Taking Ownership of the Future: The National Stategy for Financial Literacy

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Taking Ownership of the Future: The National Strategy for Financial Literacy

Financial literacy empowers consumers to become better shoppers and educates consumers on how to prevent becoming involved in financially destructive transactions. Family service staff may use this report to further their financial literacy so that they may support the financial education of families. The report contains information about the effectiveness of community collaborations and working with multilingual and multicultural populations. This is a great resource to support staff's strategic planning efforts to mobilize financial education in communities.

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Taking Ownership of the Future: The National Stategy for Financial Literacy

Building Public Awareness of Available Resources

Improved financial literacy among all Americans requires an increased public awareness of the issues, as well as the many state, local, and national resources that are available for financial education. One theme that emerged from the Commission’s sector-specific meetings was the realization that the Federal government must make its financial literacy resources more easily available. This is important in order to better leverage existing financial education resources and avoid overlap or duplication. More>> [PDF, 1.87MB]