Taking Control. What tools can you use? Learn five important tips for getting out of debt. Understand bankruptcy.
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1 7Digging Out of Debt: Taking Contro In this session, you wi earn how you can dig out of debt if you need to. You wi: Learn five important tips for getting out of debt. Understand bankruptcy. Know where to find credit counseing. What toos can you use? 51
2 As many peope know, it s easy to get into debt. And it s much harder to get out of debt again. But if you are in debt, you can get out! It wi take work, and you have to stick to it. But you can do it. Want to know how? Five Tips for Digging Out of Debt Here are five important tips for digging out of debt: 1. The most important rue: pay off your oans and credit card debt before other expenses. Look at how much interest each debt charges. Pay off the highest-interest debt first. (However, if paying your credit card debt means you might ose your car, make the car payment first. Or if a ender has taken ega action against your house, make the house payment first.) 2. Pay your rent and househod expenses on time. If not, you may risk being evicted. Or your ights or phone might be turned off. 3. Use ony one credit card. Use it ony in emergencies. Pay it off in fu every month. If that s too hard to do, cut up the card and ca the company to cance it. You sti owe what you ve aready charged, but you won t be tempted to charge more. Credit card debt is expensive. It s much better to wait and save for something If you know you won t be abe to pay a bi on time, ca the company you owe money to (your creditor). Ca before you miss a payment. That s hard. But it s not as embarrassing as getting cas demanding payment. Tak with the company about your options. Maybe you can pay ess for a few months. Perhaps there is a fund to hep ow-income famiies; many utiity companies have such a fund.
3 5. If you owe a ot of money, think about getting expert hep. A nonprofit credit-counseing organization can hep you set up a repayment pan. The counseing shoud be free. You may find credit counseing through banks, credit unions, housing authorities, or a coege. Stay away from credit repair companies that charge money to hep you. They may offer to fix your credit history for a fee. Promises such as, We can erase your bad credit are not true. Ony you can fix your bad credit. To find free credit counseing and information: n Nationa Foundation for Credit Counseing, , n American Consumer Credit Counseing, , n Myvesta Foundation, Bankruptcy You may have heard of bankruptcy. It is a ega process. Peope use it when their debt is so high they cannot make the payments they promised to make. It can erase their debts and it can hep give them a fresh start. Whie bankruptcy can ook ike an easy way to get out from under debt, it has serious consequences. You can ose most of your assets (things you own, incuding cash). It can keep you from getting credit in the future. Or if you get credit, it may be at a high interest rate. Before you consider bankruptcy, make an appointment for free credit counseing. Ony you can fix your bad credit. 53
4 Maria s Story Maria had three credit cards. She used them to buy a ot of things. When she coudn t pay the bis, interest was added. Then more interest was added on top of that. Soon she was deepy in debt. So she went for free credit counseing. The counseor heped her combine her debt into a fixed interest oan. He heped her pan ways to pay off her debt. She is improving her credit record. Now Maria uses a debit card. She has no credit cards. She doesn t owe any money. Maria is very happy about that! Action Pan Based on what I earned in this session and if I have heavy debt, before the next cass I wi: n Contact a free credit counseing organization. n Expore how I can reduce my debt. 54
5 8Buiding Your Assets This session wi hep you buid your physica assets. You wi: Understand the difference between persona and physica assets. Know some of the ways you can invest in physica assets. Learn about insurance to protect your future. Know how to protect against identity theft and scams. What assets do you have? 55
