Young Americans Center for Financial Education

Description

International Towne - Program for middle school students. Students explore an array of global economic and cultural concepts and culminate by running the world as a citizen of one of 16 countries represented (1,000 participants) Youth Entrepreneurism - Teaches youth the basic skills necessary to start and run their own business. Educational programs are combined with a marketplace opportunity to sell their products and services (100 participants) Other Programs - A variety of youth programs on financial education, credit responsibility, investing and realed topics (1,800 participants) Young AmeriTowne - An educational program for ages 10-12 in which students explore basic economic concepts and then run their own life-sized town. Uses a "learn by doing" approach to teach economics, financial skills and career exploration (More than 13,300 participants)