Financial Literacy Project

After learning that Atchison, Kansas is the poorest county in all of Kansas, SIBC decided that they wanted to do something about this. We are looking to partner with the City of Atchison and/or local schools to bring a Financial Literacy program into the city. We hope to be able to teach a class to adults in Atchison in both the fall and spring to cover the basic understanding of how to properly budget, save, and spend their money. We would be able to answer the questions they have regarding their finances. We hope to be able to address topics that many adults are afraid to ask because they believe that they should already know the answer. We also hope to be able to work with some of the schools in Atchison to be able to teach a more basic class for the students on how to start saving and spending their money wisely.