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www.bankrate.com This Web site offers current information on many personal finance issues, such as checking and ATM fees, auto loans, money markets, and no-fee and low interest rate credit cards. It also provides access to financial calculators, such as loan, college tuition, moving, and savings calculators.

www.jumpstartcoalition.org The Jumpstart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy seeks to improve the personal financial literacy of young adults. Its purpose is to evaluate the financial literacy of young adults; develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of guidelines for grades K-12; and promote the teaching of personal finance. Its Web site provides a searchable database of educational materials for the K-12 age group. (888) 45-EDUCATE.

www.ncfe.org is the Web site for the National Center for Financial Education. It is a consumer-oriented, nonprofit, public education organization that offers articles and worksheets on topics, such as spending perception and creating a spending plan.