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The Wall Street Club
The Neighborhood Improvement Association is dedicated to helping the youth plan for their financial future. We have developed a Youth IDA Program with a focus on financial education. The Wall Street Club is designed to help youth make financially sound and well informed decisions. Students “earn” money by redeeming good grades, community service hours and attending financial literacy workshops.
The Youth IDA Program Methodology
We want the students to increase their knowledge on financial planning and the acquisition of sound money management skills. The belief of competence in properly managing one’s finances results from learned attitudes and beliefs about money. Providing basic financial planning education to young people today will help to create a population of more fiscally responsible and self-reliant adult tomorrow.
The goal of the Wall Street Club is to educate high school juniors and seniors on financial planning and the acquisition of sound money-management skills. We believe that the competence in properly managing one’s finances results from learned attitudes and beliefs about money. Providing basic financial planning education, community service opportunities, and post high school planning sessions (college tours, military recruiter sessions, mission opportunities, etc…) to young people will help to create a population of more fiscally responsible and self-reliant adults tomorrow.
The project will adopt the following goals from the National Endowment for Financial Education:
- To empower America’s Youth to achieve their life goals through the prudent and informed management of their financial resources
- To help instill in all youth the commitment to save toward the realization of their financial goals and their future financial security
- To assist youth in understanding and actively participating in the management of their own investment
Eligibility requirements:
- High School Juniors / Seniors
- Students must agree to participate in monthly financial literacy training
- Student must agree to open a saving account with NIA as account custodian with a 12/24 month withdrawal restriction
- Student must agree to save $25 per month for secondary education
The Wall Street Club with Antwon “Big Boi” Patton of the rap group “Outkast” and founder of the Big Kidz Foundation at the Chatham Savannah Youth Futures Authority X Community Summit