6 Everyone has two kinds of assets physica assets and persona assets. Persona assets incude your skis and experience. They hep you get a good job. Getting a coege education or job training is an investment in your persona assets. Physica assets are things you own that can be turned into cash. There are many different ways to buid physica assets. One is by saving. Another is by investing. That is using the money you have to buid more money. Peope invest in a ot of things. They invest in property, stocks, bonds, or a business. They invest because they want to make a profit. Some investments are safer than others. Some investments are: n Certificates of deposit (CDs). These are issued by credit unions and banks. They earn more interest than reguar savings accounts. But you have to put in a arger amount of money to start than in a reguar savings account. And you need to eave the money in for a onger ength of time. You can grow your assets n Money market accounts. These are simiar to savings accounts, but they earn higher interest. You have to put more money into these to start than a typica savings account. And you have to keep a certain amount in the account to earn higher interest. Be sure you know the rues if you open such an account. 56
7 n Rea estate. Buying a house is one kind of rea estate investment. You usuay need a good credit rating to get a home oan. You may need to have a fairy arge down payment. Tak with your bank or credit union about programs that hep famiies buy a home. Land and commercia buidings are other kinds of rea estate investments. n Bonds. These are issued by corporations, governments, pubic utiities, and other arge entities. Bonds promise to pay back your money, with interest, over a set period of time. Bonds have ratings that te how risky or safe they are. n Stocks. When you buy stocks, you become a part owner of the company. Stocks can go up or down in vaue very quicky. n Mutua funds. The professionas that manage the mutua fund buy stocks and bonds and put them into the fund. You, and other investors, buy shares in the fund. The vaue of the shares goes up or down based on the vaue of the stocks and bonds hed by the mutua fund. Mutua funds are a good way to diversify your investments. That means spreading your money among different kinds of investments, not putting your eggs in one basket. Diversifying owers your risk. n Compound interest. Another way to invest is to put your money into a savings account, a CD, or a money market account. Then eave it there! Your money earns more and more interest over time. This is caed compounding. Compounding earns you interest on your interest! Every investment choice has risks. But it s aso risky to keep your money in a cookie jar or under a mattress. Understanding risks and investing wisey can hep buid your assets. 57
8 Insurance to Protect Your Assets Insurance heps protect your physica assets. It heps protect the big stuff you own. n Homeowner s insurance is important. It heps protect your house. It pays if your house is damaged or destroyed. n Renter s insurance pays if the things you own inside your apartment are damaged or destroyed. n Life insurance can hep bring peace of mind for you and your famiy. It heps support your oved ones if you die. The cost of ife insurance depends on many things. It depends on your age. It aso depends on how much money you want to eave your famiy. n Auto insurance is aso very important. n Liabiity insurance pays if you hurt someone or something with your car. n Repacement insurance pays if your car is damaged. It can hep you repace your car. Take the highest deductibe you can afford. That s the amount you pay before insurance pays. n Ask about discounts on auto insurance for being a safe driver or for getting good grades in schoo. You might pay ess. Insurance agents can hep you find the right insurance. That s their job. They want your business. They are happy to answer questions. You can ask questions without buying any insurance. Phiip s Story Phiip bought a new car. He was very proud of it, and bought repacement insurance for it. Not ong after, a careess driver hit his new car. It was hit hard and destroyed. Phiip had to pay a deductibe of $500. That was hard. But he was gad he had repacement insurance. The insurance paid more than $2,000 so he coud get another car. Without the insurance, Phiip woud not have been abe to afford another car. 58
9 Protecting Against Identity Theft and Scams Whie most peope are honest, there are those who want to stea your money! They want to stea your identity. And they want to stea by scamming (cheating) you. Identity theft happens when someone gets your persona information. They use it to get credit cards to buy things and charge them to you. They use it to withdraw money under your name. Identity theft is a crime, but it s very hard for poice to stop. Peope whose identities are stoen sometimes have to spend a ot of money and time to get the probem straightened out. Be very carefu with your persona information! Here are some tips for keeping your information safe. n Keep your checkbook, credit card, drivers icense, and Socia Security card in a safe pace. n Never oan anyone your credit card or debit card. n When you use an ATM machine, be sure no one can see what PIN numbers you punch in. n Don t share persona information with anyone you don t know we. n Never give anyone your PIN. n Shred papers that contain persona information such as your bank account number. Thieves can pu this information out of the trash and use it. n Never give your persona information to someone who has caed you on the phone. n Never answer an e-mai that asks for any persona information. That incudes your Socia Security number and numbers on your driver s icense, credit card, or bank account. Be very carefu with your persona information! 59
