Adult and Youth Financial Literacy programming:

• Money 101: Money 101 is a four-part financial series that focuses on setting goals, tracking spending, setting up a budget, and working towards improving your credit. Cost: $10
• Manage Your Money: "Manage Your Money" is an Ohio State University Extension online home study course. It is a 6-lesson series covering individual and family values about money; cash flow, income, and expenses; examining your spending habits; developing a budget; and your net worth and financial records available here. Cost: $6.25
• Real Money. Real World.: Financial literacy curriculum for 6-12th grade students featuring a real-world simulatin. This program provides young people the opportunity to learn basic money management practices in the classroom and then make simulated lifestyle and budget choices similar to those adults face on a daily basis through a spending simulation. Real Money. Real World. programs thrive because of the partnerships between the county OSU Extension office, schools, the business community, and other caring adults who volunteer at the spending simulations. Contact: Jennifer Little, little.18@osu.edu, 419-422-3851
• Rent Smart: Rent Smart is a 6-sesssion group class designed to help those individuals who have little to no rental experience and those who have had difficulty obtaining a lease to prepare them to become informed, responsible renters. The class includes informative presentations, interactive activities and workbooks. Note: There may be a small materials cost for this class.  Contact Family and Consumer Sciences educator, Jennifer Little, at little.18@osu.edu to learn more or to schedule a class.