Links
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
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
