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Affiliated Networks

Council for Economic Education
http://www.councilforeconed.org

Econ Illinois
http://www.econed-il.org/icee

Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
http://www.ace.uiuc.edu

Consumer and Family Economics
http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/cfe

University of Illinois Extension
http://www.extension.uiuc.edu

University of Illinois
http://illinois.edu

CSREES Family Economics
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/financialsecurity.cfm

UIC Center for Economic Education
http://cee.econ.uic.edu

Financial Education Programs

Financial Fitness for Life
http://fffl.ncee.net

Financing Your Future
http://financingyourfuture.ncee.net

Learning, Earning, and Investing
http://lei.ncee.net

Making A Job
http://info.makingajob.com

Mini-Society®
http://www.mini-society.com

Risky Business
http://riskybusiness.ncee.net

The Stock Market Game™
http://www.stockmarketgame.org

Virtual Economics®
http://ve.ncee.net

Family Economics & Financial Education Program (FEFE)
http://fefe.arizona.edu

NEFE High School Financial Planning Program®
http://hsfpp.nefe.org

Hands On Banking
http://www.handsonbanking.org

Building Your Future (The Actuarial Foundation)
http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/youth/BuildingYourFuture.shtml

It’s Your Paycheck!  (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
http://www.stlouisfed.org/education/paycheck.html

Money Smart:  Computer-Based Instruction Program (FDIC)
http://www.fdic.gov/moneysmart

Budgeting and Money Management

AARP Money
http://www.aarp.org/money

Bankrate.com
http://www.bankrate.com

BudgetWorksheets.org
http://www.budgetworksheets.org

CardWeb.com
http://www.cardweb.com

Credit Card Smarts (University of Illinois Extension)
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/creditcardsmarts

Getting Through Tough Financial Times (University of Illinois Extension)
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/toughtimes

Hands On Banking
http://www.handsonbanking.org

It All Adds Up
http://www.italladdsup.org

Managing in Tough Times National Extension Initiative (MiTT)
http://mittnet.extension.org

Money Talks
http://moneytalks4teens.org

More for Your Money: Managing Your Money Wisely (University of Illinois Extension)
https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/money

MyFICO.com Credit Card Finder
http://www.myfico.com/LoanCenter/Offers/CreditCards.aspx

PowerPay (Utah State University Extension)
http://www.powerpay.org

Show Me the Future
http://www.showmethefuture.org

Smart Money Quiz Show (Practical Money Skills for Life)
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/flash/quiz/intro.html

The Spending Game (Iowa State University Extension)
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1103.pdf

The Allowance Game (Iowa State University Extension)
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1776.pdf

Your Money Counts (HSBC)
http://www.yourmoneycounts.com/ymc/tools/booklets

Your Life, Your Money (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/your-life-your-money

Your Life, Your Money, Your World - The Game (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/your-life-your-money/ylymyw.php

Financial Planning

E$Planner
http://www.esplanner.com

SimpliFi.net
http://www.simplifi.net

Planning for “What If” (Voyant)
http://www.planwithvoyant.com

Planning For Your Future (NAPFA)
http://www.napfa.org/consumer/index.asp

Credit Reports and Credit Scores

AnnualCreditReport.com – Official Site
https://www.annualcreditreport.com

Credit Karma
http://www.creditkarma.com

Experian Sample Credit Report
http://www.metromail.com/credit_report_basics/pdf/samplecreditreport.pdf

FICO Credit Score Estimator
http://www.myfico.com/FICOCreditScoreEstimator

MyFICO.com Credit Education Center
http://www.myfico.com/CreditEducation

TrueCredit Sample Credit Report
http://www.truecredit.com/pdf/learnCenter/Reading_Your_Report.pdf

Understanding Credit Reports and Scores (MyFICO.com)
http://www.myfico.com/Downloads/Files/myFICO_UYFS_Booklet.pdf

U.S. Treasury Bad Credit Hotel (ControlYourCredit.gov)
http://www.controlyourcredit.gov

What's My Score (VISA)
http://www.whatsmyscore.org

The Crisis of Credit Visualized
http://vimeo.com/3261363?pg=embed&sec=

Equifax
http://www.equifax.com

Experian
http://www.experian.com

TransUnion
http://www.transunion.com

VideoCreditScore
http://www.videocreditscore.com

Banking

Banking My Way
http://www.bankingmyway.com

Fed 101
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fed101

Help With My Bank (Comptroller of the Currency)
http://www.helpwithmybank.gov

Is Your Bank Safe?
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/safesound/ss_home.asp

