General Financial Links
Annual Credit Report
– Offers a free annual credit report.
FakeChecks.org – Explains how fake check scams operate and offers tips for avoiding falling victim.
360 Degrees of Financial Literacy – Offers information grouped by life stages, such as college, parenthood, home ownership and retirement or by financial topics, such as business owner, investment planning, estate planning and personal finance.
Federal Trade Commission for the Consumer Information – Offers links to publications with advice on avoiding scams and rip-offs, as well as other topics. You can also file a complaint with the FTC or order FTC publications.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Quick Links for Consumers and Communities – Provides links to information on identity theft and privacy, financial education, banking tools and resources, consumer protection assistance, deposit insurance, real estate and housing, and community reinvestment and development. Also there are links to FDIC publications.
Federal Reserve Consumer Help – Offers assistance with filing a complaint as well as information on checking accounts, credit, credit reports, deposit insurance, electronic banking, mortgage loans and small business products.
Help With My Bank – Answers many questions common to all banking consumers from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The site also provides information about filing a complaint with regulators.
MyMoney.gov – Teaches the basics about financial education, such as buying a home, balancing a checkbook or investing in a 401(k). The information comes from 20 federal government agencies.
Federal Citizen Information Center – Provides links to a number of free and low-cost publications, as well as recall notices, scam and fraud alerts and a link to kids.gov/. Also, it includes a link to the Consumer Action Web site, which includes all of the information in the Consumer Action Handbook.
Practical Money Skills for Life – Features resources for consumers and parents on topics such as buying a home, using employee benefits and setting a child's allowance. Resources are also available for teachers and businesses.
Kentucky Jump$tart Coalition – Offers a list of coalition activities and a link to Jump$tart's clearinghouse of information and teacher curriculums.
Kentucky Council on Economic Education's Parent's Corner – Provides tips on teaching children to save and helping children learn decision making skills. Also links to a children's literature list and games, as well as resources for teachers.
Consumer Jungle – Features areas specific to teachers, students, parents and consumer awareness. Topics include buying a car, using credit responsibly, avoiding fraud, budgeting and living on your own.
Consumer Federation of America – Provides information resources on payday lending for consumers and advocates.
Identity Theft Links
Kentucky Office of the Attorney General – Offers a downloadable identity theft victim kit, tips for victims and information for businesses.
Identity Theft – Features the results of the President's Task Force on Identity Theft. The Taking Action link leads to a variety of federal resources regarding identity theft.
Fighting Back Against Identity Theft – Provides resources from the Federal Trade Commission to report identity theft, order publications, file a complaint and resolve problems.
Disaster Preparedness Links
Operation Hope's Hope Coalition America – Provides links to the Emergency Financial First Aid Kit and the Personal Disaster Preparedness Guide.
Kentucky Office of Homeland Security – Tells how to protect your family and your business in the event of a disaster. Also offers tips for children, the elderly and people with disabilities.