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Education Resources
Maine credit unions are dedicated to helping their members achieve their goals in regard to financial well-being. To support your credit union with its financial education outreach efforts, the League has compiled a list of valuable resources from both the League and its partners. Collateral is available for work with any age, spanning from kindergarten through adulthood. There is truly something for everybody! We can’t wait to see how your credit union utilizes the below resources to arm your members with financial wellness tools for a better future.
If you have any questions, please contact Jake Holmes, Director of Outreach & Strategic Planning, for guidance on financial education.
Youth Resources
There are a number of resources available for parents and children to learn more about money management and personal finance. Many of the links below are partners of the League and Maine’s credit unions. Click on any of the links below to get started.
- Maine Credit Unions’ Financial Fitness Fairs – Since the program’s inception in 2004, approximately 80,000 Maine students have participated in a Financial Fitness Fair.
- The Maine Credit Union League is an eighteen-time winner of the national Desjardins Award for Youth Financial Education.
- Maine credit unions have a dedicated Director of Outreach & Strategic Planning to help Mainers with financial education, challenges, and opportunities.
- Maine credit unions have access to elementary and middle school-level curriculum programs, which consists of grab-and-go resources and lesson plans that credit union staff or volunteers can lead in schools.
- Maine Credit Unions’ Financial Literacy Blog
- Maine Credit Unions’ Virtual Financial Fitness Fair
- Maine Credit Unions’ Curriculum
- Maine Jump$tart Coalition
- National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)
- Next Gen Personal Finance
- Junior Achievement of Maine
Adult Resources
Because financial education isn’t just for youth, Maine credit unions are active in helping adults with budgeting, first-time home buying, retirement, and more.
For All Adults
- hoMEworks (A nonprofit group dedicated to consumer homebuyer education. hoMEworks believes the best place to start the home buying process is in the classroom.)
- ProsperityME (Information and resources for New Mainers/immigrants)
- United Way of Greater Portland CA$H Coalition
- AARP Tax-Aide
- To check your credit score, please visit:
- Maine credit unions also have access to a brand-new adult education curriculum, which includes grab-and-go resources and a lesson plan that credit union staff or volunteers can bring to food pantries, rotary clubs, and other community organizations.
For Seniors
AARP Money Management Program
Do you or someone you know need help? In partnership with AARP, this program offers money management services to individuals with lower incomes. Seniors and people with disabilities work with trained, bonded volunteers to help balance their checkbooks, write checks for signing, organize their mail, and/or develop a budget. Participants sign their own checks and retain full control of their bank accounts and other assets.
Find a program in your area:
Spectrum Generations
Kennebec, Knox, Somerset, and Waldo Counties
Eastern Area Agency on Aging
Penobscot, Piscataquis, Hancock, and Washington Counties
Aroostook Agency on Aging
Aroostook County
Southern Maine Agency on Aging
York and Cumberland Counties
SeniorsPlus
Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties
