Announcements

Train-the-Trainer Workshops for Financial Educators

Financial education instructor training sessions using the highly successful All My Money and Your Money & Your Life curricula developed by the University of Illinois Extension and the Financial Links for Low-Income People (FLLIP) coalition will be held on January 19–20 and February 2–3, 2006, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, 50 East Washington Street, Suite 500, Chicago.

The train-the-trainer sessions are a part of an ongoing project of the FLLIP coalition.

Registration fees are $140 for All My Money and $130 for Your Money & Your Life. The fees cover instruction, the instructor manual, materials, handouts, and lunch.

To register, contact Jami Schlafer at 312.368.8575 or by January 5 for All My Money and by January 19 for Your Money & Your Life.

FLLIP to Hold Winter Quarter Meeting on January 18

Financial Links for Low-Income People (FLLIP), the statewide coalition to expand financial education and asset-building opportunities for low-income people in Illinois, will hold its next quarterly meeting on January 18, 2006. The coalition of banks, credit unions, advocates, community organizations, government agencies, bank regulators, adult educators, and private industry is coordinated by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.

FLLIP quarterly meetings keep members updated on the goings-on in the areas of financial education, asset building and protection, and access to the financial mainstream. All who are interested are welcome to attend.

The meeting and lunch, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. will be held at the Mid-America Club, Chicago, 200 East Randolph Drive, 80th Floor, Chicago. The instructors’ meeting starts at 11:00 a.m.