Budgeting/Credit
American Bankers Association www.aba.com
Bankrate.com www.bankrate.com
Consumer Federation of America www.consumerfed.org
National Foundation for Credit Counseling www.nfcc.org
(click Member Agency Locator)
Credit History
Equifax www.equifax.com
Experian www.experian.com
TransUnion www.tuc.com
Health Insurance
U.S. Department of the Treasury Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) www.treasury.gov/offices/public-affairs/hsa/
Life Insurance
Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education www.childwelfare.gov
Taxes
Internal Revenue Service www.irs.gov
- Adoption Credit www.irs.gov/instructions/i8839/ch01.html
To file for your adoption credit (not post-adoption) and to
figure employer-provided adoption benefits you can exclude
from income, if your employer has a qualified adoption assistance
program.
- Tax Benefits for Adoption www.irs.gov
Explains Adoption Credit and Exclusion from Income of Benefits
Under Your Employer’s Adoption Assistance Program.
- Child and Dependent Care Credit www.irs.gov
- Earned Income Tax Credit www.irs.gov
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Saving and Investing
Alliance for Investor Education www.investoreducation.org
America Saves www.americasaves.org
American Banks Association www.aba.com
(click Consumer Connection)
Corporation for Enterprise Development www.cfed.org
Federal Citizen Information Center www.pueblo.gsa.gov
(click Money)
Financial Planning Association www.fpanet.org
Legal Services Corporation www.lsc.gov
Teaching Children about Money
For Adults
Caregiver’s Handbook for Money Pals: Being Cool with Cash and
I Know Where I’m Going (But Will My Cash Keep Up?), The Annie
Casey Foundation, www.aecf.org
ParentBanc
A kit that gives children their own checkbook in which they can credit
deposits from allowances, gifts, and earnings, and then write checks
(payable by the adult) when they want to make withdrawals. 1-800-471-3000
and toystores.
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees, by Neale Godfrey
Smart Money Moves for Kids, by Judith Briles
For Younger Kids
Books
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday, by Judith Viorst
Arthur’s Funny Money, by Lillian Hoban
The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies, by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Everywitness Books: Money, by Joe Cribb
Freckle Juice, by Judy Blume
The Go-Around Dollar, by Barbara Johnson Adams
The Peanut Butter and Jelly Game, by Adam Eisenson
If You Made a Million, by David M. Schwartz
Money, Money, Money, by Nancy Winslow Parker
The Monster Money Book, by Loreen Leedy
Software
The Coin Changer (Heartsoft)
Treasure MathStorm (The Learning Company)
Dollarville (Waypoint)
For Older Kids
Books
All the Money in the World, by Bill Brittain
Copying with Money, by Richard S. and Mary Pierce Lee
Fast Cash for Kids, by Bonnie and Noel Drew
The Kid’s Guide to Money, by Steve Otfinoski
Smart Spending: A Young Consumer’s Guide, by Lois Schmitt
Software
Hot Dog Stand (Sunburst Communications)
The Oregon Trail (MECC)
Whatsit Corp. (Sunburst Communications)
Videotapes
The Making of Money (Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 1-800-456-3408)
Piggy Banks to Money Markets (Kid Videos, 1-617-965-3345)
Schoolhouse Rock: Money Rock (Disney)
Magazines and Newsletters
Y.N.E. (1-888-543-7929)
Web Sites
College Board www.collegeboard.org
Investing in Your Future http://library.thinkquest.org/3298
Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy www.jumpstart.org
Kids Bank www.kidsbank.com
Moneyopolis www.moneyopolis.org
The NEFE Teen Resource Bureau (ntrb) www.ntrbonline.org/english/
Young Fools www.fool.com/teens/FamilyCollection980325.htm
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