Learning About Checking Accounts
http://www.deluxe.com/miscfiles/pdf/deluxe-checking-account-info.pdf

myFDICinsurance.gov
http://myfdicinsurance.gov

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
http://www.occ.treas.gov

Saving and Investing

Alliance for Investor Education
http://www.investoreducation.org

America Saves
http://www.americasaves.org

Choose to Save
http://www.choosetosave.org

Dollars from Sense
http://www.dollarsfromsense.com/invest_saving.shtml

EconEdLink Compound Interest Calculator
http://www.econedlink.org/interactives/interest.html

FINRA Investor Education Modules
http://www.finrafoundation.org/resources/education/modules/index.htm

Get Rich Slow (CRR at Boston College)
http://crr.bc.edu/grs/grs.html

Investing for Your Future
http://www.extension.org/pages/Investing_for_Your_Future

iThryv Professor (weProsper)
http://www.weProsper.org

Making Sen$e: Your Guide to the Economy (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/makingsense

The Monetta Young Investor Fund
http://www.monetta.com

Path to Investing
http://www.pathtoinvesting.org

Treasury Direct - U.S. Savings Bonds
http://www.savingsbonds.gov

Practical Money Skills Millionaire Calculator
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/wizards/million/index.php

Young Money Millionaire Calculator
http://www.youngmoney.com/calculators/savings_calculators/millionaire_calculator 

CNN Money
http://money.cnn.com

MSN Money
http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp

Smart Money - Wall Street Journal
http://www.smartmoney.com

Yahoo! Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com

The Stock Market

The Stock Market Game™
http://www.stockmarketgame.org

Investopedia
http://www.investopedia.com

Run with the Bulls (Monetta Stock Market Portfolio Challenge)
http://www.monetta.com/register.htm

Morningstar
http://www.morningstar.com

The Motley Fool
http://www.fool.com

Planning For Your Future (NAPFA)
http://www.napfa.org/consumer/index.asp

Covestor.com
http://www.covestor.com

Portfolio Monkey
http://www.portfoliomonkey.com

SocialPicks.com
http://www.socialpicks.com

American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
www.amex.com

Nasdaq
www.Nasdaq.com

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
www.NYSE.com

Dow Jones Industrial Averages
http://www.djaverages.com

Homeownership

Bankrate.com - Comparing Mortgage Rates
http://www.bankrate.com/mortgage.aspx

Fannie Mae – Home Path
http://www.fanniemae.com/homepath/index.jhtml

Federal Housing Administration
http://portal.hud.gov

Federal Reserve Board - Mortgage Foreclosure Resources
http://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerinfo/foreclosure.htm

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Foreclosure Resource Center
http://www.frbatlanta.org/comm_affairs/frc.cfm

Freddie Mac® Buying and Owning a Home
http://www.freddiemac.com/corporate/buying_and_owning.html

Ginnie Mae - Your Path to Homeownership
http://www.ginniemae.gov/ypth/index.asp?subTitle=YPTH

Hope Now Alliance
http://www.hopenow.com

Illinois Housing Development Authority
http://www.ihda.org

Making Home Affordable
http://www.makinghomeaffordable.gov

Mortgage Bankers Association – Home Loan Learning Center
http://www.homeloanlearningcenter.com/YourFinances/OwningversesRenting.htm

National Housing Counseling Association
http://housingcounselingassociation.org

NeighborWorks®
http://www.nw.org/network/training/training.asp

Opening Doors to Housing Success (University of Illinois Extension)
http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/cfe/housingsuccess

Rentwise (University of Minnesota Extension)
http://www.extension.umn.edu/Rentwise

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
http://www.hud.gov

Financial Aid and Student Loans

FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student Aid
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov

FinAid – The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
http://www.finaid.org

Mapping Your Future
http://mappingyourfuture.org

NASFAA's Cash for College
http://www.nasfaa.org/AnnualPubs/CashforCollege.PDF

College Goal Sunday
http://www.collegegoalsundayusa.org

Identity Theft and Consumer Protection

Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK)
http://www.ncua.gov/Publications/brochures/EmergencyFinancialFirstAidKit.pdf

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Consumer Resources
http://www.fdic.gov/quicklinks/consumers.html

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
http://www.ftc.gov

FINRA Avoid Investment Fraud
http://www.finra.org/Investors/ProtectYourself/AvoidInvestmentFraud

