Family Economic Security

Cash Flow Management

Goal Setting

Setting Goals - Money 2000 and Beyond
Seven page booklet on how to set financial goals from University of Wisconsin-Extension. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/money2000/pdf/booklet.pdf

Achieving Financial Goals
Four page factsheet from University of Maryland. http://www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/pubs/pdf/FS709.pdf

Managing Family Resources
Four page factsheet from University of Maryland. http://www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/pubs/pdf/FS710.pdf

Spending Plans
How spending plan goals change over a lifetime. From Iowa State University Extension. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1454A.pdf

Budgeting

Taking Control of Your Spending - Money 2000 and Beyond
Gives steps with print worksheets to help you determine a spending plan. Eight pages from UW-Extension. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/money2000/pdf/takecontrol.pdf

Your Family Spending Plan
Four pages of worksheets from Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
http://fcs.tamu.edu/monman/pubs/famplan.pdf

Record Keeping

Bill Paying
Fact sheet on methods of paying bills and having proof bills were paid. From the University of Maryland. http://www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/pubs/pdf/FS708.pdf

Financial Statements
Directions for the preparation and use of net worth statements and income/expense statements from the University of Maryland. http://www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/pubs/pdf/FS698.pdf

Organizing Your Financial Records - Money 2000 and Beyond
Eight page factsheet on what records to keep and how long, where they should be kept (eg. safe deposit box, home, wallet), and how to organize them. From UWEX Cooperative Extension. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/money2000/pdf/organizing.pdf

Record Keeping
Four page factsheet on what records to keep and for how long.
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/ces/pubs/pdf/FS705.pdf

Record Keeping for Individuals (IRS Publication 552)
Why keep records, kind of records to keep, how long to keep records. From the Internal Revenue Service. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p552.pdf