Nurturing Economic Empowerment Through Financial Education Across Alaska

The Alaska Financial Educators Council’s mission is rooted in providing people with the knowledge and guidance they need to foster greater financial well-being.

To this end, we provide complimentary resources, advocacy campaigns, and local personal support to build scalable financial wellness initiatives throughout Alaska.

Strengthening Alaska with Sustainable Economic Empowerment Programming

The mission of the Alaska Financial Educators Council℠ is to build sustainable, scalable economic empowerment programs that have a real impact on people’s lives at the community level. To accomplishing this mission, we focus on these 3 Pillars:

Pillar 1: Increase Access & Develop Sustainable Financial Education Programming.

Organizations – We provide resources, training, personnel, and support to build scalable financial wellness programming.

Individuals & Families – Resources and courses are provided for those seeking to improve their own finances and/or teach their kids about money.

Pillar 2: Raise Awareness for Economic Empowerment through Financial Education.

Advocacy Promotion Campaigns – We promote the adoption of financial literacy into schools, getting families involved in teaching kids about money, and encouraging individuals to improve their knowledge.

Local Financial Education Data – Conducting and curating Alaska-specific personal finance research to share with stakeholders across the education and media sectors.

Pillar 3: Develop Relationships to Deploy and Sustain Community Financial Wellness.

Combat Financial Illiteracy – This is a crucial moment for our country and its citizens. And financial literacy is the key to addressing one of this country’s top crises.

Grassroots Movement – Join us in the movement to help our community work toward greater financial independence and security. We welcome everyone. Here are a few ways you can join.

Join The Movement

Beneficiaries
Receivers of resources & support.

Supporters
Promote the campaign across the community.

Join Advisory Board
Community leaders of local & state chapters.

Why We Are Uniquely Positioned to Serve

The Alaska Financial Educators Council℠ is a state chapter of the National Financial Educators Council®. The National Chapter is well-qualified to support our initiatives here across the state of Alaska – they bring:

Accreditation

As an IACET Accredited Provider, the NFEC offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.

Social Impact

As a Certified B Corporation, the NFEC meets the highest standards for socially responsible commerce, using the power of business to build more sustainable economies.

Standards

The NFEC set industry standards for the financial education and financial coaching industry.

NFEC Financial Literacy Standard Alignment Verified

Our Local Champions Across Alaska Make this Possible

Local champions ensure that financial education programming, resources and data are provided complimentary to individuals and organizations throughout Alaska.

Alaska Financial Literacy

It may be the Last Frontier State, but in Alaska financial literacy is taking center stage. The Alaska financial literacy leadership team – known as the Alaska Financial Educators Council℠ – is making headway toward helping individual citizens and community groups alike gain access to information and resources designed to improve personal finance capabilities across the state. This Alaska financial literacy effort is part of a nationwide campaign that provides financial education resources to increase overall knowledge about money management among people and thereby strengthen communities.

Complimentary Financial Literacy Resources

Financial Education Framework and Standards

Personal Finance eLearning Center

Live Presentation Materials

Financial Literacy Testing

Alaska Financial Literacy Legislation & Educational Stats

The Common Core of Data (CCD), a program of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, says the sparsely populated Last Frontier State has 521 public high schools, well below the U.S. average of 1,972. Alaska has more than 131,000 students (U.S. average = 986,521) served by nearly 8,000 teachers (U.S. average = 61,418). That places the teacher-to-student ratio at 16.91, slightly higher than the national average of 16.06.

As of 2015, Alaska had no legislation pending or being considered to mandate personal finance education in its public school system, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Alaska Financial Capability Stats

60%

Average Score of 59.53% to Date

38%

Percentage of Passing [70%] Scores to Date

0
Participants

National Financial Capability Stats

64%

Average Score of 63.17% to Date

50%

Percentage of Passing [70%] Scores to Date

0
Participants

About the Alaska Financial Educators Council℠

The Alaska Financial Educators Council℠ launched in 2017 and represents one component of a larger campaign headed by the National Financial Educators Council® (NFEC®). The goal of the NFEC® is to build nationwide community campaigns working toward common financial education objectives.

National Financial Educators Council, State Financial Literacy Standards
National Financial Educators Council, State Chapters