FINRA BrokerCheck®
http://www.finra.org/Investors/ToolsCalculators/BrokerCheck

FINRA Risk Meter and Scam Meter Tools
http://www.finra.org/Investors/ToolsCalculators

FSI Fraud Scene Investigator (NASAA)
http://www.nasaa.org/Investor_Education/FSI

FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp

FTC's Official Identity Theft Site
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft

FTC's You Are Here Site
http://www.ftc.gov/YouAreHere

Identity Theft and You (MyFico.com)
http://www.myfico.com/Downloads/Files/myFICO_IDTheft_Booklet.pdf

NASAA's United Against Investment Fraud
http://www.nasaa.org/investor_education/10903.cfm 

SEC Investment Advisor Public Disclosure
http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov

OnGuard Online: Your Safety Net
http://www.onguardonline.gov 

Take Charge: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/idtheft/idt04.pdf

Stossel in the Classroom
http://stosselintheclassroom.org

Insurance and Taxation

American Council of Life Insurers
http://www.acli.com/ACLI

Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov

InVEST: Classroom to Career Insurance Education
http://www.investprogram.org

Understanding Taxes (IRS)
http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes

Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses

Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership (University of Illinois)
http://www.business.illinois.edu/ael

Center for Entrepreneurship & Economic Education (University of Missouri – St. Louis)
http://www.umsl.edu/~econed

Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
http://www.entre-ed.org

NCEE EntrePrep Summer Institute
http://www.entreprep.org

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
http://www.kauffman.org

i.c.stars
http://www.icstars.org

Junior Achievement Student Center:  Your Map to Tomorrow
http://studentcenter.ja.org

Junior Achievement Student Center:  Plan A Business
http://studentcenter.ja.org/aspx/PlanBusiness

Mind Your Own Business
http://www.mindyourownbiz.org/default.shtml

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
http://www.nfte.com

U.S. Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov

YoungBiz
http://www.youngbiz.com

Career and Workforce Development

America's Career One Stop
http://www.acinet.org/acinet

Best Jobs in America (CNN Money)
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2006

BLS Employment Projections Program
http://www.bls.gov/emp/#tables

BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco

BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook Teacher's Guide
http://www.bls.gov/oco/teachers_guide.htm

CareerLaunch (Boys & Girls Clubs of America)
http://careerlaunch.net

Career Voyages
http://www.careervoyages.gov

Exploring Career Information from the BLS
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm

Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity - Workforce Development
http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Workforce_Development

Illinois Department of Employment Security
http://lmi.ides.state.il.us

Illinois Office of Educational Services
http://www.ioes.org

Illinois WorkNet Center
http://www.illinoisworknet.com

National Center for Education Statistics
http://www.nces.ed.gov

Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
http://http://www.onetcenter.org

U.S. Department of Labor "Youth Rules!"
http://youthrules.dol.gov/teens/default.htm

Fun Links for Kids

Bureau of Engraving and Printing: Fun and Games
http://www.moneyfactory.com/kids/start.html

Ed’s Bank (Practical Money Skills for Life)
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/pop/games/p_ed_bank.html

Escape from Knab
http://www.escapefromknab.com

Fed Games
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fed101/games

Financial Literacy for Kids: The Centsables
http://www.centsables.com

Hands On Banking
http://www.handsonbanking.org

Planet Orange (ING Direct)
http://www.orangekids.com

Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times (Sesame Street)
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/toughtimes/resources

US Mint – for Kids
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/

US Treasury – for Kids
http://www.ustreas.gov/kids/

Fun Links for Young Adults

Budget Hero (American Public Media)
budgethero.publicradio.org/widget/widget.php

CareerLaunch (Boys & Girls Clubs of America)
http://careerlaunch.net

Countdown to Retirement (Practical Money Skills for Life)
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/flash/countdown/countdown.html

ECON4U.org (The Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy)
http://econ4u.org

Fed 101
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fed101

Financial Football (Practical Money Skills for Life)
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games

Financial Soccer (VISA)
http://www.financialsoccer.com

FSI Fraud Scene Investigator Online Program (NASAA)
http://www.wvsao.gov/suitableinvestments

FTC's You Are Here Site
http://www.ftc.gov/YouAreHere

Get Rich Slow
http://crr.bc.edu/grs/grs.html

Hands On Banking
http://www.handsonbanking.org

It All Adds Up
http://www.italladdsup.org

MoneySkill
http://www.moneyskill.org

Money Talks
http://moneytalks4teens.org

Moneyville
http://community.ca.uky.edu/moneyville

Road Trip to Savings (Practical Money Skills for Life)
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/pop/games/p_road_trip.html

