Webinar: Updates to NEFE’s Five Key Factors for Effective Financial Education

As part of Financial Capability Month (also known as Financial Literacy Month), NEFE is proud to present a special webinar to share and discuss updates to our Five Key Factors for Effective Financial Education.

Webinar Details

Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Time: 3:00 p.m. EDT/12:00 p.m. PDT

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NEFE Observes Financial Capability Month

April is a month dedicated to celebrating the importance of financial well-being, quality financial education and the work being done to move the field forward. NEFE is proud to be a part of this celebration since the beginning, spearheading the creation of Youth Financial Literacy Day, which the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy expanded into Youth Financial Literacy Month and then eventually Financial Literacy Month, which was formally recognized by the U.S. Senate in 2004.

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$600,000 Awarded for Five Financial Education Research Projects

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Support for Financial Education: National Polls and Analysis

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New national polling shows overwhelming support for making personal finance a required high school course. Explore what the data reveals across states and demographics.

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Financial Literacy Graduation Requirements by State

More than half of U.S. states now have financial education graduation requirement policies in place. Learn more about these policies in our latest Legislative Review Report.

Creating these requirements is the important first step, but the critical phase is the implementation of these policies. The variables that must be considered range from funding streams to measuring success.

NEFE Research

Supporting research in the field of financial well-being.

NEFE promotes a better understanding of personal finance by identifying and investigating the financial issues affecting people's lives. We advance effective financial education through research studies, symposia, think tanks and round table discussions.

NEFE funds rigorous, innovative and actionable research that seeks to improve the public's financial well-being and has the potential to make a profound contribution to our field.

Our research values drive this work.

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