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Providing for health care is an important part of retirement. This website and publication provides information on the circumstances when employer-provided retiree health benefits can be reduced or terminated and the importance of reviewing your plan documents.

This website provides information about the tax advantages of saving with US Savings Bonds. If you only look at the rate your savings bonds are earning, they may not seem like a strong investment. But when you factor in all the tax advantages, your bonds are earning more than you think. The site includes a Tax Advantages Calculator.

Women face many challenges in saving for retirement. This website highlights some of those issues and provides tips to get started. The site is presented in English and Spanish.

The United States Mint's website provides free educational resources for educators, parents, and kids. The site includes free educational resources including class activities, lesson plans, and information on how to bring coins into the classroom. For youth, the H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web site is dedicated to promoting lifelong pleasure in coins and coin collecting. Games, informational features, and interactive animated cartoons, successfully combine government, technology, and education in a new and exciting way.

This website provides information on the savings bond education tax exclusion. This permits qualified taxpayers to exclude from their gross income all or part of the interest paid upon the redemption of eligible Series EE and I Bonds issued after 1989, when the bond owner pays qualified higher education expenses at an eligible institution.

This website helps you to identify agencies that will provide information, counseling assistance with homeownership issues including financing and mortgages. If you are facing foreclosure, use this site to identify a local foreclosure avoidance counselor.

Retirement is expensive. Take charge of your financial future and start preparing now. This website outlines ten steps to help you start saving for retirement. The site is presented in English and Spanish.

Sign up for direct deposit for your Social Security benefits so you’ll receive your money even if you can’t get your mail.

This website provides information on using US Savings Bonds to save for retirement. Did you know that a person retiring at age 65 spends an average of 18 years in retirement? Experts estimate that you'll need 70-80% of your pre-retirement income—lower earners will need 90 percent or more—to maintain your standard of living when you stop working. This is based on the assumption that you'll cut out many of your current expenses, like commuting costs, when you retire.

This website provides downloadable forms and publications about Federal financial aid. Documents include the College Preparation Checklist, Funding Your Education Beyond High School - The Guide to Federal Student Aid, fact sheets on financial aid including information for graduate and adult students, and more. The website also includes videos and infograpics on the financial aid process, types of aid, FAFSA, and responsible borrowing and loan repayment.