Policy team advocates for financial literacy
According to the Detroit Free Press, Americans have doubled their debt over the past decade to an astounding $2.5 trillion. While this excludes mortgage-related debt, news reports also continue to paint a bleak picture of Michigan’s rising number of home foreclosures.
Many of the current money issues adults in southeast Michigan face stem from lack of financial education as youths. As part of our Agenda for Change work, the United Way’s public policy team has been advocating for a financial literacy component to be included in school curriculums across the state so that more youth learn early on how to save money, avoid debt and build assets.
The effort is already reaping results.
Click here to read more.
Many of the current money issues adults in southeast Michigan face stem from lack of financial education as youths. As part of our Agenda for Change work, the United Way’s public policy team has been advocating for a financial literacy component to be included in school curriculums across the state so that more youth learn early on how to save money, avoid debt and build assets.
The effort is already reaping results.
Click here to read more.
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How to Get Good Credit Gab is holding an online video contest to raise awareness for financial literacy. Create a 30 or 60 second video that answers the question “How do I get good credit?” and highlights the benefits of obtaining good credit. Videos must not contain adult content such as nudity, profanity, drugs and alcohol. Videos must also be posted on You Tube, so that we may obtain embedding code to showcase your video. Videos will be viewer rated using a scale of 1-low to 5-high. A viewing schedule will be posted on the blog.
Contest begins and entries are accepted beginning April 1st thru April 30th 2008.
Each week new entries will be displayed on the blog at http://www.HowToGetGoodCredit.blogspot.com. On May 1, 2008, the scores received will be counted and totaled. The video with the highest total rating number will win $200 cash.
Contact Alton J. Jones, How To Get Good Credit Expert, at AltonJJones@msn.com with questions and notification that your video is available on You Tube.
Good luck.
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