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Financial Education Materials in Spanish

The local Cargill Meat Solutions Plant has a workforce of about 500 people – 80% are Hispanic. With some of the United Way money for financial education I would like to contribute at least 12 financial books to the Cargill Plant’s lending library for their staff. I would like 75% of the books to be written in Spanish. What books would you suggest? Especially can you help me locate quality financial education books in Spanish?

Cynthia Crawford, M.S., Ed.S., Ph.D.
Extension Professional and Family Financial Education Specialist
University of Missouri

January 13, 2012 at 1:19 pm, by admin | No Comments | Category General

Foreclosure Updates

This might be of interest to those who work with clients dealing with foreclosure concerns, including those who work with affected military service members and their families. A few articles about significant developments that have occurred over the last several months:

• Wall Street Journal - Banks Face $17 Billion in Suits Over Foreclosures
• Bloomberg - JPMorgan Settles Military Mortgage Suits for $56 Million
• Military Times - Banks must take second look at foreclosures
• Military Times - Feds investigate banks after SCRA complaints
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Supervisory Insights Special Foreclosure Edition: Regulatory Actions Related to Foreclosure Activities by Large Servicers and Practical Implications for Community Banks

Jerry Buchko

May 26, 2011 at 9:16 am, by admin | 1 Comment | Category General

Why Get Involved?

In the recent edition of the AFCPE newsletter, both the Executive Director and the Board President spoke of the reasons that they stay engaged with AFCPE. Members make choices as well. Share with us the reasons that YOU stay involved and engaged with AFCPE.

We’d love to hear them and then have the opportunity to use them as testimonials to garner further support and volunteerism for our great organization.

May 5, 2011 at 10:06 am, by admin | 11 Comments | Category General

The Impact of the New Laws on 21 yr olds

1. Have you seen ways in which credit card companies are still marketing to consumers under the age of 21?

2. Is new law that says you have to be 21 years old with the exception of income or “co-cosigner, good or bad? Is it holding young people back from starting credit or protecting them from getting into financial difficulty?

Sharon Cabeen, AFCPE President

January 21, 2011 at 9:32 am, by admin | 9 Comments | Category General

Foreclosure Survival Guide

Some of you who work with clients facing foreclosure may already be familiar with The Foreclosure Survival Guide by Stephen Elias, published by Nolo.
For those who have found it to be a useful reference, and those who may know someone with questions about foreclosure, I thought I would point out that Nolo has released a free version of the book on their web site here

When used along with a consultation with a qualified attorney and/or a HUD-approved foreclosure prevention counselor, I’ve found the book to be a valuable resource that can help clients better understand the topic and what their potential options might be to cope. Allowing the content to be reviewed for free has certainly made it much more readily accessible to those who might benefit from the information.

~ Jerry Buchko

November 1, 2010 at 5:53 pm, by admin | 2 Comments | Category General