Commission Releases National Financial Literacy Strategy

Promoting Financial Success in the United States: National Strategy for Financial Literacy 2011, a new national strategy to promote financial literacy and education developed by the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (FLEC), is the result of a process that included conversations with private, public, and nonprofit representatives from the field. FLEC’s strategy articulates a vision of sustained financial well-being for individuals and families across the Nation. It sets strategic direction for policy, education, practice, research, and coordination in the financial literacy and education field, and identifies four goals to focus this work: (1) increase awareness of and access to effective financial education, (2) determine and integrate core financial competencies, (3) improve financial education infrastructure, and (4) identify, enhance, and share effective practices.

This article originally ran in the IDAresources.org Update Newsletter on 12/16/10 and is available for archival purposes.
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