10 Scams are another way peope try to stea from you. Scams come through mai, phone cas, and e-mai. Remember: n You cannot win a ottery if you have not bought a ticket for it! n Never respond to an e-mai asking for account information. n Never send money to a stranger, even if he or she promises to send a ot of money back. n If someone sends you a check, make sure the bank says it s good. Wait two weeks before spending a refund. Action Pan Based on what I earned in this session, before the next cass I wi: n Make sure my persona information is kept in a safe pace. n Shred any persona information that I throw away. 60
11 9Creating a Persona Financia Pan In this session, you wi earn how to figure out: 4 4 The vaue of your assets combined. How ong it wi take you to save to meet your dreams. What is your financia pan? 61
12 We have to work and save for what we want. And there is no better time to start saving than right now! Saving Essentias: Starting NOW! We woud a ike to have good things today. No one ikes to wait for new cothes or a better car. But ife doesn t work that way. We have to work and save for what we want. And there is no better time to start saving than right now! Savings are important for a ot of reasons: n For emergencies, so you won t have to take out a oan. n To reach your goas. n To buy expensive items, such as a car or a home. n For peace of mind. When you save for what you want, you don t have to worry about paying off a oan. So, how can you save to reach your goas? An important rue is to aways pay yoursef first! If you make $100 a week, set aside $10. Or set aside more, if you can. No matter how much or itte, set aside some money every pay period. Even a few doars can add up over time. (Remember even pennies matter!) Sometimes, you can have money automaticay put into your savings account from your checking account or from your paycheck. This wi hep you save money. You can make this work Like osing weight, saving money isn t easy. You have to keep doing it week after week. If you make a mistake one day, get back on track the next day. Don t give up your goas! 62
13 My Net Worth Have you ever figured out your physica assets? You might be surprised. You might have more assets than you think. Let s ist them now. Write down a the things you own that coud be turned into cash. Next to them, write down how much they are worth. The things you own are the PARTS. The tota assets at the end is the WHOLE. My assets (Things I own that have vaue) House Land Other property A business Cars Stocks Bonds Certificates of deposit Savings account Checking account Investment fund Pension/retirement fund Jewery/persona items Coins/coections Whoe ife insurance poicy Other Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Vaue $ Tota Assets $ 63
14 Now ist a of your debts (what you owe). Again, the things you owe are the PARTS, and they add up to the WHOLE. The WHOLE is the same as (it equas) your tota debts. Your debts might incude: My debts (Money that I owe others) Credit card Home oan (mortgage) Car oan Furniture oan Educationa oan Loan from a friend Other Amount $ Amount $ Amount $ Amount $ Amount $ Amount $ Amount $ Tota debts $ Your Tota Assets minus your Tota Debts is caed your net worth. Write your net worth here: Tota Assets $ Tota Debts $ = Net Worth $ Don t fee bad if you don t have a ot of net worth right now. In this course, you are earning to manage money. You are taking steps to make your net worth grow. Remember, net worth is not the same as sef-worth. Rich peope are not better. It s what is inside you that counts. It s what you give to the word that counts. You are important to many peope. You are important to your friends, your famiy and yoursef. 64
