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Financial Literacy Month

Tool Kit for Partners

April is Financial Literacy Month! Help members of your community take a simple, smart step to protect their federal benefit payments and improve their financial health. Encourage senior citizens, people with disabilities and others to switch from paper checks to electronic payments for their federal benefit payments. Free materials are available to help you include this important message in your financial literacy efforts.

If you don't yet have a financial literacy curriculum, consider adopting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Money Smart program – a free training program to help adults enhance their money skills and create positive banking relationships.

  • For Community Organizations:
    • Program Overview – Provides a short overview of easy ways to encourage the use of electronic payments for federal benefits.
    • Newsletter Copy – Information suitable for an article highlighting the importance of getting federal benefit payments electronically.
    • Myths vs. Facts – A hand-out for presentations, workshops or meetings that identifies and dispels common misconceptions about electronic payments.
    • Brief Tips – Use these short tips about direct deposit and the Direct Express® Debit MasterCard® card in your newsletters, websites or social media posts.
    • Web Banner – Add this graphic to your website and link back to www.GoDirect.org.
    • PowerPoint Slides and Talking Points – These informational slides provide the basics about direct deposit, the Go Direct campaign and the Direct Express® card, and can be included in your organization’s existing presentations.
    • Poster – Display this colorful poster in your lobby, office or at events.
    • Newsletter Copy (Spanish)
    • Web Banner (Spanish)
    • Poster (Spanish)
       
  • For Financial Institutions:
    • Program Overview – Provides a short overview of easy ways to encourage the use of direct deposit for federal benefits.
    • Branch Communication Kit – Information suitable for an email to your branches and staff highlighting the importance of direct deposit and providing information about the Go Direct campaign.
    • Best Practices – Tips from Go Direct partners on promoting direct deposit among customers and members.
    • Newsletter Copy – Information suitable for an article highlighting the importance of direct deposit for federal benefits.
    • Myths vs. Facts – A hand-out for presentations, workshops or meetings that identifies and dispels common misconceptions about direct deposit.
    • Brief Tips – Use these short tips about direct deposit in your newsletters, websites or social media posts.
    • Web Banner – Add this graphic to your website and link back to www.GoDirect.org.
    • PPT Slides and Talking Points– These informational slides provide the basics about direct deposit and the Go Direct campaign and can be included in your organization’s existing presentations.
    • Poster – Display this colorful poster in your lobby, office or at events.
    • Statement Insert – Include this colorful insert in your statements to customers or members.
    • Statement Messages – Short messages about the Go Direct campaign to incorporate into your monthly statements to customers or members.
    • Teller Tips and Reminder Messages – Short reminders to include in your organization's communications to branch staff, prompting them to encourage customers or members to sign up for direct deposit.
       

For more information, contact a campaign representative at (952) 346-6055 or GoDirect@webershandwick.com.

 

Para Español, visite www.DirectoASuCuenta.org. The Go Direct® campaign is sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks. The Go Direct® and Direct Express® logos, Go Direct® and Direct Express® are service marks of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (used with permission). The Direct Express® Debit MasterCard® card is issued by Comerica Bank, pursuant to a license by MasterCard International Incorporated. MasterCard® and the MasterCard® Brand Mark are registered trademarks of MasterCard International Incorporated.