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Financial Education Council

The Financial Education Council (FEC) is one of five councils on the CRI/Future Vision Committee. The FEC was formerly known as the Family Involvement Council. It was changed in 2008 to FEC to fall in line with the CRI/Future Vision Committee. FEC is composed of enthusiastic volunteers from credit unions throughout Michigan who work to expand credit union commitment to financial literacy and education by assisting credit unions with classroom presentations, student branching, credit union youth programs and adult financial education.

NEFE High School Financial Planning Program Training
Credit union staff interested in learning to teach the 2008 NEFE High School Financial Planning Program Curriculum are invited to attend an all-day training session that will be held at multiple locations and dates around the state. The workshops will provide the tools to educate students in the fundamentals of sound money management and the basic concepts of financial planning and personal responsibility. If you would like to browse materials available, click the link below.

Click here to order NEFE materials

Please Continue to Report Your Classroom Presentations
The numbers are in: Once again, Michigan leads the nation in financial literacy outreach. It is important to report your presentations to the National Youth Involvement Board (NYIB) in order to be counted. Not sure how to go about reporting your presentations? Check out this step-by step guide.

Youth Program Resource Listing
Looking to start a youth program at your credit union, but don’t know how to start? Check out this resource listing compiled by the Financial Education Council. It contains a variety of programs geared toward both kids and teens, and notes the name of the program, the company providing the program and contact information in an easy-to-read table. Click here for the resource listing.

The FEC has programs available through Financial Literacy in a Box Series
These free, downloadable financial literacy kits are designed to provide credit unions with tools to make financial education presentations in school classrooms, at your credit union, or in the community. Kits come with PowerPoint slides (where applicable), presentation tips, resources, classroom benchmarks and more. Click here to view the financial literacy kits.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
(All dates are for 2008)

July 28 -31 - NYIB Annual Conference — Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
August 12 - Financial Education Meeting 10 a.m. at MCUL Northville office
August 14 - NEFE High School Financial Planning Program training in Bay City
August 20 - NEFE High School Financial Planning Program training in Grand Rapids
September 12 - Desjardins/Maxwell/Herring Awards entries due to the MCUL
October 16 - International Credit Union Day

http://www.mcul.org/Financial_Literacy_653.html

Financial Education Council Members

Chair: Susan Young: Financial Education Supervisor: CP Federal CU
Vice Chair: Heather Harris: VP Community Development: Isabella Community CU