FEFE is a program of the Take Charge America Institute for Consumer Financial Education and Research (TCAI) at the University of Arizona, Tucson, whose goal is to improve financial literacy across America, and to help consumers make informed financial choices in today's increasingly complex, connected world.

Designed by educators for educators, FEFE’s curriculum design differentiates itself from other family finance curricula with unique lesson plan features, including the activity-based Multiple Intelligences model. These lessons are ready-to-teach, comprehensive with course recommendations, aligned to national standards, and up-to-date!

The Educator Support section has resources specific to each state as well as material to use when promoting financial education to administrators, students, parents and community members.

A key component of professional development is FEFE’s training model. Highly interactive trainings are conducted throughout the United States with a week-long annual national conference.

Read how FEFE Maryland State Educator, Chrissie Hines, uses a cross-disciplinary and community outreach approach to Make the Case for Financial Literacy in her school.