Family Life and Finance Resources in Northeast Iowa

Cindy Thompson is the Family Life/Family Finance Program Specialist for Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette and Chickasaw counties.  She is responsible for the educational programming related to family life, family financial and family resource management in those counties.  Cindy is housed in the Chickasaw County office.  She can be reached at 641-229-6655 or cpthom08@iastate.edu.  . 

Click on these links for details on Upcoming Classes
Take Control of Your Money     Web Course

OTHER RESOURCES

Tools for Tracking Your Expenses
2012 Money Management Calendar
Budgeting and Expense Tracking Spreadsheet
For agricultural expenses- Ag Decision Maker 

Managing Tough Times -- Tips from ISU Extension and eXtension.org.

• Managing Tough Times Website
• Managing money in tough times
• Managing your finances in tough times (pdf) 
• Dealing with financial crisis website
• Managing Tough Times: When Collectors Call
• Managing Tough Times: Digging out of Debt
• Managing Tough Times: Children & Money
• Managing Tough Times: Get Free of Credit Card Debt
• Controlling Your Spending in Tough Times
• Managing Tough Times: Making Work Pay
• Managing Tough Times: Going Out of Business Sales

Extension to Families Newsletters

Money for Life Newsletters will help you to get information on personal finances, identity theft, tax credits and much more.  Click here for the archived newsletters.

Income Tax Information
What to Do With Tax Refund?
Iowa's K-12 Tuition and Textbook Credit
Understaning Changes to Social Security Withholdings

Credit
Changes in credit scoring
Check your Credit Report

Debt
Debt Settlement or Elimination
Filing Chapter 13
Filing Chapter 7
How much is too much debt? 
Credit consolidation considerations

Increasing Income
Turning Personal Resources Into Income

Housing
Tips for Renters & Home Owners

Insurance
Managing Health Insurance Options
Health Savings Accounts

Employment
Coping with Job Loss: Reduced Income
Coping with Job Loss
Unemployment: Expect the unexpected

Financial Planning
Making the Most with Back to School Expenses                            Developing an Emergency Fund
Paying for College
Setting Financial Goals
Understanding your mutual funds
Asset allocation of investments 

Eat Right When Moneys Tight
Stretching Your Grocery Dollar
Eating Right
Grocery Savings

Financial Literacy Resources for Teachers
NEFE High School Financial Planning Curriculum
Family Economics & Financial Education
Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
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