Financial Fitness is an FCCLA national peer education program that involves youth teaching one another how to make, save, and spend money wisely. Through FCCLA’s Financial Fitness program, youth plan and carry out projects that help them and their peers learn to become wise financial managers and smart consumers.

Financial Fitness Units:

Each youth-created Financial Fitness project relates to one of the following five units:

• Banking Basics - Conquer bank accounts, credit, and investments
• Cash Control - Track and plan personal spending
• Making Money - Sharpen on-the-job financial fitness
• Consumer Clout - Become a savvy spender
• Financing Your Future - Apply financial skills to real life.

Awards:

FCCLA offers national recognition to chapters that complete FCCLA Financial Fitness projects and Family Economics and Financial Education (FEFE) projects. FCCLA and FEFE joined together with the goal of strengthening families by improving financial literacy. FEFE sponsors awards to encourage the use of FEFE curriculum materials to prepare members to plan, carry out, and evaluate FCCLA national Financial Fitness projects. These honors include cash awards and special recognition at the National Leadership Conference and in Teen Times magazine. Chapters apply for recognition for their hard work and innovative projects with the National Financial Fitness and FEFE Program Award Application.  The 2009 National Financial Fitness and FEFE Program Award Applications are available online only.

• Financial Fitness cash awards include:
• High School Award - $1,000
• Middle School Award - $1,000
• Runner-Up Award - $500
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  FEFE cash awards include:    
• High School Winner - $1,000
• High School Runner-Up - $500

Financial Fitness and FEFE Online Applications 

Deadline:  Applications must be submitted to FCCLA national headquarters by March 1.

Partners:

• America Saves - Register to become an FCCLA Saver
• American Bankers Association Education Foundation (ABA)
• Family Economics and Financial Education (FEFE)
• Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
• National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
• USA Today Education
• Visa USA and Practical Money Skills for Life

FCCLA Saves Toolkit

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