourse with Your Students

Anyone can sign up for CashCourse by going to www.cashcourse.org and selecting “Register Now” in the Other Learners sec ion of the home page. You or your students can then select your state and “School not Listed” to access the materials.

 By: Chelsea Norton

https://www.hsfpp.org/blog/article/124/prepare-teens-for-their-financial-future.aspx