{"id":430,"date":"2022-06-14T16:11:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T23:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/colville-reservation\/?page_id=430"},"modified":"2025-08-19T06:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:16:51","slug":"financial-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/colville-reservation\/fcs\/financial-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Financial Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Banking Alternatives:<\/strong> Education about alternative banking options and the pros\/cons associated with the different options.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Dealing with Debt:<\/strong> Education about the importance of being careful with payday loans, steps to take to develop better borrowing habits and techniques for paying off built-up debt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Debt and the Holidays – Managing Stress and Spending:<\/strong> Education about how to reduce stress around money during the holidays, how to avoid debt during the holidays, pros\/cons of different payment methods, tips for shopping without over-spending and how to plan a holiday budget.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Developing a Spending Plan or Budget:<\/strong> Education about developing and analyzing spending plans (budgets).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Protecting Yourself from Predatory Lending:<\/strong> Education about how to recognize and protect yourself from predatory lending.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Reducing Credit Card Debt:<\/strong> Education about the negative effects of credit card debt, the benefits of reducing credit card debt and ways to reduce credit card debt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Saving and Investing:<\/strong> Education about the differences between saving money and investing money.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Stretching Your Food Dollar:<\/strong> Education about marketing tactics used by stores and ways to outsmart those tactics, while identifying ways to budget food dollars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Understanding Credit:<\/strong> Education about the financial habits that affect credit and techniques for managing credit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n
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