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Help patrons find the financial information they need
By Donna DiMichele | March 15, 2012
Financial Literacy CE for Library Staff — so you can better serve patrons
Prepare for Money Smart Week @ your library by learning how you can help patrons find the financial information they need. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the American Library Association developed Money Smart Week @ your library to promote personal financial literacy. Over 30 states participated in 2011 and this year the Rhode Island Library Association is bringing the program to RI libraries around the state. Money Smart Week 2012 will take place April 21-28. Keep reading to see how you can get ready!
Financial Literacy CE for Library Staff — the program
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Cranston Public Library
Register
Attend and learn:
- How you evaluate which online website or service might best meet patrons’ financial needs.
- The best place to find information on consolidating loans.
- How people can become smarter consumers.
- Resources available to Rhode Islanders who need assistance with their financial planning.
- Resources for personal money management, financial security, investing basics, saving for college and planning for the financial issues that arise during later life.
Other topics include identity theft and money matters for victims of domestic violence, who sometimes experience financial control as another form of abuse.
This workshop is presented by the Rhode Island Library Association in partnership with the Office of Library and Information Services.
Speakers:
- Dr. Joan Gray Anderson, Center for Personal Financial Education, University of Rhode Island
- Claudia M. Kerbel, Center for Personal Financial Education, University of Rhode Island
- Megan Smith, Sojourner House
Dr. Anderson is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Rhode Island and Director of Research at the Center for Personal Financial Education. At URI she has taught such courses as: Personal Finance, Consumer Economics, Debt Management, Retirement Planning, and Financial Issues across the Lifespan. She also manages the certificate program in Family Financial Counseling and Planning. Her most recent research and outreach focuses on the impact of personal finance educational programs for changing the financial behavior of consumers.
Ms. Kerbel is an adjunct faculty member and academic advisor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Rhode Island. She also serves as the Director of Outreach at the Center for Personal Financial Education. Over her career as a financial educator, she has managed numerous outreach programs, most recently a workplace financial education project, community-based personal finance workshops for women, and financial literacy trainings for teachers.
Ms. Smith is Sojourner House’s Safe House Coordinator. She has seen the prevalence of financial control as a means of abuse. Sojourner House is a comprehensive domestic violence agency that provides wrap-around services to victims of intimate partner violence . Financial literacy is an issue that is deeply intertwined with relationship violence and financial health and stability is key to recovering from abuse. Sojourner House offers financial literacy trainings to clients and members of the community that include information on financial fundamentals, financial safety planning while in and after leaving an abusive relationship, rebuilding credit, and other topics as requested by participants.
The program is free, but advance registration is required. REGISTER
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