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Youth Financial Literacy & Wealth Building Initiative · Grades 6–8 · Chicagoland

Community partnerships

Turn local expertise into practical learning for young people.

Libraries, youth organizations, nonprofits, businesses, volunteers, and funders can help create relevant financial learning experiences grounded in the communities students know.

Explore a community partnership

Where the initiative can fit

Meet young people in trusted community spaces.

Libraries

Workshop series, resource tables, family sessions, and project showcases.

Youth organizations

After-school cohorts and age-appropriate enrichment for existing groups.

Park districts

Seasonal programs, camps, and family-focused community events.

Community & faith spaces

Accessible gatherings shaped around local family priorities.

Employers & professionals

Career exposure, approved volunteers, and real-world context without sales pitches.

Nonprofits & funders

Program access, materials, transportation, and learning measurement support.

Ways to contribute

Bring reach, relevance, or resources.

A strong partnership starts with a clearly defined role and safeguards students from promotion, pressure, and unnecessary data collection.

Host & recruit

  • Provide an accessible space
  • Invite eligible families
  • Coordinate adult supervision

Share career context

  • Use approved age-appropriate examples
  • Avoid product promotion
  • Follow facilitator and site guidance

Fund access

  • Support materials and delivery
  • Expand family participation
  • Fund agreed measurement activities

Volunteer

  • Apply as an adult volunteer
  • Complete required screening
  • Serve within a defined role

Youth-centered guardrails

Learning comes before promotion.

Partners and volunteers should not market financial products, request student account information, collect private household details, or provide individualized advice. Roles, supervision, and communications are agreed before delivery.

Help create a stronger local learning pathway.

Tell us what your organization can host, contribute, or help make accessible. We’ll follow up about a clearly defined, youth-safe role.

Start a community inquiry