COMMUNITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Planning Ahead

 

General Financial Planning Resources
The ultimate planning website by the American Institute of CPAs: 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy.  If it doesn't aswer all your questions, you can ask the Money Doctor.  A qualified CPA will answer your question.

The Financial Planning Toolkit by CCH.  

The National Endowment for Financial Education helps you be Smart About Money.  

Find 300 financial calculators at DinkyTown.net

Plan to Save
Visit America Saves, a nationwide campaign in which a broad coalition of nonprofit, corporate, and government groups helps individuals and families save and build wealth.  No local chapter exists, but you could start one.

ChoosetoSave.org- a Web site completely devoted to financial education. It includes free savings tools such as the Ballpark E$timate® retirement planning worksheet, over 100 online calculators, brochures, savings tips, links to related resources, and other tools to help individuals and their family manage their finances.

Plan for Emergencies and Disasters
Disasters and Financial Planning: A Guide for Preparedness is offered to you as a public service of the AICPA Foundation, the American Red Cross and NEFE.

Get a free Emergency Financial First Aid Kit from FEMA and Operation HOPE

Make a Disaster Plan.  Ready.gov offers resources for your emergency kit, family emergency plan and great activities to prepare kids.  FEMA has good overall disaster preparedness information.

Make a home inventory with free software provided by the Insurance Information Institute at KnowYourStuff.org .

Plan for Illness and End of Life 
Hospice of Santa Barbara provides care to anyone experiencing the impact of a life-threatening illness, or grieving the death of a loved one.

Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization provides resources to improve care at the end of life--including free advance directive for Californians.

Divorce Resources
See the Santa Barbara based Divorce Forum by Susan Allan. Kid's Turn is a CA non-profit organization that helps kids and parents through divorce.  The Divorce Center is a non-profit comprised of volunteer attorneys, mediators, psychotherapists, career counselors, and financial experts.








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