Running a household takes financial planning and resources. CSU Extension offers resources to help you and your family with financial stability and future planning. Please visit any of the tabs on this page to access these helpful resources.

CSU Extension has identified many resources to help with your finances:

Financial Resources

• America Saves
  America saves helps individuals save money, reduce debt, and build wealth.

• www.consumerfinance.gov
  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
• www.annualcreditreport.com
  Source for your free credit reports.
• www.consumer.ftc.gov
  Federal Trade Commission.
• www.nefe.org
  National Endowment for Financial Education.
• www.finra.org
  Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
• http://brokercheck.finra.org
  Financial Industry Regulatory Authority – Broker Check.
• www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/node/90616
  Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies – Division of Insurance.

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CSU Extension has many publications dealing with the family finances.

Personal Finances

• Break-even Method of Analysis (3/12)
• Calculate Your Debt-to-Income Ratio (3/13)
• Credit Reports (12/14)
  Spanish Version
• Credit Scores (12/14)
  Spanish Version
• Financial Emergency Preparedness (12/14)
• Investing for Your Future: Basic Investing Home Study Course $$
• Living on an Irregular Income (9/14)
  Spanish Version
• Long-Term Care Planning (12/14)
• Long-Term Loan Repayment Methods (3/12)
• Net Worth Statements (9/12)
• Putting 4-H Experience On Your Resumé (4/13)
• Replacing Lost or Damaged Documents (2/14)
• Small Steps to Health and Wealth (12/14)
• Start Early to Learn About Money (9/13)
• Your Important Papers: What, Why, and How Long to Keep (8/13)
  Spanish Version

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News

• 10 Tips to Help Grow Your Savings
  Many Americans find it hard to save money. Use this helpful resource to improve your financial stability.

• Live Smart Colorado – Blog by the Family & Consumer Science Agents and Specialists that encourages lifelong physical, financial and emotional health and well-being to Coloradans.

Hot Topics

Setting Intentions for the New Year Every New Year’s Eve, millions of Americans resolve to make their life better.

Protecting Your Identity and Financial Future The Equifax data breach may have exposed more than half the adults in this country, as many as 143 million, to identity theft and financial fraud.

Financial Literacy for Life A healthy plan helps give markers to where we might be at each decade of our life.

Role-modeling Thankfulness Research overwhelmingly shows that regularly practicing gratitude has significant social, physical, and psychological benefits.

Grandparents Self Care Blog Grandparents often report that once they start raising their grandchildren, they do not have time for themselves anymore.

Does My Credit Score Really Matter? It seems that accessing your credit score is just as confusing and frustrating as it is to check your credit reports.

Finance Videos

Renting

Looking for a place to rent- getting started Video to help find the perfect place to rent.

Rental Leases What you need to know when signing a rental lease.

Moving out of your rental place Things to consider when moving out of your rental.

Small Steps to Health and Wealth

Automate Good Habits and Create Templates Puting many of your health and wealth practices on a regular schedule is a good way to prevent procrastination by making decisions and taking action once, then allowing automatic actions afterwards.

Compare Yourself with Recommended Benchmarks Become familiar with common recommendations for healthy eating, physical activity, and spending habits.

Consider Outside Influences on Health and Wealth (Audio) Think about your past experiences with food and money so that you can make a plan to manage these outside influences.

Convert Consumption into Labor Help you learn how consumption can be balanced by labor.

Get Help and Be Accountable (Audio) Learn more about health and wealth topics and can provide support and accountability as you strive to make positive behavior changes.

Live the Power of 10 The number “10” can help you use the “small‐steps approach” to behavior change. It is an easy number to multiply, divide, and remember.

Make Progress Every Day Setting realistic and attainable goals can help you to successfully achieve them when you are able to make small steps toward progress  each day.

Say “No” to Super-Sizing Helps you understand the hazards associated with super‐sized eating and super‐sized spending.

Set a Date and Get Started – Just Do It! (Audio) Good lifetime habits in health and wealth can help you achieve a longer life with the assets you need to achieve your goals.

Step Down/Step Up to Change Help you discover small steps down or up that you are willing to take to improve your health and/or your wealth.

Track Your Current Behavior Help you become more aware of how much you eat, move, and spend throughout a typical day.

Think Balance-Not Sacrifice Helps you learn ways to balance intake and outgo associated with both human energy and money.

Use Easy Frames of Reference Learn simple and easy strategies to personalize and translate health and wealth frames of reference for positive behavior changes.