Living in Tough Economic Times

Want answers to your savings questions? Or suggestions about how to free up money to save through reduced spending and debt reduction? Contact a Cooperative Extension personal finance expert. The eXtension Personal Finance Web site is available 24/7 at http://www.extension.org/personal_finance. The site includes a data base of over 1,200 frequently asked questions (FAQs) on personal finance topics, as well as an Ask the Expert feature where consumers can receive a personalized response to their questions. Answers are provided via e-mail, generally within 48 hours. Visit eXtension.org for more information on personal finance, credit.

Money Management Advisor Training

The new Small Steps to Health and Wealth workbook and online sign-up are now available! Small Steps to Health and Wealth is a program is designed to motivate consumers to implement behavior change strategies that simultaneously improve their health and personal finances.

You can register free at http://tcainstitute.org/sshw/survey/index.html to set your own personal health and wealth goals. You will receive information by email periodically how to reach those goals. The University of Arizona and Rutgers University Extension are partners in Small Steps to Health and Wealth with a 132 page workbook that can be picked up at our UA Cooperative Extension office at 4341 E. Broadway, Phoenix for $16 or $20 including postage payable to the University of Arizona.

The two-color book includes 25 strategies to improve health and increase wealth with more than 40 worksheets included to help readers develop their own strategy to improve health and increase wealth. The book includes background information to help readers define their goals, such as health and wealth benchmarks.

Arizona Saves is part of America Saves, a nationwide campaign in which a broad coalition of nonprofit, corporate, and government groups helps individuals and families save and build wealth. The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension is am Arizona Saves partner. Through information, advice, and encouragement, we assist those who wish to pay down debt, build an emergency fund, save for a home, an education, or retirement. To become an Arizona Saver and receive a quarterly America Saves newsletter go to http://www.arizonasaves.org/

Financial Fitness Quiz - Rutgers Cooperative Extension

http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/money/ffquiz/

Money and Investing

http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/money/ffquiz/

Investing in Your Future

http://www.investing.rutgers.edu/

Financial Security in Later Life

http://www.reeusda.gov/ecs/fsll/consumer1.htm

Home-based and Micro Businesses
    Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service

http://www.fcs.okstate.edu/microb