PATF Awarded 2023 Excellence In Financial Literacy Education Award

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Susan Tachau, PATF's Chief Innovation Officer (left) and Karen Hassett, PATF's Financial Education Director (right), accepted the award during the Annual Conference on Financial Education (ACFE) in April.

We are excited to announce that Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) has been awarded the 2023 Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Award from the Institute for Financial Literacy.

The award acknowledges PATF’s financial education curriculum, Cents and Sensibility: A Guide to Money Management and the Educator Companion Manual. Cents and Sensibility addresses the financial education needs of people with disabilities, while the Educator Companion Manual is a complimentary resource for anyone taking on an educator’s role with financial education.

“We are honored to receive this award recognizing our advocacy for greater access to financial education for people with disabilities,” said PATF’s CEO Ben Laudermilch. “This curriculum is comprehensive, fully accessible, and can help close the knowledge gap when it comes to your personal finances and financial future.”

You can download Cents and Sensibility: A Guide to Money Management and the Educator Companion Manual at: patf.us/what-we-do/financial-education/.

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Investing For My Future –

A Supplement to Cents & Sensibility:

A Guide to Money Management

In the 7th Edition of Cents and Sensibility, we devoted a chapter on

the importance of saving, tips on

how to save, and how to save safely without losing benefits.

In 2023, we took the next step on saving for the future, creating a stand-alone chapter: Investing for My Future -

A Supplement to Cents and Sensibility: A Guide to Money Management.

This chapter is now available as a download from our website and will be included in the 8th Edition of Cents and Sensibility, which will be out this fall.

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Happy Retirement!

Congratulations on Your Wonderful Career, Marlies!

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We want to wish Marlies Singh a happy retirement🎉!

Marlies was PATF’s Financial Manager for 15 years, meticulously maintaining our financial records and financial reporting requirements for government grants, payroll, and employee benefits.

We recently celebrated Marlies at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, exploring the Native American Voices: The People – Here and Now exhibition.

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Success Story

PATF's Program Specialist Receives Certification in Digital Advertising and

Social Media

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Please join us in congratulating PATF's Program Specialist & Office Manager Mary Kate Cassidy!

As part of her graduate studies in digital marketing at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, she had the opportunity to become certified in digital advertising and social media through HubSpot.

"During the Digital Advertising certification course, I learned the ins and outs of creating a customer-centric advertising strategy. My Social Media certification focused on topics such as social monitoring, content strategy, social engagement, and creating social media policies," Mary Kate said.

She hopes to use her knowledge from these courses in PATF’s digital marketing efforts. That's great news, Mary Kate!

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