Youth Services

The Got Money? Club

The Got Money? Club provides financial literacy after-school program to middle school and high school aged students. This program focuses on helping youth get control of their money and spending habits with a performance-based curriculum designed to actively engage youth in real life activities. The program module is patterned after the FDIC Money Smart curriculum. Each lesson pan and each outside project are geared to progressively move youth toward core competencies in financial literacy. They also learn how financial decisions affect an entire community and the nation’s economy as a shole. Youth are involved in the planning and successful execution of the project by action as youth leaders. The youth leaders work closely with classroom instructors and facilitators in classroom proparation and workshop presentations. The youth leaders also are responsible for coordination group discussions, soliciting ideas from other youth participants and developing a marketing strategy and campaign for community involvement. Youth not only learn practical hand-on applications from the financial literacy program but also other valuable related shills such as interpersonal relationship development, communication skills such as interpersonal relationship development, communication skills, leadership fundamentals, character preformation, and integrity.