Family financial education
Come learn with us
Your Financial Game Plan — Go from financial bench warmer to star. Learn winning family financial strategies with "Coach Crawford." You have a VIP invitation to attend. The class is open to all adults and we frequently have people driving in from one or two counties away to attend. Minimum of 5 people, maximum of 25 per class.
Marshall Mo. Your Financial Game Plan classes hosted by the Saline County Extension Center, 353 S Lafayette in Marshall. Call ahead to register at 660-886-6908 or email salineco@missouri.edu. Thanks to Saline County United Way, there is no cost to attend.
May 17, 2012, 9-11:30 a.m.
Marshall MO Watch this site for details about Financial U - Coming to Marshall MO monthly beginning in September 2012! University Extension has great financial information for U! Replace financial worries with action solutions. Thanks to Saline County United Way, there is no cost to attend.
Carrollton, Mo. Your Financial Game Plan — Register with the Carroll County Extension Center at 660-542-1792 or email carrollco@missouri.edu. Thanks to the Carroll County Extension Council, there is no cost to attend. All classes held at the Carrollton Library, 1 N. Folger (NW corner of the square). Register with the Carroll County Extension Center at least two days prior to class.
May 18, 2012, 9-11:30 a.m.
Aug. 29, 2012, 9-11:30 a.m.
Nov. 7, 2012, 5:30-8 p.m.
Sedalia MO Take Control of Your Finances (PDF) workshop presented monthly in Sedalia for people that are unemployed or find their resources are just not adequate. Any adult can attend as long as he or she registers by calling the Sedalia Career Center prior to the workshop at 660-530-5627. There is no cost to attend. All classes are facilitated by extension family financial education specialist Cynthia Crawford.
May 22, 2012 choice of 9-11 a.m. or 1:15-3:15 p.m.
June 12, 2012 9-11 a.m.
June 26, 2012 9-11 a.m.
July 13, 2012 choice of 9-11 a.m. or 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
August 14, 2012 choice of 9-11 a.m. or 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
September 5, 2012 choice of 9-11 a.m. or 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
October 10, 2012 choice of 9-11 a.m. or 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
November 6, 2012 choice of 9-11 a.m. or 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
December 11, 2012 choice of 9-11 a.m. or 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Do you have a group that is ready to host a workshop in your Central Missouri county? If you have twelve or more people who want to spend one hour or more learning about one of the topics in this list, contact Vivian Mason or Cynthia Crawford for details!
Vivian Mason primarily serves Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Morgan and Osage counties:
Dr. Vivian J. Mason
Family financial education specialist
Cole County MU Extension Center
2436 Tanner Bridge Rd
Jefferson City, MO 65265
Phone: 573-634-2824
Fax: 573-634-5463
Email: MasonV@missouri.edu
Cynthia Crawford primarily serves Benton, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Pettis and Saline counties:
Dr. Cynthia Crawford
Family financial education specialist
Saline County MU Extension Center
353 S Lafayette Ave
Marshall, MO 65340
Phone: 660-886-6908
Fax: 660-886-6327
Email: CrawfordC@missouri.edu
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Programming
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Major topics
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Notes
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Your Financial Game Plan
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How to get a financial plan in place.
Balancing expenses with income — and your limited options when expenses exceed income.
Replace worry with fabulous financial plays
Increase your financial strength
Less fighting and more talking about family financial fitness.
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Participants receive a fabulous spiral of materials
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When You Lose Your Job – Don’t Panic, Take Control
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This workshop focuses on people who are between jobs.
Eight great steps for taking financial control.
Replace worry with action solutions. You may even sleep better after this workshop.
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Offered free through Missouri Career Centers (on site).
Can be scheduled by others; however these workshops are not funded by the Missouri Career Centers.
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Homebuyer Education (2-hour class to meet United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development requirements)
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A two-hour workshop for first-time homebuyers to qualify for USDA rural development home loans
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Will work with individual families. $60 workshop fee per household. Participants leave with certificate of completion.
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Safeguard Your Savings
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How do you balance returns with risk?
What are viable options for saving and investing in 2012?
The principles haven’t changed but the way they are applied has.
Keep your knowledge base on saving and investing up to date!
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All costs for this workshop are funded by the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office and the Investment Protector’s Trust.
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Thrifty Estate Planning
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Set your goals and then make them happen.
Don’t wait until you have a perfect plan to put an estate plan in place.
There are many strategies that cost little or no money for estate planning basics.
Emphasis on plans for personal property – Who gets grandma’s yellow pie plate?
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Retirement Planning
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This workshop is especially for people in the retirement red zone – 5 to 10 years away from retirement.
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VITA/Taxpayer Education
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Get your home paperwork organized so that your tax preparation goes smoothly.
If your taxes are relatively simple, we’ll even tell you where you can get them done well (and for free)!
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Personal Finances and Disasters
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How to prepare your finances and your family for natural disasters. In Missouri, it is a question of when, not if.
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College Students and Money
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Are you smarter than a Viking (or other school mascot)?
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Small Steps to Health and Wealth
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Great parallels for improving your health and your finances. Taking the small steps we suggest will result in big improvements!
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Handout on CM financial education (PDF)
Critical resources for you
There is only one correct website to use to check your credit report.
College students and money
Financial management forms
Homebuyer Education (United Stages Department of Agrictule Rural Development)
This two-hour seminar helps first-time homebuyers qualify for USDA rural development home loans. Your lender will let you know if you need to schedule this seminar. Seminars scheduled on demand. Our goal is not to delay real estate closing for lack of a certificate, but the specialist's schedule can be a factor. Contact the specialist in the most convenient location for you: Dr. Vivian Mason (Jefferson City) or Dr. Cynthia Crawford (Marshall). There is a $60 fee for the seminar. You will leave the seminar with the necessary certificate in hand. There is no test.
Who can help with financial issues in Missouri?
Unemployed? Financial crisis?
Sudden wealth can be positively life-changing — But it is not guaranteed
A sizeable severance package, an insurance settlement, proceeds from a successful law suit, or even winning the lottery can provide families with a larger chunk of cash to make decisions about than they’ve ever had before at one time. Learn how to make sudden wealth (PDF) positively life-changing.
Check out http://www.MissouriFamilies.org. You'll find solutions for better living!