Show Me the Future
http://www.showmethefuture.org

U.S. Treasury Bad Credit Hotel (ControlYourCredit.gov)
http://www.controlyourcredit.gov

Your Life, Your Money, Your World - The Game (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/your-life-your-money/ylymyw.php

What's My Score (VISA)
http://www.whatsmyscore.org

Other Educational Resources for Teachers

Consumer Ed
http://www.consumered.com

EconEdLink
http://www.econedlink.org

EconEdReviews
http://www.econedreviews.org

Family Economics & Financial Education Program (FEFE)
http://fefe.arizona.edu

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Teacher Resources
http://www.frbsf.org/education/teachers

Federal Reserve Consumer Help
http://www.federalreserveconsumerhelp.gov

Federal Reserve Education
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fred

iThryv Professor (weProsper)
http://www.weProsper.org

Making Sen$e: Your Guide to the Economy (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/makingsense

Practical Money Skills for Life
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com

Thinkfinity
http://www.thinkfinity.org

U.S. Department of the Treasury's Educational Learning Vault
http://www.treas.gov/education

Your Life, Your Money (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/your-life-your-money

Youth Education: Hitting the Fundamentals (The Actuarial Foundation)
http://www.actuarialfoundation.org/programs/youth_education.shtml

360 Degrees of Financial Literacy – Your Money Your Life
http://www.360financialliteracy.org

State Agencies

Illinois Attorney General's Office
http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov

Illinois Chamber of Commerce
http://www.ilchamber.org

Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
http://www.idfpr.com

Illinois Secretary of State
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com

Illinois State Treasurer
http://www.treasurer.il.gov

Pennsylvania Office of Financial Education
http://www.moneysbestfriend.com

Federal Agencies

Comptroller of the Currency
http://www.occ.treas.gov

Federal Reserve Board
http://www.federalreserve.gov

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov

Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
http://www.occ.treas.gov

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov

U.S. Department of the Treasury - Office of Financial Education
http://www.ustreas.gov/financialeducation

U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission
http://www.mymoney.gov

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov

U.S. Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov

U. S. Social Security Administration
http://www.socialsecurity.gov

Non-Profit Organizations

AARP
http://www.aarp.org

Alliance for Investor Education
http://www.investoreducation.org

American Savings Education Council
http://www.choosetosave.org/asec

Consumer Federation of America
http://www.consumerfed.org

Economic Awareness Council
http://www.econcouncil.org

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
http://www.kauffman.org

FINRA Investor Education Foundation
http://www.finrafoundation.org

Investor Protection Trust
http://www.investorprotection.org

Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
http://www.jumpstartcoalition.org

Junior Achievement
http://www.ja.org/programs

Money Management International
http://www.moneymanagement.org

National Endowment for Financial Education®
http://www.nefe.org

Global Organizations

Aflatoun, Child Social & Financial Education (Amsterdam)
http://www.aflatoun.org

CITI-FT Financial Education Summit
http://www.financialeducationsummit.org

International Gateway for Financial Education (IGFE)
http://www.financial-education.org

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
http://www.imf.org

Investor Education Fund (Canada)
http://www.investored.ca

Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (Canada)
http://www.sedi.org/html/splash/index.asp

The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org

University of Bristol Personal Finance Research Centre (United Kingdom)
http://www.pfrc.bris.ac.uk

Professional Associations

American Bankers Association
http://www.aba.com

American Benefits Council
http://www.appwp.org

American Council of Life Insurers
http://www.acli.com/ACLI

American Council on Consumer Interests
http://www.consumerinterests.org

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
http://www.aicpa.org

Association for Career and Technical Education
http://www.acteonline.org

Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education
http://www.afcpe.org

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards
http://www.cfp.net

Credit Union National Association
http://www.creditunion.coop

Financial Planning Association
http://www.fpanet.org

Global Association of Teachers of Economics (GATE)
http://www.councilforeconed.org/gate

Illinois Association for Career and Technical Education
http://www.iacte.org

Illinois Business Education Association (IBEA)
http://www.ibea.org

National Association of Economic Educators
http://www.naee.net

National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
http://www.napfa.org

National Career Development Association
http://www.ncda.org

National Foundation for Credit Counseling
http://www.nfcc.org

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
http://www.nfte.com

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