NEFE Resources Beyond the HSFPP
On Your Own: A Blog for Young Adults
Did you know that the NEFE provides resources for educators and consumers beyond the High School Financial Planning Program? Periodically the newsletter will highlight a NEFE tool or resource and will provide ideas for how it can be used in collaboration with HSFPP.
All NEFE materials are free, unbiased, and noncommercial.
Stories can bring personal finance concepts to life. Whether they are the stories incorporated in the HSFPP materials, a personal story you bring to the class, or a story from a student.
NEFE's On Your Own blog, launched in July 2013, can be used as an educational resource to provide stories from young adults supporting themselves financially for the first time. The blog provides practical guidance from experts as well as true stories from peers about the challenges and opportunities they have faced on the way to financial independence.
On Your Own stories include mistakes as well as successes and aim to create a space for people of varying lifestyles, education, income levels, financial goals, and employment situations to learn from one another.
You can register to be notified when new On Your Own stories are added. New stories are also posted on the HSFPP Facebook page and often will provide ideas on how to incorporate the new story into the HSFPP curriculum.
NEFE's president and CEO Ted Beck believes strongly in On Your Own's mission, saying, "Young adults today face huge financial challenges. Traditional modes of financial education, such as getting guidance through their employer's benefits department, are not reaching them. We need to engage these young people early, with relevant messaging that shows that making informed financial decisions is key to their future, regardless of their lifestyle or goals."
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