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The SmartStart youth financial literacy program provides free financial literacy education to minority youth from underserved communities. PREVIEW 
 
The program teaches the basics of earning, spending, saving, and investing and helps students develop the ability to manage their financial resources effectively for lifetime financial security. 
 
To read the SmartStart business plan and funding proposal, please click HERE
SmartStart History
 

Since 2001, TPC has utilized volunteers and staff to teach the program to high school students one day each year. To date, almost 1,000 students have been completed the SmartStart program.

 

TPC has partnered with organizations including the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce (GLAAACC) and the Los Angeles Urban League Young Professionals (LAULYP). GLAAACC is Southern California's premier African American business organization with links to hundreds of African American businesses and organizations. LAULYP is the premier organization for African American young professionals ages 21-39. SmartStart students are recruited from Young Black Scholars (YBS), a college preparatory program for African American high school students that is underwritten by 100 Black Men of America’s Los Angeles chapter
SmartStart Future
 

Since 2007, TPC has been developing its Four-Phase initiative to transform SmartStart from a locally delivered program reaching a limited number of students to a nationally available online course for use by school districts, administrators and teachers.

 

The five-module financial literacy program will be used by high school teachers in the classroom as part of their existing curriculum for 11th and 12th grade students, initially targeting Title I schools in urban neighborhoods.