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Financial Smart Start for Newlyweds

Research shows that financial management is an important key to a happy marriage. Financial Smart Start for Newlyweds is an educational series designed to help couples gain financial management skills. Couples will learn compassionate communication. They will increase financial security. The series features activities to help couples practice communication, set goals and design a budget, among other financial management tools.

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Newlyweds who enroll in the program also receive the monthly newsletters during their first year of marriage. The newsletters contain the latest information about saving, spending, record keeping, credit, insurance and other financial topics.

Publications

• Financial Smart Start for Newlyweds: Introduction - FSFCS200
   
• Understanding and Sharing Your Financial History - Financial Smart Start for Newlyweds - FSFCS201
   
• Debt in Marriage - Financial Smart Start for Newlyweds - FSFCS202
   
• Realistic Expectations About Expenses and Income - FSFCS203
   
• Creating and Sticking to a Budget - Financial Smart Start for Newlyweds - FSFCS204
   
• Credit and Overspending - Financial Smart Start for Newlyweds - FSFCS205
   
• Money, Manipulation and Power - Financial Smart Start for Newlyweds - FSFCS206

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