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Money Management for Teens

The National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE) and Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) have announced signing a new five-year agreement to promote financial education to youth through the NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP).

Florida has participated in this excellent program and over the past five years approximately 150,000 high school students have taken the course. The program is provided free of cost to teachers and students by the NEFE (National Endowment of Financial Education). Florida Cooperative Extension is one of the many partners.

Read this press release for more information.

Contributed by: Jo Turner, Ph.D., CFP, Professor, Family and Consumer Economics