Library: English | The Keys to Homeownership (2007) You can buy a home. Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you'll ever make. In this brochure, we cover key topics for potential homeowners, including preparing to buy a home, predicting homeownership costs, finding the right home, shopping for a mortgage and making an offer. Filed Under: Housing Buying a Home Home Financing on Jul 13, 2007

Library: English | Protect Your Phone Records - Leader’s Guide . Pretexting is a method of obtaining someone else’s personal information, including phone records, under false pretenses. This Leader’s Guide, written in question-and-answer format, will help give trainers background on the techniques pretexters use, the damage they can do to victims, various laws and regulations that keep phone records private, how to protect personal data and how victims can file complaints. A companion brochure is available. Filed Under: Fraud/Scams Telephone Privacy Rights on Jul 11, 2007

Library: English | Protect Your Phone Records . Phone records are an important source of private information that someone might try to access without your consent for illegal or harmful purposes. This publication can help you understand who would want to access your phone records, why they might want to do it, how they try to access your private information and what you can do to reduce the chances of becoming a victim. A companion Leader's Guide is available. Filed Under: Fraud/Scams Telephone Privacy Rights on Jun 28, 2007

Library: English | Saving Your Home from Foreclosure . Foreclosure is the legal process that your mortgage lender uses to take your home when you fall behind on your mortgage payments. If you are faced with foreclosure, you can work to save your home—or at least limit the financial damage caused by foreclosure—if you understand your options and take the appropriate steps. Filed Under: Housing Home Financing on Apr 30, 2007

Library: English | Disaster Relief Resources . This free fact sheet is designed to help you assist homeowners in your community to access benefits and protections to help them save their homes from default and foreclosure. The resources listed in this fact sheet are legitimate statewide or national programs available to disaster-impacted homeowners at low or no cost. Filed Under: Housing on Mar 14, 2007

Library: English | Talking to Teens about Money (2007) . This 24-page booklet is designed primarily for parents but may also be useful for older teens. It covers many topics, including working, budgeting, figuring out if a purchase is a "need" or a "want," banking, writing checks, savings, credit cards, credit reports, driving and cell phones. The booklet contains illustrations and examples of a weekly spending evaluation, a paycheck stub, how comparison shopping can save money and how to write a check. It also contains a list of helpful web sites for parents and kids. Filed Under: Money Management on Mar 02, 2007

Library: English | Banking Basics (2007) You Can Bank On It. A brochure that provides a simple introduction to the main services offered by banks and credit unions, including checking accounts, savings accounts, certificates of deposit and debit cards. It also covers opening an account and resolving problems. Filed Under: Banking on Feb 13, 2007

Library: English | Make Your Money Work For You (2007) Saving to Build Wealth. This brochure provides information about the importance of saving, setting short- and long-term goals to promote saving, opening a savings account and ways to make your money grow faster, including certificates of deposit (CDs), individual retirement accounts (IRAs), U.S. Savings Bonds and college savings accounts. Filed Under: Banking on Feb 12, 2007

Library: English | Manage Your Money Wisely - Tracking your Money (2007) . Knowing what you spend now is the first step in creating a budget. A budget is a spending plan to help you forecast and control your expenses. To create a budget you need to know how much you spend each month - and compare that figure to your take home pay. Filed Under: Money Management on Feb 02, 2007

Library: English | Managing Your Money - Leader’s Guide (2007) . This guide can help you become a money management mentor. Once you understand the basics of money management, you'll be able to help others learn techniques that can make an important difference in their finances. Filed Under: Money Management Workshops/Trainings on Jan 31, 2007