ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Strategies for promoting greater financial literacy among members, particularly young members, will be the subject of a webinar and a Twitter chat being hosted by the National Credit Union Administration on Wednesday, April 22.
The webinar, “Your Mission in Action: Developing Youth Financial Literacy and Savings Programs,” is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. EST and to run for 90 minutes. There is no charge.
Ken Worthey, financial literacy and outreach analyst in NCUA’s Office of Consumer Protection, will moderate the webinar. He will be joined by Gail Laster, director of NCUA’s Office of Consumer Protection; NCUA Consumer Affairs Director Morgan Rogers; Louisa Quittman, director of the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Education; Gigi Hyland, executive director, National Credit Union Foundation; and Katie Bryan, communications director for the Consumer Federation of America.
Topics that will be discussed include:
- Strategies for developing new youth financial literacy programs or enhancing current programs.
- Research available on youth savings and financial literacy.
- Making outreach effective.
- Financial literacy resources available from NCUA, other federal agencies and nonprofits.
Online registration is available here. Participants will also use this link to log into the webinar. Registrants should allow pop-ups from this website.
Participants may submit questions in advance at WebinarQuestions@ncua.gov. The subject line of the e-mail should read, “NCUA Financial Literacy Webinar.”
The Twitter chat, meanwhile, is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Eastern and will also be hosted by Worthey. Credit unions and consumers are encouraged to follow the conversation and contribute using the #NCUAChat hashtag on Twitter. Participants can submit questions beforehand to socialmedia@ncua.gov.