IT’S NOT TOO LATE!
Chicago Youth Works & the Economic Awareness Council have partnered with the City of Chicago & the My Chi. My Future. program to bring you these activities to learn smart ways to manage your money. Complete these playlists, starting with Be Payday Ready. Complete any playlist by 8/8 and you will receive an invitation to compete in our Finance Ready Scholarship Competition.
Use the link below for YOUR program site.
DFSS Chicago Youth Works (DFSS – CYW) Youth:
https://mychimyfuture.org/sign-in
Alternative School Network (ASN) Youth:
https://futurefinanceready.com/
Other Chicago Youth Works (CYW) Youth:
https://mychimyfuture.org/eac-groups
BE PAYDAY READY
earn basic financial skills to maximize earnings and establish a strong foundation for saving including banking & direct deposit. Learn how to do more with your pay. Get your money faster and for FREE. Manage your time sheet and taxes to maximize your pay. Save for your future.
BE BUDGET READY
There’s so much you can do to set yourself up for a strong financial future. In this Playlist, you work on budgeting and learn about savings tools that can help you now and far into the future.
BE CREDIT READY
What is credit and why does it matter? Good credit is very powerful. Credit helps you to get loans for things like cars, housing or starting a business and building a solid credit history and maintaining a high credit score can have a dramatic impact on your quality of life now and in the future. In this Playlist, you’ll explore how to build your credit power and explore common loans, like car loans and school loans, that are often part of life.
BE READY TO AVOID PREDATORY LOANS
A payday loan is a high-interest, unsecured loan. In these videos and exercises you will learn the cost of taking out a payday loan as well as other options to avoid using payday loans. You will also learn how to avoid getting caught in a never-ending cycle of debt.
BE READY TO INVEST
Investing may build wealth and help meet financial goals. There are many alternatives and risks associated with investing.
In this Playlist, you learn about saving for the short-term and investing for the long-term.
BE INSURANCE READY
Use this playlist to learn what insurance is, how insurance works, different types of insurance and how to purchase insurance.
PAYDAY BASICS FOR YOUTH EMPLOYEES
Learn basic financial skills to maximize earnings and establish a strong foundation for saving including banking & direct deposit. Learn how to do more with your pay. Get your money faster and for FREE. Manage your time sheet and taxes to maximize your pay. Save for your future.
COLLEGES TO CAREERS
In this playlist, you will have the opportunity to explore numerous college & career opportunities at City Colleges of Chicago and beyond!First, in this playlist, you will learn more about all of the affordable college & career options available at the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), “the largest community colleges system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation.”
BE READY TO PROTECT YOUR MONEY
In this playlist, you will learn about the FDIC and NCUA in addition to ways to protect yourself from fraud.
BANKABILITY
Designed with younger teens in mind, this playlist teaches you why you should bank and save and the importance of starting both right away. It also teaches you how to get started banking and how to apply your knowledge.
CCC UNDERSTANDING STUDENT LOANS
Use this playlist to learn the different ways to fund higher education and the cost and benefit of each way.