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

• Financial Capability
  This website is designed to share proven resources used or developed by Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Financial Education professionals with other financial professionals.
• Financial Coaching Strategies
  This site is a resource for those interested in learning more about financial coaching and those already practicing coaching in their communities.
• Lunchtime Learning
  This is a WisLine series designed for financial educators to gain insights on current topics in financial education.
  • Lunchtime Learning Issue Briefs

• 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

• About the House
  This site provides information on common home care and maintenance issues, energy and a healthy home environment.
• 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