As part of Financial Literacy Month in April, CFPB supports Money Smart Week (April 21–28, 2018) to help you become smart about money. Lots of free financial education classes and seminars are held by local and regional organizations throughout the…

This blog post from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau highlights recent research regarding teens in the U.S. and their level of financial literacy. The research results did show room to improve financial literacy among teens, but it also…

Commonwealth, an Annie E. Casey Foundation grantee, recently launched an incentive program to help Americans build savings through a program called Prize Savings. Prize Savings allows Walmart MoneyCard customers to enter monthly sweepstakes that…

A financially literate workforce helps the economy, but acquiring the needed skills can be costly. The level of financial literacy in developed countries is low and contributes to growing wealth inequality. Benefits from increasing the level of…

This blog post from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) examines promising new findings from ACF’s Assets for Independence (AFI) program. AFI was shown to increase liquid assets among participants and reduce participant use of…

This resource from the Internal Revenue Service provides information about special tax law provisions that may help taxpayers and businesses recover financially from the impact of a disaster, especially when the federal government declares their…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack wrote a blog for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) highlighting the importance of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for rural families. Not only is the EITC important for individuals and families…

The National Online Resource Center for Violence Against Women created this special collection to provide resources to case managers who want to help domestic violence survivors access the Earned Income Tax Credit and other tax benefits. This…

This blog post from the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Mark Greenberg, highlights the importance of financial capability programs within human services agencies. ACF programs have issued notices to…

This blog post discusses the importance of financial literacy and empowerment within the Latino community. One example of a recent initiative is the ACF Region X partnership with Catholic Charities in Portland, Oregon to present a Spanish-language…