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Many marriages will be tested by an economic shock, such as a job loss or financial infidelity. With proper communication between partners and children, and a shared process for managing your finances together, married couples can withstand economic shocks, maintain their marriage, and create a safe and stable home for their children. Read more

Divorcing or splitting up a relationship can have ongoing economic consequences even after the initial crisis has passed. However, you can develop the skills and resources to stabilize and improve your personal economic situation. Stabilizing and improving your personal economic situation is important for providing a safe, stable and nurturing environment for your children.  In this course, we’ll provide resources for you to develop awareness of your financial situation and to track and plan as an approach to stabilizing and improving your financial situation for the long term after divorce.   Read more

Financial Health Connections for Couples provides an innovative framework for couples to discuss their perspectives about money and the tools to develop a mutual relationship to the money they share. This course is applicable to any kind of partnership with shared responsibility of expenses because it involves personal feelings, expectations, history, and behavior regarding money. Financial Health Connections for Couples leads couples through a learning process about how to make mutual choices and decisions that affect more than just finances. This course requires a commitment from both partners to participate. You will access the course together: sometimes you will take turns completing the exercises, and sometimes you will do them together. We encourage you to continue discussing these topics well after you finish the exercises. This course takes approximately three hours to complete and is divided into two modules. We suggest that you take a few days to a week between the first and second module to practice and discuss what you learned. You will see references to "your facilitator" occasionally during this course. If you are working with someone like a case manager or counselor while you are taking this course, that can be a reminder to discuss topics with them. If not, you can choose to send a message to the course creator, Joanne McLain, at jmclain@fhinst.com. You don't have to discuss this course with anyone, but we certainly hope you discuss it with each other!   Read more

This course will present a variety of ideas for you to help your children between the ages of 3 and 5 to learn about money. Supporting your child to learn at these early ages will help them develop skills that are fundamental to financial health in adulthood.  We'll provide activities for you to explore your own values, beliefs and behaviors about money to support this process. Then we'll present several ideas and specific activities you can use with your child to help them to learn about money. Read more

This course presents a variety of ideas for you to help your children between the ages of 6 and 12 to learn about money. Supporting your child to learn during the school age years will help them develop skills that are fundamental to financial health in adulthood.  We'll provide activities for you to explore your own values, beliefs and behaviors about money to support this process. Then we'll present several ideas and specific activities you can use with your child to help them to learn about money. Read more

The COVID-19 crisis has significantly impacted us in many ways. One of the most significant impacts is on financial health and wellness. This short course will provide information and exercises to support building economic stability, resilience and financial wellness for those who may be newly challenged with financial instability and insecurity. Read more