The ins and outs of finances can be pretty difficult to understand. Yet when you’re looking for answers to financial questions, you need straightforward information presented in an unbiased and easily understandable way.
Bronco is pleased offer you just that with FoolProof, our new Consumer Educational resource. FoolProof is an online education program that uses interactivity, games, music and even tough talk—all delivered by peer-aged people—to provide the young adults in your life with sound financial instruction. FoolProof offers five different levels of information for youth to adults, parents and even grandparents:
• Information Edge—A website for adults that offers information on dozens of consumer issues. In Nick’s Report, you’ll find great information on hot topics of the day—from the Cash for Clunkers program to Buying Foreclosed Homes. Gen Y with Will helps you get familiar with the things that are important to your kids, like becoming a member of Facebook, and puts them in perspective. Plus you’ll find a Car Buying Guide, Mortgage Guide, Home Buying Guides, a New Home Owner’s Guide, topics on Privacy and Fraud, Credit and Debt and all kinds of general topics.
• FoolProof for Parents—A web-driven financial education program for parents (or grandparents) to use with teenaged kids or grandkids. FoolProof for parents puts you in charge of your kids’ financial education by helping you get a teenager interested in financial responsibility, helping them learn how to keep from being ripped off in the consumer marketplace, and teaching them how incredibly important it is to keep a high credit score.
• FoolProof Solo—A complete financial education program for college-aged people and young adults. FoolProof Solo is also designed for anyone who wants to fine-tune their financial expertise by working through online modules that test your knowledge. But don’t worry – the test results come directly to you!
• FoolProof for High Schools—A financial education program that high school educators can use in the classroom featuring young people presenting real life lessons. The program allows teachers to pre-test and post-test their students to evaluate their financial literacy skills, and it provides all of the support materials needed (including Teacher Guides) for nine 45-minute classroom sessions.
• CUHQ—A youth-oriented website designed to encourage young people to become more informed consumers. CUHQ gives them a heads-up on the real world as they head to college or a job. It features podcasts, videos and real-life stories to show young people the realities of life “outside the nest.”
Best of all, as a Bronco member, this powerful resource is absolutely free for you and your family to use, and you can go back to it as frequently as you like. You’ll find a link to FoolProof on the main page of our website at www.broncofcu.com. Be sure to bookmark the page so you can check it out and get the answers you need to secure a brighter financial future for your kids, your grandkids and yourself.
