Organized in 2000, the Michigan Jump$tart Coalition for Financial Literacy is a conglomeration of more than 30 organizations— public, private and non-profit—that seek to improve the personal financial literacy of Michigan´s young adults. Like the national umbrella organization, the Michigan Jump$tart Coalition endeavors to increase the prominence of financial literacy of young adults; develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of standards for grades K-12; and promote the teaching of personal finance.

The Jump$tart Coalition believes that all young adults need to have the financial literacy necessary to make informed financial decisions. The coalition wants to increase public awareness that, like reading or math, personal finance management is a fundamental life skill that needs to be taught.

For that reason, the Jump$tart Coalition is doing what it can to support educators in creating new personal finance courses, as well as improving the quality of existing ones. Educators interested in more than 200 high-quality personal finance teaching resources to use in their K-12 classrooms can find materials at www.jumpstartcoalition.org.  Topics cover income, money management, saving and investing and spending.  The coalition has also developed educator standards and benchmarks that have received input from a number of educators throughout the country and are also available on the Web site.