Iowa Jump$tart

Iowa Jump$tart Coalition Accomplishments for 2009

• At the request of the Iowa Jump$tart Coalition, Iowa Governor Chet Culver declared April as Financial Literacy Month.




• Iowa Jump$tart coordinated the Federal Reserve Money Smart Week in April in 3 different locations: Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, and the Quad Cities; and also
  
  • Hosted the Financial Forum in Des Moines.
  
  
  • Coordinated 100 partnering organziations who hosted over 100 events.
  
  
  • Produced a 12-page newspaper insert on financial education topics.
  
  
  • Awarded a scholarship for the Money Smart Kid essay contest.
  
  
  • Extended Money Smart Week’s outreach to about 8,000 students by touring schools with Ben Franklin.
  
  


• Iowa Jump$tart exhibited at the Iowa Business Educators Association (IBEA) Conference and the Iowa Family Consumer Science Educators (IFCSE) Conference.




• The 9^th Annual Personal Financial Literacy Conference was held in July at Simpson College in Indianola with over 70 teachers attending.  Jeanne Handeland, a Personal Finance teacher at Estherville-Lincoln Central High School, was named 2009 Financial Educator of the Year at the conference.




• Iowa Jump$tart selected and sponsored Business Teacher Roger Poling, Dubuque Hempstead High School, to represent Iowa in November at the National Jump$tart Financial Literacy conference in Washington, DC.  Roger will be sharing his experience at Iowa’s 10^th Annual Personal Financial Literacy Conference, July 22 & 23, 2010, at Des Moines Area Community College.




• Iowa Jump$tart expanded its mission “To improve the personal financial literacy of all Iowans” not just “Iowa youth”.




• Iowa Jump$tart built a new website www.iowajumpstart.org.




• The Iowa coalition hosted a webinar on “The New Credit Card Rules: What You Need to Know” as presented by Iowa State University Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair, Jeanne Hogarth.