OCUL Launches Financial Ed Effort MoneyAndStuff

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The Ohio Credit Union League (OCUL) has launched a financial education initiative called MoneyAndStuff. The release follows a league-commissioned survey that found 23% of Ohioans make any effort to encourage financial literacy in their families, and that just 5% were taught about personal finance when they were young. OCUL’s research showed that people feel stuck in their current financial situations, with little they can do to help themselves or their children. MoneyAndStuff will: promote the MoneyAndStuff.info website as a financial education resource and offer financial lessons, tips for parents and educational games; emphasize credit concepts and how to manage borrowing, and more. In 2006, the Ohio General Assembly required all public high schools teach personal financial education starting in 2010. (c) 2008 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com