Nurturing Economic Empowerment Through Financial Education Across Missouri

The Missouri Financial Educators Council’s mission is rooted in providing people with the knowledge and guidance they need to foster greater financial well-being.

To this end, we provide complimentary resources, advocacy campaigns, and local personal support to build scalable financial wellness initiatives throughout Missouri.

Strengthening Missouri with Sustainable Economic Empowerment Programming

The mission of the Missouri Financial Educators Council℠ is to build sustainable, scalable economic empowerment programs that have a real impact on people’s lives at the community level. To accomplishing this mission, we focus on these 3 Pillars:

Pillar 1: Increase Access & Develop Sustainable Financial Education Programming.

Organizations – We provide resources, training, personnel, and support to build scalable financial wellness programming.

Individuals & Families – Resources and courses are provided for those seeking to improve their own finances and/or teach their kids about money.

Pillar 2: Raise Awareness for Economic Empowerment through Financial Education.

Advocacy Promotion Campaigns – We promote the adoption of financial literacy into schools, getting families involved in teaching kids about money, and encouraging individuals to improve their knowledge.

Local Financial Education Data – Conducting and curating Missouri-specific personal finance research to share with stakeholders across the education and media sectors.

Pillar 3: Develop Relationships to Deploy and Sustain Community Financial Wellness.

Combat Financial Illiteracy – This is a crucial moment for our country and its citizens. And financial literacy is the key to addressing one of this country’s top crises.

Grassroots Movement – Join us in the movement to help our community work toward greater financial independence and security. We welcome everyone. Here are a few ways you can join.

Join The Movement

Beneficiaries
Receivers of resources & support.

Supporters
Promote the campaign across the community.

Join Advisory Board
Community leaders of local & state chapters.

Why We Are Uniquely Positioned to Serve

The Missouri Financial Educators Council℠ is a state chapter of the National Financial Educators Council®. The National Chapter is well-qualified to support our initiatives here across the state of Missouri – they bring:

Accreditation

As an IACET Accredited Provider, the NFEC offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.

Social Impact

As a Certified B Corporation, the NFEC meets the highest standards for socially responsible commerce, using the power of business to build more sustainable economies.

Standards

The NFEC set industry standards for the financial education and financial coaching industry.

NFEC Financial Literacy Standard Alignment Verified

Our Local Champions Across Missouri Make this Possible

Local champions ensure that financial education programming, resources and data are provided complimentary to individuals and organizations throughout Missouri.

Missouri Financial Literacy

With its nickname the Show Me State, Missouri exhibits its dedication to the Missouri financial literacy movement by helping individuals and organizations through providing key resources and information. By accessing these resources, state residents can ask the effort to “Show Me” the way toward Missouri financial literacy. This campaign to increase Missouri financial literacy capability forms one cog in a national wheel moving toward bringing personal finance management knowledge to citizens and communities.

Complimentary Financial Literacy Resources

Financial Education Framework and Standards

Personal Finance eLearning Center

Live Presentation Materials

Financial Literacy Testing

Missouri Financial Literacy Legislation & Educational Stats

Missouri exceeds the national average in terms of total number of schools (2,425 compared to 1,972) and number of teachers (67,355 compared to 61,418) across the state. The fact that Missouri’s total number of students (917,785) is lower than the national average (986,521) gives Missouri a quite favorable student/teacher ratio (13.63; 16.06 national average) (Common Core of Data, U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics, 2014-15).

Recent (2015) legislation in Missouri, Senate Bill 45, is being considered to create a new program of microgrants. These small grants (<$25,000) would be awarded to residents living in impoverished areas who engage in entrepreneurial activities or continuing adult education, including (but not limited to) classes on financial literacy (National Conference of State Legislatures, 2015).

Missouri Financial Capability Stats

70%

Average Score of 69.84% to Date

60%

Percentage of Passing [70%] Scores to Date

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Participants

National Financial Capability Stats

64%

Average Score of 64.26% to Date

49%

Percentage of Passing [70%] Scores to Date

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Participants

About the Missouri Financial Educators Council℠

The Missouri Financial Educators Council℠ conducts efforts which began in 2017 in cooperation with the National Financial Educators Council® (NFEC®) to establish sustainable community initiatives striving toward shared financial education objectives.

National Financial Educators Council, State Financial Literacy Standards
National Financial Educators Council, State Chapters