Helping families meet future needs while keeping pace with day-to-day expenses and addressing the basics of earning, spending, saving, investing, and housing issues.

Financial Education & Coaching

• Extension Financial Education
  Your source for research-based information to help individuals and families achieve their financial goals.
• Money $mart in Head Start
  Financial education for parents including financial education and coaching with Head Start families

Personal Money Management

• Managing Your Personal Finances in Tough Times
  
  Proven resources to help people make sound financial choices in tough times.
• Tax Credits for Low and Moderate Income Families
  This website is intended to increase awareness and use of available tax credits for low and moderate income families in Wisconsin.

Housing

• Rent Smart
  Rent Smart is an education program designed to help renters acquire and keep decent housing.
• Wisconsin Homeowner Preservation Education
  This curriculum seeks to help homeowners understand the benefits and responsibilities of owning and maintaining a home.

Research

• Center for Financial Security
  The CFS focus is on applied research that promotes individual and family financial security, consumer and personal financial decision making.

How We Make a Difference

• Short reports showing the effectiveness of our programs across the state