• 3/19/10 State Farm Insurance sponsors two Money Smart Book Libraries in Pontiac Schools
• 1/25/10 Three Programs Designed in Michigan to Help Save for Your Child's College Education - JumpStart’s Vice Chair, James Studinger, a financial planner in Bloomfield Hills , describes college savings programs on Fox 2 news
• 12/15/09 Obama Administration Seeks To Improve High School Financial Literacy - the Obama administration announced a new campaign to promote financial education for high school students nationwide. A  joint effort by the Treasury Department and the Department of Education to bring National Financial Capability Challenge, Focus on Financial Education to Classrooms Across the Country
• 7/16/09 Cindy Gowell, a teacher from Potterville High School talks about the importance of personal finance education in a radio interview on "AM Lansing"
• 6/16/09 Michigan Jump$tart on the radio (AM Lansing) discussing our efforts to help educators teach financial education to students (MP3 file)
• 3/24/09 Jump$tart Coalition to Honor Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson for Financial Literacy Efforts
• 3/03/09 Charles Schwab Foundation Announces Winners of Fall 2008 National Financial Literacy Challenge Scholarship Awards
• Money Smart Book Library donated by Extra Credit Union to Westview Middle School

Financial Train Wrecks: Study Finds Parents May Be Young Peoples Top Defense:  How Young Adults Really Manage and Think About Their Money (Adobe Acrobat file)

Financial Literacy Testimony Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Sandra F. Braunstein, Director, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs discusses the Federal Reserve's continued commitment to financial education and consumer outrearch.

"We did it! Thanks for your support." Mickey Switalski State Senator and sponsor of Senate Bill 834
10th District

A message from Lois Gibbons - President Michigan Jump$tart Coalition:

Congratulations Personal Finance supporters! Personal Finance Education is now a reality for MI Students! Click here for entire article.

State Financial Education Requirements

During the Money Math press conference, Dara Duguay also announced that the map of state financial education requirements is now live on the Jump$tart website.  http://www.jumpstart.org/state_legislation/index.cfm  The research for this project was sponsored by Citi's Office of Financial Education.  Dara Duguay and Lois Vitt will discuss this project at Jump$tart's general partners meeting in April.