My Money Today and Tomorrow: Financial Decision Making for Practitioners and Parents
My Money Today and Tomorrow: Financial Decision Making for Practitioners and Parents identifies essential information and skills for building financial stability when working with parents, youth, and families. The course addresses the question, “Why work with families to build financial stability?” Course objectives focus on understanding the relationship between financial stability and child maltreatment prevention, understanding the parent’s role as a provider, available resources, and strategies for ways to connect families to resources in communities.

This course is appropriate for family support workers, caseworkers, home visitors, and other practitioners working with families in preventing child neglect. It will offer suggestions to help build knowledge and skills for making good financial decisions and reducing financial stress. A financial self-assessment is included that focuses on six strategies for helping individuals and families become more financially stable. A companion workbook and handouts are included.