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This booklet addresses decisions you make throughout your lifetime, such as choosing a career, getting married, having children, buying a home, and starting to save and invest. It identifies the impact that such decisions have on your future financial security and creates a "road map" for addressing such scenarios and identifies the steps you can take throughout your lifetime to ensure a more secure financial future.

Changes in culture and money systems require the new immigrant to learn a new approach to financial literacy. This booklet created by the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services, Bank of America, and NEFE, provides new immigrants with basic information on how to use their money and the U.S. banking system to their advantage. Produced in Bosnian, Russian and Farsi, as well as English, the booklet discusses money management, buying a home, building good credit and reaching goals among other things. Bank of America provided print sponsorship for the project.

This brochure provides basic information to help you determine if you are ready to buy a home and to help you get started with the home-buying process. It includes information on down payments, closing costs, mortgage brokers, and credit.

Advance financial planning can be an advantage if a major purchase is in your future. A few basic principles apply across the board, but every instance carries a different set of considerations that can help you make the most of your decision to spend. This resource provides some relevant tips for getting the best deals.

This publication focuses on home utilities, how to budget and manage utility costs, handle payments, and lower utility bills. A general personal finance section also explains how to set goals, create a spending plan, and use credit responsibly.

The booklet can help an individual prepare for a disaster by providing suggestions on how to protect your family's health, life, and property with adequate insurance, plan financially for the possibility of a job loss or disability, and safeguard your important financial and legal records.