Information for Students
High school and college students can review our free, downloadable handouts and be directed to:
(1) our credit information link for other basic personal finance information, such as budgeting, obtaining and maintaining a good credit score and a book list; and
(2) articles of interest, including the series of NextStep Magazine articles (for high school students), YoungMoney.com and Young Money Magazine (for college students).
High school students can also find information about our Senior Projects Initiative and making CARE the topic of your upcoming project. College students can get involved in our college initiatives: GLAD (Greeks Learning to Avoid Debt) and SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise).
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Find CARE in Your Area
CARE Locator Map will help you find a contact person in your area.
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Articles Written for Students
Articles broken down by categories, such as budgeting, credit card information, young people and bankruptcy, and more.
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Predatory Lending Traps
Articles and videos to educate the public about preditory lenders.
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Spanish Language Handouts
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Student Resources
You will find links to resources that will help you locate financial aid online. You will also find tips on buying a car and techniques used to stay out of debt, as well as where to purchase used books for college and some amazing statistics that you should know.
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Taking Control of Your Credit
A 20-minute PBS-39 video for high school students, along with a CARE Program handout and a 90-page downloadable Teacher's Guide.
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What Students Are Saying
This Program has received such positive feedback as evidenced by these quotes.
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Minimize College Debt
Once the decision is made that college is the right first step down your career path, here's what students and their families can do to minimize any student loan and related educational debt incurred to obtain that college or graduate school degree.
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Greeks Learning to Avoid Debt
CARE is reaching out to Greek-Letter Organizations nationwide, both at the national and chapter levels, to form relationships with them so that they can have easy and effective ways to provide important personal finance information to their members, especially their student members.
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SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise)
One of SIFE’s five educational topics is to promote financial literacy, both on campus and in the college or university’s community, so that the CARE Program and SIFE Teams are a perfect fit.