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Money Talks

The Ohio State University Extension program “Real Money. Real World.” involves a series of financial education lessons followed by a real-life budgeting simulation activity in which students are assigned a job with a corresponding salary and a family to care for. For the simulation, students wear the hat of 27-year-old adult and main income earner […]

REVIEWED BY: Candace Heer, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County, heer.7@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • http://www.nefe.org/what-we-provide/research/search.aspx

REFERENCES:

  • http://moneyasyougrow.org
  • http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm

What resources are available if I receive a foreclosure notice/foreclosure filing?

The first resource for Ohioans is the Foreclosure Prevention Hotline through the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) at 1-888-404-4674 and online at www.savethedream.ohio.gov The agency is ready to provide helpful support near you. Their site has a resource page to assist homeowners avoid foreclosure. The people who answer the phone can refer you to a […]

Are Child Savings Accounts the Magic Bullet?

Have you heard that having a savings account in your child’s name will increase their chances of attending college, graduating from college, having fewer student loans, and even improving reading and math scores? According to Terri Friedline’s research (The Independent Effects of Savings Accounts in Children’s Names on their Savings Outcomes in Young Adulthood(PDF)Links to a […]

REVIEWED BY: Nancy Stehulak, Family & Consumer Sciences Educator in Henry County, Ohio State University Extension

Why I Am Bringing Work Home

As a Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, I feel strongly about finding a balance between work-life and home-life, but since my work is about families, sometimes it all overlaps! When my daughters were growing up and I was working with community nutrition education, they would often ask about a container of food in the refrigerator: […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker

REVIEWED BY: Kristen Corry

Charity is Giving, Philanthropy is Doing.

Reaching out to others in need is as American as apple pie. Putting loose change in a donation bucket to help rebuild after a natural disaster, running in a 5K race for a cause, and providing canned goods to the local food shelter are all examples of charity. Giving is how we show compassion for […]

WRITTEN BY: Kristen Corry, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Monroe & Noble Counties & Polly Loy, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Belmont County

REVIEWED BY: Nancy Stehulak, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Henry County

C-O-N-T-R-0-L: That’s the Way you Spell Success

Two words with similar meanings that you will never find paired in a thesaurus are budget and diet. A budget is a system or plan used to manage your money.  If you spend more than you earn, you need to do one of two things:  decrease expenses or increase income……or try a little of both. […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa Welker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • http://search.creativecommons.org/

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