Quick Links
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CCAC Educational Foundation Scholarships
The CCAC Educational Foundation maintains a portfolio of scholarships specifically for students at CCAC. Students can browse the list of available scholarships, examine the requirements, and submit an application online. Visit the Educational Foundation's website for details.
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Cost & Aid at CCAC
The Cost & Aid page on the College website includes many useful resources for students to learn about, apply for, and manage their college finances.
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Personal Finance
This OER textbook's primary audience is college students and it introduces many financial topics that will be of interest to them such as setting up bank accounts, buying a car, insurance, taxes, credit reports, budgeting, and more.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Learn more about a range of personal finance topics (credit, savings, taxes, loans, money management, etc.). Additional downloadable PDF guides can be found at https://pueblo.gpo.gov/CFPBPubs/CFPBPubs.php?NavCode=K.
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Your money, your goals: A financial empowerment toolkit
The modules of this toolkit cover topics that include setting goals, saving, tracking income, paying bills, debt, credit reports & scores, financial products, protecting yourself. Each module contains interactive worksheets/tables that automatically calculate results based on your input. Also available as a PDF.
Instructor Resources
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Finances and ResourcesThis textbook chapter on college finances covers college costs and potential funding sources like financial aid and scholarships. Source: Blueprint for Success in College OER textbook. Also available online as a website. The book is by Dave Dillon and is licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0.
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Publications from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Find PDF guides on various personal finance topics from CFPB such as Credit, money management, student loans, and others. Many can be downloaded as PDFs or bulk ordered in paper format.
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Publications from the Federal Trade Commission
Access dozens of publications on important consumer topics such as credit cards, debt, scams, identity theft, etc. Some notable topics for personal finance include:
- Budget worksheet – self-calculating worksheet to setup a monthly budget.
- Credit reports - information about credit reports and how to obtain copies.
The site allows downloads of PDFs or ordering of free bulk copies.
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Financial Empowerment Toolkit
This toolkit from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau contains nine modules on the following topics: Setting goals, saving, tracking income, paying bills, debt, credit reports & scores, financial products, protecting yourself. Each module contains interactive worksheets/tables that automatically calculate results based on your input. Instructors can make standalone activities/lessons based on the modules. This is public domain resource.
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Consumer.gov
Access resources for consumers in three key areas: Money management, credit & loans, protecting identity & money. Each topic is covered in three easy-to-read sections: What it is, what to know, and what to do).
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Money Smart for Young Adults
Contains 12 modules on personal finance topics. Instructor resources included!
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FDIC Consumer News
Monthly consumer newsletters that focus on personal finance topics such as opening a bank account, credit reporting, credit cards, deposit insurance, scams and fraud, etc.
Video Resources
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Personal Finance Essentials: Financial Literacy for Young Earners (Video Series)
This video series is available through the Library’s Films on Demand collection. It includes 5 standalone videos on the following topics:
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Personal Finance: When Am I Ever Going to Use This? [Video]
Available in the Library's Films on Demand collection. Topics Include: Spending & budgeting, saving & investing, managing debt, financial planning and more. (25min)
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Personal Finance Concepts Everyone Should Know (LinkedIn Learning)
Connect to LinkedIn Learning from myCCAC to access this 35min video course that covers banking, credit, loans, and credit cards. Additional personal finance videos are available at LinkedIn Learning, so search around after logging in!