I. Turning Your Dreams Into Goals
Here are just a few of the resources available on this topic. Please note that this list is not all inclusive, and it does not suggest an endorsement by the Community Action Partnership or NEFE. Your local librarian is another good source of information.
Books
Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want — Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible by Brian Tracy (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2010).
Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It by Henriette Anne Klauser Ph.D. (Fireside Books, 2001).
Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals (Worksmart) by Michael S. Dobson and Susan B. Wilson (AMACOM, 2008).
Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want by Barbara Sher and Annie Gottlieb (Ballantine Books, 2003).
Websites
SMART Goal Setting
Goal Setting: 77 Tips
Goal Setting Advice and Tips from Gary Ryan Blair
II. Managing Your Money
Here are just a few of the resources available on this topic. Please note that this list is not all inclusive, and it does not suggest an endorsement by the Community Action Partnership or NEFE. Your local librarian is another good source of information.
Booklets
66 Ways to Save Money
Source: Consumer Federation of America
Effective Strategies for Personal Money Management
Source: Center for Personal Financial Education
Getting Fiscally Fit
Making Your Paychecks Count
Source: National Urban League/NEFE
Money Management Basics
Source: Foundation for Credit Education
Your Spending, Your Savings, Your Future: A Beginner's Guide to Financial Readiness
Books
Ernst & Young’s Personal Financial Planning Guide (5th ed., NY: John Wiley and Sons, 2004).
Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties by Beth Kobliner (3rd ed., Fireside, 2009).
Make the Most of Your Money Now: The Classic Bestseller Completely Revised for the New Economy by Jane Bryant Quinn (Simon & Schuster, 2009).
A Survival Guide to Debt: How to Overcome Tough Times & Restore Your Financial Health by Mitchell Allen (Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2009).
The Wall Street Journal. Guide to Starting Your Financial Life by Karen Blumenthal (Three Rivers Press, 2009).
The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Personal Finance by Kenneth M. Morris and Virginia B. Morris (4th ed., Fireside, 2004).
The Wealthy Barber, Updated 3rd Edition: Everyone's Commonsense Guide to Becoming Financially Independent by David Chilton (Prima Publishing, 2007).
Credit-related Sites
www.bankrate.com (loan information, interest rates)
www.cardweb.com (credit cards)
www.equifax.com (credit reports)
www.experian.com (credit reports)
www.transunion.com (credit reports)
Government Agencies
Consumer Information Center: www.pueblo.gsa.gov/money.htm
Earned Income Tax Credit: www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96406,00.html
Social Security Administration
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program
Magazines/Newspapers
Bloomberg Personal Finance
Consumer Reports
Investor’s Business Daily
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine
Money
Morningstar Mutual Funds (ask for this at the library)
Smart Money
Value Line Investment Survey and Value Line Mutual Fund Survey
(ask for these at the
library)
The Wall Street Journal
Money Management and Personal Financial Planning Resources
Smart About Money: Resource Library
Smart About Money: Economic Survival Tips
Nonprofit Organizations
Alliance for Investor Education/The Investor's Clearhinghouse
AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons)
American Savings Education Council
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.: 800-487-1497
Financial Planning Association: 1-800-322-4237
Financial Resources for Women and Children, Inc.
National Association of Personal Financial Advisors: 847-483-5400
National Endowment for Financial Education
National Foundation for Credit Counseling: 1-800-388-2227
North American Securities Administrators Association
Society of Financial Service Professionals: 1-610-526-2500
Industry Trade Associations
Investment Company Institute (mutual funds)
Investor Organizations
National Association of Investors Corporation
III. Employment ABCs
Here are just a few of the resources available on this topic. Please note that this list is not all inclusive, and it does not suggest an endorsement by the Community Action Partnership or NEFE. Your local librarian is another good source of information.
Books
Cover Letter Magic, 4th Ed: Trade Secrets of Professional Resume Writers
by Wendy S. Enelow and Louise M. Kursmark (Jist Works, 2010).
Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions by Martin Yate (7th ed., Kogan Page, 2008).
Knock 'em Dead Resumes: Features the Latest Information on Online Postings, Email Techniques, and Follow-up Strategies by Martin Yate (8th ed., Adams Media, 2008).
State manufacturing directories—lists all major companies, gives contact information. Every state has one. Check your local library.
The National Job Bank 2011 (CD): The Complete Employment Guide to Over 20,000 American Companies by editors of Adams Media (2010).
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Bolles (Ten Speed Press, 2009).
Government Agencies
Department of Labor
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: for technical assistance, call 1-800-669-4000; for documents, call 1-800-669-3362
The National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB)
Small Business Administration: call your local SBA office or 1-800-8-ASK-SBA (827-5722)
Social Security Administration: 1-800-772-1213
Job Banks
Your local unemployment office.
State Job Banks: www.ajb.dni.us
Nonprofit Organizations
Disabled Businesspersons Association
Job Accommodation Network: 1-800-526-7234
National Organization on Disability: 1-202-293-5960
NEFE Smart About Money—Education and Career Website
IV. Individual Development Accounts
Here are just a few of the resources available on this topic. Please note that this list is not all inclusive, and it does not suggest an endorsement by the Community Action Partnership or NEFE. Your local librarian is another good source of information.
Brochures
Individual Development Accounts: Overview
Books
Can the Poor Save?: Saving and Asset Building in Individual Development Accounts by Mark Schreiner and Michael Sherraden (Transaction Publishers, 2006).
Nonprofit Organizations
Center for Social Development
Corporation for Enterprise Development
IDA information 1-202-408-9788, 1-415-495-2333,1-919-688-6444
V. Your Housing Options
Here are just a few of the resources available on this topic. Please note that this list is not all inclusive, and it does not suggest an endorsement by the Community Action Partnership or NEFE. Your local librarian is another good source of information.
Booklets and Books
Federal Citizen Information Center: Housing Information
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Home Buying Brochure
Fannie Mae Foundation: How to Buy Your Own Home
Nonprofit Organizations
Federal Housing Authority; FHA Loan Frequently Asked Questions
HUD consumer information and publications
HUD information on homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Web Sites
NEFE Smart About Money Economic Survival Tips
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