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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 describes Direct Express, which is a process for receiving federal benefits through a special prepaid debit card. Getting in shape financially is vital to a person’s overall well-being. For senior citizens, people with disabilities and others who receive federal benefits including Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) by check. One alternative to receiving payments in the form of paper checks is receiving them through a Direct Express® Debit MasterCard® card.

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.

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 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.

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.

Website of the U.S. Army's Financial Readines program. The site features information for service members and their families, including on-line calculators and educational video presentations.

Website of the U.S. Navy Fleet and Personal Readiness program. This site includes information and links to resources on budgeting, money management and planning.

Medicare is the nation's largest health insurance program, covering nearly 40 million Americans age 65 or older, disabled, and/or experiencing end-stage renal disease. This website provides information and an online tool to help individuals determine whether or not they are eligible for Medicare, and to provide information about enrollment. If you are not a U.S. citizen or a lawfully admitted alien who has lived in the U.S. continuously for a five-year period, please contact Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 for your Medicare enrollment and eligibility instead of using this tool.