Financial Management

* Note: These items include links to external sites. Alaska USA does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of materials provided by other agencies or organizations.

Managing your money

• Financial Preparedness: A downloadable flyer to help you organize your financial information
• Checking Account Guide: Interactive educational guide.
• Money.com: This online version of the popular finance magazine, Money.  A good selection of articles which change weekly.

Building and repairing your credit

• Credit Guide: Interactive educational guide.
• AnnualCreditReport.com: The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act permits one free copy of your credit report every 12 months.
• Experian Consumer Help: How to request a copy of your consumer credit report and other credit management information.
• Consumer Protection - Credit & Loans: Educational resources from the Federal Trade Commission.
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service: Includes information about credit management and repair, as well as useful financial tips and resources.
• National Foundation for Credit Counseling: A non-profit organization dedicated to helping consumers manage their credit.

Preparing for college

• Fastweb:  A scholarship/financial-aid search site.
• FinAid.org:  The Financial Aid Information Page provides a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective guide to student financial aid.
• College Board Online:  Information about colleges for students ready to continue their education.
• Peterson's Education Center: provider of information on US-accredited educational institutions. Also a publisher of college guides and college entrance test prep. materials.

* Note: These items include links to external sites. Alaska USA does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of materials provided by other agencies or organizations.