Programs for Young Adults
Young Illinois Saves
(College Campaigns)
The
Young Illinois
Saves movement is a collaborative effort to increase teen and
young adult saving in the State of Illinois. The Young Illinois
Saves movement is one of the first statewide financial literacy
campaigns for teens and young adults. The Young Illinois Saves
movement is spearheaded by a number of planning partners
including: the Illinois State Treasurer, the City Treasurer of
Chicago, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Consumer
Federation of America, the Economic Awareness Council, State of
Illinois 4H, the Chicago Public Schools and the University of
Illinois.
The Young Illinois
Saves program motivates teens and young adults to save using
trained volunteers to present financial literacy information
related to the need to save, the benefits of saving and how to
save (budgeting). The program makes saving easy through its bank
partnerships and incentives for students to take action by
making saving commitments and beginning to save.
Upcoming Programs
· Budget Builder: Budgeting Tool for College Students, http://www.econcouncil.org/resources.html;
students can use this tool to estimate their budget and learn
more about budgeting in the process.
·
December 2009/January 2010 (Date TBD), Saving and Investing:
Questions and Answer,
Quarterly ic stars,
Chicago, IL, Invitation Only; Inner city young adults
participating in an intensive technology internship program will
have the opportunity to have their saving and investing
questions answered by financial educators and financial services
volunteers. Topics such as budgeting, emergency savings,
retirement planning, short and long-term investing and more are
covered in this unique student driven program. Sponsored by
Midwest Bank, Member FDIC
·
December 2009/January 2010 (Date TBD), Credit: Questions and
Answer,
Quarterly ic stars, Chicago, IL, Invitation Only; Inner city
young adults participating in an intensive technology internship
program will have the opportunity to have their saving and
investing questions answered by financial educators and
financial services volunteers. Topics such as budgeting,
emergency savings, retirement planning, short and long-term
investing and more are covered in this unique student driven
program. Sponsored by Midwest Bank, Member FDIC
Recent Programs
· April 18th,
Budget Builder: Budgeting Tool
for College Students,
www.econcouncil.org; students can use
this tool to estimate their budget and learn more about
budgeting in the process.
·
April 22nd,
Steps to Success: Credit
Management & Financial Planning, University of
Illinois College of Education, Urbana, IL (Sponsored by Busey
Bank and HSBC-North America); College of Education students
learn to manage their credit and plan for their financial future
through saving and investing at this special event.
Provided by the Economic Awareness Council with support from
Cline Financial Concepts, LLC.
·
January, March, July 2009,
Saving and Investing: Questions and Answer
ic stars
Chicago, IL, Invitation Only
Inner city young
adults participating in an intensive technology internship
program will have the opportunity to have their saving and
investing questions answered by financial educators and
financial services volunteers. Topics such as budgeting,
emergency savings, retirement planning, short and long-term
investing and more are covered in this unique student driven
program.Sponsored by Midwest Bank, Member FDIC.
·
January, March, July 2009
Credit: Questions and Answer
ic stars
Chicago, IL, Invitation Only
Inner city young
adults participating in an intensive technology internship
program will have the opportunity to have their saving and
investing questions answered by financial educators and
financial services volunteers. Topics such as budgeting,
emergency savings, retirement planning, short and long-term
investing and more are covered in this unique student driven
program.
Sponsored by Midwest Bank, Member FDIC.
· Oct.
13th, 2:00pm to 3:30pm, Young Illinois Saves:
University of Illinois Campaign Planning Meeting, Invitation
Only, University of Illinois staff as well as local and national
financial literacy experts meet to plan the Young Illinois Saves
University of Illinois Campaign for 2010.
· October
14th, EAC/Young
Illinois Saves Panelist at College Credit Counts,
University Center, 5:30 to 6:30pm, College Credit Counts was
offered by the Office of the City Treasurer of Chicago,
Honorable Stephanie D. Neely (Young Illinois Saves/EAC materials
donated by the Charter One Foundation)
For more information about these
and other programs, contact the EAC at
info@econcouncil.org
Resources for Young Adults
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