Cooperative Extension Service Departments
Family and Consumer Sciences Programming
Family Resource Management Curricula and Resources for Limited Resource
Audiences - Updated July 2004
Extension Educational Resources
Here is a list of the most suitable programs. Other programs may also meet
the needs of the audience. Consult with family resource management specialist if
in doubt.
1. Financial Goals, Planning Spending
Leader Training (EHC or Train the Trainer)
Families, Youth and Gambling: Who is Vulnerable? - Lead a discussion on
extent of gambling, by whom, and affect on the family. Discuss stages of a
gambling addiction. Learn questions to ask to determine if gambling is a problem
with a family member or friend. (Volunteer Leader Training Guide - 2000)
How Do You Manage the Holidays? - Lead a discussion on how to manage holiday
schedules and minimize stress. (Volunteer Leader Training Guide - 1999)
Making the Most of Your Food Dollar: Feeding Children - Seven parent
newsletters discuss how to manage the food dollar. Topics include planning meals
and snacks (1), breads, cereals, rice, pasta (2), fruits and vegetables (3),
milk, yogurt, and cheese (4), meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts
(5), fats, oils, and sweets (6), feeding children on a budget (7). (Agent
Training lesson – 2002). Forthcoming: exhibits to illustrate concepts in each
newsletter.
Matching Your Money and Your Spending Month by Month - April, August, and
February are all difficult months when money is tight. Discuss daily suggestions
for stretching your money so you will have more month than money. (Volunteer
Leader Training Guide - 2001)
Reaching A Financial Goal - Learn how to determine how
much money you need to save to reach a financial goal? (Volunteer Leader
Training Guide – Learn A Bunch At Lunch packet)
Save Money and Save the Environment: A Lesson on Buying Energy Efficient
Products for the Home - This lesson explores 1) What's new in home
appliances; 2) How consumers can be sure they are purchasing energy efficient
products; 3) Guidelines to follow when it's time to replace your refrigerator,
clothes washer or dryer. (Volunteer Leader Training Guide – 2002)
Smart Money – Teaching Children About Money – When parents understand money
management, they serve as role models for their children. (Volunteer Leader
Training Guide – 2000)
Curricula
***Money & You (Limited Resource Audiences)
A multi-state money management curriculum for limited resource
audiences is accessed on a protected web site. Access to curriculum is on a
protected web site. See family resource management specialist to learn user id
and password.
All counties received a paper copy. Report this activity under extension
programs, managing resources, limited resource audiences. Lessons include:
Communicating And Money (1), Shape Up Your Spending (2), Avoiding
Unpleasant Surprises (3), Cash Crisis (4), Slim Down Your Debt (5),
Making It On Your Own (6), Earned Income Tax Credit (7), Making Wise
Decisions – Your Transportation Needs (8A); Your Child Care Needs (8B).
Financial spending lessons are in bold.
Un-bolded items are credit lessons.
Money Management Lessons – Life Skills for Work & Family
Lessons not listed elsewhere include:
Paying Bills on Time – how to keep track of bills and
what to do when can not pay.
Tracking Expenses – simple ways to keep track of what
you spend.
The Budget Game – an experiential activity to make a
budget for family who does not qualify for government programs.
Money2000 Workbook or in Files
Individual Lesson
Check It Out – Using A Checking Account to Manage Your Money
(suitable for limited resource audiences)
Simulation Activity
*** Life in the “State of Poverty” – A simulation that
teaches how families manage a month of living in poverty. Each family is asked
to pay all bills, buy food and pay the rent or mortgage, and keep their children
in school. A debriefing and discussion follows the activity. Contact the family
resource management specialist.
Project
Money on the Bookshelf – The program is designed to
encourage reading children books with money themes. Includes a list of books an
EHC could buy for the local libraries and a leader’s guide on how to engage the
children in a discussion of the money themes of each book. All counties received
a notebook in 2001.
2. Decrease Debt
Money & You curricula for limited resource audiences:
Cash Crisis (4),
Slim Down Your Debt (5)
Money2000 Notebook - Individual Lessons
Cash Crisis
Credit Danger Signs
Honey, I Shrunk the Debt
The Card Game Called Credit
Slim Down Your Debt
3. Increase Savings / Investing
Money2000 Notebook
How to Save A Dollar When You Don’t Have A Dime to Spare
How to Save $1,000 or More A Year
Feather Your Nest (suitable for limited resource audiences)
4. Workforce Preparation
Leader Training (EHC or Train the Trainer)
Experience Resumes and Targeted Cover Letters - Experience resumes are for
persons with little formal job experience but marketable skills and for persons
with a ragged resume. Targeted cover letters enhance a resume by focusing on
getting an interview for a specific job. (Volunteer Leader Training Guide –
2002)
Job Skills for Work A 12-lesson series in the Life
Skill for Work & Family curriculum designed to help a person prepare a job
search, search, secure and sustain employment. Lessons include: How do I look;
Being the best you can be; What jobs are available?; Changing jobs? Looking for
a job?; Filling out an application; How to have a successful interview; Getting
along with people on the job; So you got the job-now what?; Meeting the public;
Work relationships; Making a career change.
Youth Workforce Preparation. See
Resource Management
Materials – Youth.
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