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From: referencepoints@...Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:37 AMTo: tatra@...Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: Money Smart: A Financial Education ProgramREFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER CenterREFERENCE POINTS: Money Smart: A Financial Education ProgramRecognizing the importance of financial education, particularly for people with little or no banking experience, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has created Money Smart, a training program to help adults outside the financial mainstream enhance their money skills and create positive banking relationships. The FDIC has also developed a version for youth, ages 12 - 20 to help them learn the basics of handling money and finances. Both versions of the curriculum are available in English and in Spanish. The Spanish versions can be found at http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmartsp/index.html , and the English versions at http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/index.html* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *REFERENCE POINTS is administered by PACER Center http://www.PACER.org as a technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project. The TATRA Project is funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/index.aspTo UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.aspReaders are invited to send information about new resources on secondary education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to tatra@....Reference Points received initial support from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition http://www.ncset.org/. Visit their web site for a wealth of information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities.Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of this material.