Learn the Basics of Banking, Borrowing, Credit, & Savings
CAP offers Financial Management Education to help improve your money management skills and increase your knowledge about the basic principles of borrowing money, saving money, and managing credit.
Our Financial Management Education Project follows the FDIC Money Smart curriculum and addresses the following issues:
- An introduction to bank services
- An introduction to credit
- How to choose and keep a checking account
- How to keep track of your money
- Why you should save
- Your rights as a consumer
- How your credit history will affect your credit future
- How to make a credit card work for you
- Loans - know what you're borrowing before you buy
- What home ownership is all about
Classes are provided throughout the year in both English and Spanish. Understanding the basics of borrowing, saving, and money management can help improve your financial independence.
For information about our Financial Education Program in English, call Liz at 382-3245.
For information in Spanish, call 382-3258.
Class schedules will be posted as available.