Financial Education

New $tart for Financial Success

For More Information Contact:

New Start For Financial Success Homepage:  http://newstart.osu.edu/

The New $tart for Financial Success Program is geared to:

• Help evaluate current financial resources, set SMART financial goals, and establish a personalized plan to meet those goals.  Help bankruptcy filers develop and carry out a plan to discharge debts and manage personal finances as they move forward.
• Help find ways to establish and balance budgets, reduce spending, set up and keep financial records, make wise insurance choices and understand credit.
• Help find resources to help with budgeting, credit, insurance, record keeping and consumer questions.

Erie on a Budget

Erie County Your Job Store and OSU Extension are working together to bring you this workshop.  It can help you get on a budget, help you stay on that budget and provide other valuable information about your finances.

Call YOUR JOB STORE to sign up: 419-624-6451.  Your Job Store is located at 5500 Milan Road in Sandusky.

Be Frugal AND 'Green'

Do you think being "green" is costly?  Think again.  Click on the heading to get ideas and tips on how you can be 'green' and save money. 

Connections to Web Sites

The following are some family and consumer sciences as well as some other interesting web sites you may find helpful. When you are on-line, just point and click on the link you want to visit.

• Ohio State University Family & Consumer Sciences
• Senior Series Factsheet Index
• The College of Human Ecology at the Ohio State University
• Extension WorkLife Project
• Manage Your Money
  
• Ohioline - OSU Information
• OAFCS Home Page
• United States Postal Service Home Page
• State of Ohio Front Page
• The National Agricultural Library
• Cooperative State Research Education & Extension Service 
• Cooperative State Research Family Development
• Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data
•  The American Dietetic Association on the Net!
• Food and Drug Administration Home Page