June 14, 2007 / Issue 2.6
Dear Members,
The financial literacy community in California is healthy and our impact is growing. As new people join California Jump$tart there are two questions that are most often asked:
Question #1: What is California Jump$tart and what do they do? Answer: The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy is a national coalition of state organizations dedicated to improving the financial literacy of kindergarten through college-age youth by providing advocacy, research, standards and educational resources. California Jump$tart is a 501(c)3 whose objectives are to help its members be more effective, efficient and powerful by communicating updates and opportunities, facilitating networking and partnering and pursuing an active government relationships strategy that results in implementation of personal financial literacy at every grade level K-12.
Question #2: How do you become a member of CAJ$? Answer: If you are a member of the CA financial literacy community you are a member of California Jump$tart. We know about you and count you as a member when you sign up for our newsletter.
Please join with us to grow our membership by forwarding this email to others interested in financial literacy and asking them to sign up for our newsletters. The more people we can involve, the more benefits we can provide for all.
I'm happy to announce a new CAJ$ Advisory Group member, Chauncey Veatch, a teacher in the Coachella Valley and 2003 national teacher of the year. Welcome and we look forward to working with you.
If you have questions or would like more information in any area, please contact us at info@cajumpstart.org
Thank you for all your efforts. We're making progress.
Have Fun,
Jim Greenwood, Chair
California Jump$tart Coalition
http://www.cajumpstart.org
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Member Spotlight - Get to Know CAJ$ Members
In this new section of our newsletter, we will be profiling our members, their financial literacy work, and any resources they have to offer or are in need of. If you would like us to profile you or your organization, please send us a write up (80 words or less) and link to your orgainzaiton. We'll share a few of them each month. Send profiles to info@cajumpstart.org
Government Relations
The CAJ$ Board has an active government relations strategy that is focused on the implementation of personal financial education at every level -- from K through 12th grades. In this section we'll keep you up to date on various parts of government relations, including our own strategies, as well as legislative and state agency developments. Please contact us with updates you think would be of interest to our members at info@cajumpstart.org
California Jump$tart has supported AB 150 http://cajumpstart.org/pdf/cajumpstart_letter_0507.pdf
Check out updates on AB 150 and other bills at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
Member Updates and Resources
Thank you to everyone who has sent in news and links. And thanks to Sam X Renick for his continuing contributions. Sam is a CAJ$ Advisory Group Member and Founder and CEO of The "It's a Habit!" Company, Inc. www.itsahabit.com If you have updates or resources to share, please send them to info@cajumpstart.org
How do residents of your community launch a Community Financial Resources Website? Jean-Luc Bourdon (jeanlucbourdon@hotmail.com) a Santa Barbara CPA/PFS, answered the question by launching www.sbmoney.org Check it out as a model for your own community financial resources website.
Write a Children's Tale for Your Chance to be Published and Win $1,000. http://www.adventuresinsaving.com.
'Savingsman' PSAs Capture 4 Regional Emmy Nominations. The public service announcements are sponsored by Choose to Save® (CTS, www.choosetosave.org), a national education program of the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Education and Research Fund and its American Savings Education Council (ASEC).
23 online lessons that include budgeting, investing and controlling debt. "Money 101" from CNNMoney.com centers on a series of lessons and a number of online tools to help the user establish a budget, set financial priorities, and calculate the future value of savings. It may be a little high level for younger kids, but could be useful for high school students. More...
Vanguard - Plain Talk on Investing podcast. A biweekly series dedicated to helping you achieve financial success through practical, easy-to-follow steps. More...
Website VideoJug profiles CAJ$ Board member Mitch Freedman's thoughts on kids and money. More...
Thinking like the enemy (of your budget,that is) Innovative ideas and programs are what turns information into learning. More...
Loyola High School 2007 CFALA Capital Markets Contest Winner.
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