Financial literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, and use financial information to make decisions about personal finances. Everyone needs financial literacy skills to get the most out of their money.
Whether you’re looking to teach financial literacy skills or boost your own financial literacy, these resources can help. Learn more about how to use the resources on this page.
Financial literacy empowers people to work toward their financial goals and contribute to the local economy. Financial literacy skills can help people:
By teaching financial literacy skills, you can give everyone the skills they need to make informed decisions about money — and support your community’s financial well-being.
Ready-to-use Teaching Tools
Planning a lesson or program on financial literacy? Check out our Teaching Information Literacy Skills toolkit. You'll find interactive lesson plans and worksheets that you can use to teach financial literacy and other information literacy skills in your community, in your classroom, or at home. Explore the toolkit.
Looking for a basic introduction to financial literacy? These resources are a great place to start.
Created by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Resources to educate and protect consumers and connect people with financial resources in their communities
Created by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Campaign that teaches consumers how to open a bank account online
Created by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
Tools and resources to help consumers make smarter financial decisions
Created by the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)
Resources to help Veterans and their families manage, secure, and protect their financial well-being
Use these lessons to teach key financial literacy skills.
Created by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
An award-winning education program that helps people of all ages build key financial skills
Created by the Financial Literacy Education Commission (FLEC)
Lesson plans, games, and other resources designed to boost consumers’ financial literacy
Created by the U.S. Department of Education (ED)
Financial literacy lesson plan for adult learners
Make financial literacy fun with these games and activities.
Created by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Interactive games and other resources based on FDIC’s Money Smart education program
Created by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
Interactive game for kids ages 5 and up, designed to teach the value of money and basic math skills
Explore research on topics related to financial literacy.
Created by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
National survey on financial habits like bank account ownership, use of prepaid cards, use of check cashing and money transfer services, and more
Created by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation
Report with data on key components of financial capability that help make the case for financial literacy education
Find out how libraries, museums, and educational institutions across the country are advancing financial literacy.
Created by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Learn about Friends Against Fraud, a workshop created by the Elder Justice Committee at the Guilford County Family Justice Center in North Carolina
Created by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
Toolkit for designing and implementing simple, effective evaluations to demonstrate the impact of financial education lessons and programs