15 What I Want to Have Next In the first cass, you wrote down your goas. Go back and ook at your short-term goas on page 2. Aso ook at your one-year goas. You can reach them! It just takes panning. It takes saving. It takes one step at a time. To earn how to reach your goas, do four things: 1. Write your goas in the form on page Write down the cost of each goa. 3. Write down how much money you can save each month and each week toward that goa. 4. Figure out how many months it wi take you to reach that goa. For exampe, Jan s one-year goa is to buy a computer. The computer wi cost $1,000. Jan can save $100 each month. She divides $1,000 by $100 (the amount she can save each month) to find the number of months it wi take to reach her goa. There are 10. It wi take Jan 10 months to buy the computer. $1, = 10 months Goa Cost Amount to save each month for this goa Short-term goa Amount to save each week for this goa Number of months to reach my goa Buy a computer $1,000 $100 About $25 10 months 65
16 Use the form beow for each of your short-term and one-year goas. Figure out how ong it wi take you to reach your goas. Goa Cost Amount to save each month for this goa Short-term goa Amount to save each week for this goa Number of months to reach my goa Short-term goa Short-term goa Short-term goa One-year goa One-year goa Five-year goa Many years from now Action Pan At the end of this session, I wi have figured out: n My net worth. n How ong it wi take me to save to reach my goas. 66
17 Concusion Congratuations! You are taking important steps in mapping your career path. You are earning to manage your money. You have earned severa important steps to manage your money: n Pay yoursef first! Save something every singe month. n Set your goas and save up to reach them. You can do it! n Find and pug your spending eaks. n Create a spending pan and stick to it. n Know the difference between wants and needs. n Have ony one credit card. Use it ony for emergencies or major purchases. n Get hep if your debt is high. You re on your way to a more secure future! 67
18 Usefu Resources There are a number of good Web sites to hep you manage money. For information about saving money: Federa Citizen Information Center, , or For information about smart buying: For information about ow-cost, tasty meas: Share Our Strength, , or For information about financia panning and investing: Aiance for Investor Education, or Nationa Association of Investors Corporation (investment cubs), Find a Certified Financia Panner or get a free kit on financia panning, For hep with federa income taxes: Interna Revenue Service, , or American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), , or For free credit counseing: Nationa Foundation for Credit Counseing, , or American Consumer Credit Counseing, , or Myvesta Foundation, For referra to ow-cost awyers: Lega Services Corporation, , or 68 Gossary of Terms Auto insurance. Heps pay if your car is in an accident. Automated Teer Machines (ATMs). Machines that et you take cash out of your checking or savings account without writing a check. You need a specia pastic card and a persona identification number (PIN) to use an ATM. Bank. A financia institution, open to anyone, that offers services such as checking and savings accounts, oans, and credit cards. Bankruptcy. A ega process used by peope when their debt is overwheming. It can erase their debts and hep give them a fresh start. Benefits. Things that hep you (are of benefit to you). Some common empoyer benefits are vacation time and sick eave. Bonds. An asset issued by governments, companies, banks, pubic utiities, and other arge entities. They promise to pay back your money, pus a fixed rate of interest, at a specific end date. Bounced check. A check written for more money than you have in your checking account. Extra fees are charged for bounced checks. Aso caed an overdraft. Certificates of Deposit (CDs). Investments issued by banks, credit unions, and savings and oans that pay interest for use of your money for a set period of time. Aso known as time deposits. Checking accounts. A bank account that ets you pay for things without cash. Checks. Pieces of paper that you write on to pay for things. The money is taken out of your checking account at the bank or credit union where you have an account. Check register. A sma book to hep you keep track of money in your savings and checking accounts. Compound interest. Interest on money you invest, which continues to earn interest itsef. Credit card. A pastic card that ets you take out a oan to buy things without cash. These oans must be paid back. If they re not paid back within a month, you pay interest. Credit counseing. Free counseing by a nonprofit organization to hep peope who owe a ot of money. Credit rating. A score of how we a person uses credit. It covers the previous seven years. Credit repair companies. For-profit companies to be avoided that charge money and often make untrue caims about heping peope in debt fix their credit history.
