The Financial Literacy and Education Commission highlights the following information and resources to help Americans make informed financial decisions and build a secure and prosperous financial future.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
These teacher resources can be used in group activities with children to help them understand identity theft, fraud, and how to protect themselves.
Exploring ways to protect what’s important to us is an activity for children ages 5 –11, where they listen to a story, draw a picture, and answer questions about protecting themselves and their property.
Protecting your identity online is an activity for children ages 10 – 14, where they answer true-or-false questions about safe online behavior.
Protecting your Social Security number is an activity for children ages 1- 14, where they learn about the importance of protecting their Social Security number.
Giving advice about consumer protection is an activity for children ages 13 – 19, where they use their developing understanding of identity theft and fraud as they play the role of a consumer affairs advice columnist responding to letters from readers.
Find additional financial literacy activities is a searchable tool offering classroom activities, including teacher guides and supporting student material.
Visit AskCFPB:
AskCFPB is a searchable tool offering clear, impartial answers to hundreds of financial questions.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- How Money Smart Are You? is a suite of interactive games covering everyday financial topics that help young people adopt positive financial behaviors. The games are based on the FDIC’s Money Smart financial education program.
- Guide to Organizing Reality Fairs is a practical guide for hosting simulations that help youth experience real‑world financial decisions.
- Money Smart for Young Adults instructor‑led curriculum offers resources to help young adults build the skills and confidence to better manage their finances.
- Money Smart for Older Adults helps older adults and their caregivers recognize and prevent common forms of elder financial exploitation, and fraud and scams.
- Money Smart for Adults is an instructor‑led curriculum composed of 14 modules designed to help adults build practical money-management skills and make informed financial decisions.
- Money Smart News contains practical tips, program updates, tools, and success stories to support bankers, financial educators, and other practitioners. Subscribe at FDIC Subscriptions.
- FDIC Consumer News is a monthly newsletter that provides practical tips to help consumers use financial products and services safely and confidently. Subscribe at FDIC Subscriptions.
- FDIC Knowledge Center
is a searchable online resource with information related to deposit insurance, fraud prevention, financial education, and more.
Other Upcoming Events:
- FDIC Regional Community Affairs is a list of FDIC-sponsored events nationwide including forums on banking access and community development collaborations.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Ensuring fair access and equal treatment for bank customers is a fundamental principle of the U.S. banking system and is part of the OCC's mission. Visit helpwithmybank.gov for information and assistance on account closures and other banking questions.
- Financial Literacy Resource Directory
- Financial Literacy Digest: Winter 2026
- Financial Capability
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Investor.gov is the SEC’s consumer-facing website containing information to help investors make sound investment decisions and avoid fraud.
Building Wealth: A Roadmap for Students offers steps for young adults to consider as they begin their careers and investing journey.
Building Wealth Over Time Through Saving and Investing offers tips for building wealth over time.
Protect Your Money: How to Avoid Investment Fraud provides information and examples of red flags related to investment fraud.
Investor.Gov/Scams offers information about common scams reported to the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Assistance.
U.S. Department of Labor
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) offers resources to help guide consumers during life’s major moments.
Social Security Administration
Federal Trade Commission
These resources contain information for consumers to protect what they have from scammers.
How I’ll Avoid a Scam: My Action Plan: Consumers can use this tool to create a plan to protect themselves from scams. Here, they can list trusted contacts they can turn to for help if they think they might be dealing with a scammer. They can also enter contact information for companies they do business with, like credit card companies, banks, and online shopping sites, so they can reach them directly if they are concerned about their accounts.
Military Consumer Toolkit: This toolkit provides servicemembers and military families with information on a broad range of financial topics including spending, earning, borrowing, saving and investing, and protecting their money.
Credit Freezes and Fraud Alerts Article: This article discusses how to set up credit freezes and fraud alerts to help protect consumers from identity theft.
National Credit Union Administration
MyCreditUnion.gov is the official consumer financial protection website for the NCUA. This site provides timely and practical financial tips, interactive learning tools, and relevant financial resources such as:
- Money Basics guides, a series of educational resources to promote financial literacy on topics including Budgeting and Saving, Savings and Checking Accounts, and Building and Maintaining Credit.
- Fun and engaging interactive learning tools to help youth learn about saving, budgeting, and managing money. The tools include World of Cents for ages five and older, Hit the Road for grades three and up, and a Money 101 Quiz.
- Consumer Tips Videos covering a range of financial literacy topics, including Cryptocurrency, Mortgage Interest Rates, and Credit Reports.
- Resources on financial fraud and scams, including common types of scams and what to do if you have been scammed.
- Find an Answer Tool, a searchable database of commonly asked questions to help you make informed financial decisions.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
These resources discuss common fraud and scams that involve CFTC-regulated markets and products.
