2. Comprehensive Financial (+++) Help Website  Wouldn’t it be great if… We could go to one place to get information, help and referrals on a whole range of family needs?  Financial education  Budgeting  Health and Fitness  Jobs and careers  Voter registration  My kid’s homework!  ETC.! If we could do this without having to leave home?

3. YOU CAN! www.beehive.org www.beehive.org  Beehive is a friendly, multilingual internet place to go for a mind-boggling range of information and resources about things that matter to families’ lives: e.g., money, health, jobs, school, housing.  They like you to have a little fun while you're there, so they throw in some games and quizzes to keep it interesting. rural places  You can work with Beehive to make it as local as you want, with your information – and they are getting more involved in rural places these days... Sites in all 50 states plus DC.  Brought to you by: www.one-economy.comwww.one-economy.com

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