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<p class="MsoNormal">The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a number of resources available for free that libraries can use to provide financial literacy programs and services to their communities.
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<p class="MsoNormal">WebJunction has a short article providing links to the CFPB resources that include helpful information such as; webinars, website resources, marketing materials, guidebooks and program ideas.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take a look yourself and read more about CFPB and the library resources available here,
<a href="http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/financial-education-tools-for-libraries-from-CFPB.html">
http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/financial-education-tools-for-libraries-from-CFPB.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope you find some good information and ideas here to help serve the financial literacy needs of your communities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Shannon D. White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Toll free: 877-479-0021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:whites29@michigan.gov"><span style="color:blue">whites29@michigan.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:blue">http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#44546A">Nourishing Michigan’s Future…during school and during the summer! Consider being a sponsor or site for the Summer Food Service Program and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up – and Read Up!</span></i><i><span style="color:red">
</span></i><i><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/sfsp"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.michigan.gov/sfsp</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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