19 Credit report. A report that describes your use of credit. Credit union. Simiar to a bank except it is a nonprofit. Credit unions are usuay formed by a church, a company, or a community. You have to be part of the church, company, or community to join a credit union. Debit card. A pastic card that ets you buy things without cash. Unike credit cards, you don t take out oans when you use a debit card. Instead, the money is taken out of your checking account. Deductions. Items that are subtracted. For exampe, taxes are taken out of (deducted from) your paycheck before you receive it. Diversifying. Spreading your money among different kinds of investments. Diversifying owers your risk. Equa sign. A sign (=) meaning is. It shows a different name for the same thing. Gross pay. The tota amount you earned in the pay period. Homeowner s insurance. Insurance that pays if your house is damaged or destroyed. Identity theft. Theft of your persona information (credit card numbers, Socia Security number, etc.) that is then used to stea money from you. Interest. Money you are paid for an investment. For exampe, interest is paid by a credit union or bank where you have a savings account. Investing. Using the money you have to buid more money. Life insurance. Heps support your oved ones if you die. Loans. What you take out when you ask someone to give you money. Loans from banks and credit unions require that you pay back the money that you borrowed pus some extra money (interest). Money. A token that peope wi accept for what they have to trade. Money market accounts. Savings accounts that have many of the same services as checking accounts. Usuay managed by a bank or a brokerage. Mutua funds. Poos of stocks and bonds run by professionas. You can buy shares in the funds. Net pay. What is eft in your paycheck after taxes and other deductions are subtracted. The amount you get to take home. Net worth. What you own when your tota debts are subtracted from your tota assets. Overdraft protection. A pan you sign up for at your bank or credit union. For a fee, the pan wi cover the amount of a check written for more than you have in your account, so the check doesn t bounce. Over-imit fee. A fee that may be added to your credit card bi if you charge more than the imit on your credit card. Pay stub. A record of what you earned and what is taken out of your paycheck. Persona assets. Your persona characteristics, incuding your skis and experience. Physica assets. Things you own that can be turned into cash. Quest card. A debit card given to peope receiving TANF that ets them withdraw money from an ATM. Rea estate. Land, houses, condos, and commercia buidings are a rea estate. Renter s insurance. Pays if the things you own inside your apartment are damaged or destroyed. Repossessed. If you get too far behind in paying for an item you bought with a oan, the ender can take the item back. Savings accounts. Like a piggy bank, except your money is kept safe in a bank, credit union, or savings and oan, and you earn interest on it. Scams. A way that peope try to stea from you. Secured credit card. A card with a ow imit, which is secured by money you deposit in a savings account in advance. Secured oan. A oan on property such as a car or house. It s caed secured because the property can be taken away if the person taking out the oan misses oan payments. Spending diary. A record of a the things you buy in a week. Spending pan. A budget. A comparison of income and spending to ensure that you are not spending more than you earn. Stocks. Shares in a company. The vaue of stocks rises or fas as the vaue of the company rises or fas. Tax credits. Reduction in your income tax for having chidren, paying for chid care, or paying for an education. 69
20 Acknowedgments Financia Opportunity Famiy Progress was written and produced for the Nationa Center for Famiy Literacy (NCFL) as a pubic service by the Denver-based Nationa Endowment for Financia Education, or NEFE ; Ted Beck., President and CEO; Brent A. Neiser, CFP, Director of Coaborative Programs; and Mary J. Schutz, Project Manager of Coaborative Programs. NEFE is an independent nonprofit organization committed to educating Americans about persona finance and empowering them to make positive and sound decisions to reach financia goas. The Nationa Endowment for Financia Education, NEFE, and the NEFE ogo are federay registered service marks of the Nationa Endowment for Financia Education. For more information about the Nationa Endowment for Financia Education, visit The Nationa Center for Famiy Literacy (NCFL) is the wordwide eader in famiy iteracy, an intergenerationa approach to hep famiies escape poverty through education. More than 1 miion famiies have made positive educationa and economic gains as a resut of NCFL s work, which incudes training more than 150,000 teachers and thousands of vounteers. Visit the NCFL Web site at These images represent the ideas and comments resuting from a focus group conducted with teachers and facuty working cosey with students to create this project. Specia thanks to Karen Carr, Famiy Literacy State Coordinator of the Coorado Department of Education, for organizing and coordinating this focus group event at Red Rocks Community Coege. 70
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22 Life teaches us many things. One is that we have to take care of ourseves. That means exercising, eating right, and getting enough seep. It aso means making good choices. Good choices about friends. Good choices about how we spend time. And good choices about money.
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