Finances
Competency and confidence are two keys for financial stability and strength. When informed decisions are made about earning, saving, investing, spending, protecting and transferring assets, using credit, and sharing there is greater potential for financial security regardless of the challenges encountered.
Visit the Financial and Consumer Education site.
Penn State Cooperative Extension is teaming up with other land-grant universities to help you manage money through tough times. As part of eXtension, Cooperative Extension is able to harness the knowledge of financial experts across the country.
Financial Security: Managing Money in Tough Times serves as a portal to articles on all facets of personal finance as well as providing a way to ask experts specific questions. The site highlights tips and tools to help families stretch their food dollars, decide what bills to pay first, build an emergency fund, and manage debt—among other things.
This website also offers timely financial tools such as PowerPay debt reduction calculation software, bankruptcy prevention information, agribusiness decision-making tools and other financial resources available at many county extension offices.
Provides taxpayers, especially moderate earners, with information to assist them in preparing and filing income tax returns.
Take advantage of our resources and find a debt management strategy that works for you. Whether you need to prevent bankruptcy or better manage your debt, we can help.
Losing your job, being laid off, or having your family income decrease is traumatic. It is not just a loss of income, but also of the security and way of life you may have taken for granted. Educational materials are available to help your family adjust, to learn ways of coping, and to improve skills to stretch limited dollars
Penn State Cooperative Extension presents educational information helpful to citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania focusing financial security
It’s never too early to start teaching your children the importance of money management. Our information on financial literacy for children and youth can help you start them on the right track.
