The Peer Financial Counseling Program is set up on the premise that the best way to reach college students is by having fellow students provide valuable information and experiences that we can relate to and apply in our daily lives.
Today’s college students are bombarded with ads, commercials and mailings telling us that we need to spend money to be happy. At the same time, many of us come to college very ill-equipped to handle our finances. The Peer Financial Counseling Program is designed to address this problem. We hope to provide our peers with a basic understanding of personal financial management to help us meet life’s challenges and opportunities, many of which touch upon the topic of money.
The seven modules in the program have been developed to explore critical issues of budgeting, credit use, student loans, and savings and investments. We provide student speakers to present the modules to classes, clubs, residence halls and other student organizations. Each module consists of:
- Seminar – Highlights the important concepts
- Handouts – Practical information to take away with you
- Group Discussions – An opportunity to discuss and apply information
- Internet Resources – Resources that anyone can access using the Web
For information about starting a Peer Financial Counseling Program on your campus or getting a speaker to talk to your group about any of the topics below, contact Brenda Cude at 706.542.4857 or bcude@uga.edu.
Program Resources
All materials have now been updated for the 2012-13 school year. You can download the files for all of the modules in the Peer Financial Counseling Program from links in the table below.
You can right-click on each file and choose the menu option "Save Target as..." to download it to your hard drive. (Alternatively, you can click on each file you are interested in to immediately open it up on your screen.) A "Save as" window will open up so you can name the file and choose a location for it. Also, a progress dialogue box may open to tell you how long the file will take to download and how much of it has been transferred. You may want to create a folder (such as "PFC downloads 2008") to put all of your downloaded PFC files in to keep them organized.
- Making It On A College Budget: Introduction
- Making It On A College Budget: Module Guide
- Making It On A College Budget: Goals Handout
- Making It On A College Budget: Tracking Your Spending Handout
- Making It On A College Budget: Budget/Spending Plan Handout
- Making It On A College Budget: Spending Plan Handout
- Making It On A College Budget: Spending Plan Handout
- Making It On A College Budget: Sam’s Spending Plan Handout
- Making It On A College Budget: Sam’s Spending Plan Handout
- Making It On A College Budget: Money Management Options: 75 Ways to Save Money
- Making It On A College Budget: Julia’s Financial Situation
- Making It On A College Budget: Web Resources Handout
- Making It On A College Budget: Workshop Evaluation
- Making It On A College Budget: Power Point
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Introduction
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Module Guide
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Credit Terms Handout
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Control Your Credit Card Debt Handout
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Understanding Credit Card Terms Handout
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit Reports and Scores Overdraft Protection Handout for Counselors
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Sample Credit Card Statement Handout
- Staying on Good Terms: Credit and Debt How Much Does That Latté Really Cost?
- Staying on Good Terms:Upcoming Credit Card Protections
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Stop And Think Stickers
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Web Resources Handout
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Evaluation
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt PowerPoint
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Introduction
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Module Guide
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Sample Credit File Handout
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Credit Terms Handout
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Control Your Credit Card Debt Handout
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Control Your Credit Card Debt Handout
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Control Your Credit Card Debt Handout
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Consumer Rights to Specialty Credit/ Medical Insurance Reports Handout for Counselors
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Web Resources Handout
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Evaluation
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Power Point
- Savings and Investments Introduction
- Savings and Investments Module Guide
- Savings and Investments What’s Your Savings IQ Quiz
- Savings and Investments Answers to What’s Your Savings IQ Quiz
- Savings and Investments Glossary
- Savings and Investments IRA Basics
- Savings and Investments Web Resources Handout
- Savings and Investments Workshop Evaluation
- Savings and Investments PowerPoint
- Identity Theft: How to Protect Yourself Introduction
- Identity Theft: How to Protect Yourself Module Guide
- Identity Theft: How to Protect Yourself
- Identity Theft: How to Protect Yourself Web Resources
- Identity Theft: How to Protect Yourself Evaluation
- Identity Theft: How to Protect Yourself Power Point
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart Introduction
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart Module Guide
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart: Lease Clauses
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart: Lease Clauses Deciphered
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart Leasing Glossary
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart Repair and Deduct in Georgia Leases Additional Information for PFC Counselors
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart Module Evaluation
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart Power Point
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart – Lease Clauses Power Point
- Cover Sheet for Evaluations -- Completed by Counselor for Each Presentation
- Program Mid-Semester Evaluation Form
- Year-End Report Form
- Making It On A College Budget: Workshop Evaluation
- Staying On Good Terms: Credit and Debt Evaluation
- Staying On Top: Credit Reports and Scores Evaluation
- Savings Evaluation
- Identity Theft: How to Protect Yourself Evaluation
- Get A Head Start: Lease Smart Module Evaluation
- PFC Counselor Application
- PFC Counselor Information
- Sample PFC Counselor Confidentiality Agreement
- Sample PFC Dress Code
- Counselor Program Evaluation form
- Counselor Performance Evaluation form
- PFC Certificate of Completion of Counselor Training
- Sample Marketing Flyer
- PFC Program Guide
- Program Description and Proposed Budget Through May 31, 2011