n
NYBA's global financial literacy and
empowerment partner, Operation HOPE,
has opened a HOPE Center in Harlem. Operation HOPE's mission is the
expansion of economic opportunity in under served communities through
economic education and empowerment. To improve the economic quality of
life for individuals, families and communities through programs that
create stakeholders: converting check cashing customers into banking
customers, renters into homeowners, small business dreamers into small
business owners, and minimum wage workers into living wage workers. To
learn more, click on
www.operationhope.org ...
To learn more about identity theft and how to protect your credit, click
on the Federal Trade Commission's special
ID theft site.
For more information about this valuable program, go to
www.godirect.org.
n The New York
City Fair
Lending
coalition
has a
message
for all New
York
homeowners
who need a
loan.
n New York
City Fair
Lending
Coalition tiene un
mensaje para todos
los
propietarios
de vivienda que necesitan
un préstamo.
n
The Treasury Department's Office of Financial Education
now offers an online
"Federal Financial Education Resources"
directory.
n Click
here for a special book offer for
Making a Million with only $2000 - Every Young
Person CAN Do It!
n Money in
Motion is a financial literacy program designed to help teachers educate
their students on basic financial skills. Lesson plans and handouts can be
downloaded from the Scholastic, Inc.
website.
n
Financial Literacy
Resources provides links to various websites
offering financial literacy information.
