Youth EMpowerment Program

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Youth EMpowerment Program

Debara Burke
I have worked with students in the juvenile court system between the ages of 16 and 18...I also work with families with young children...the concept of financial literacy has been sorely under-emphasized in our society.  Most of the young people I talk to do not understand the basic concepts of earning money as well as how to spend it.  I want to find interesting and real life ways to teach these concepts to the youth in this program.  I have started with simple games to teach them the difference between a want and a need. It all boils down to choices and learning how to make the right ones from an earlier age.