Idaho Financial Literacy Coalition

07/24/2026

👀 Looking for a fun and new way to get your kids in the classroom to engage in financial concepts as complex as the stock market and borrowing money?

💵 Get Rich! is a fast, fun financial literacy card game that helps players see how assets, debts, income, and expenses affect their wealth — while they compete to build the highest net worth.

https://getrichgame.com/

07/14/2026

Meet our Guest Speaker:
Dr. Barclay Roper, Professor - College for Financial Planning

A financial professional, educator, and entrepreneur, Dr. Barclay Roper has more than two decades of experience in the financial industry. Dr. Roper specializes in financial analysis, investments, and personal financial planning. His research interests span equity asset valuation, portfolio management, and financial data analytics.

Join us at our next Member Meeting: July 15th!

https://idahoflc.org/attend-a-member-meeting/

07/13/2026

Meet our upcoming speaker: Nicole Kiefer, Director of Operations - Idaho Charter School Association

A proud Idahoan for most of her life, Nicole has also spent time living in Texas, Utah, California, Michigan, and even Spain. Her passion for education led her to earn an interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree—an achievement she’s especially proud of completing in her thirties. Nicole previously served as an Operations Manager, bringing a practical, student-centered approach to supporting schools and building strong organizational systems to the newly founded Idaho Charter School Association.

See you at our next member meeting, this Wednesday at noon.

https://idahoflc.org/attend-a-member-meeting/

07/10/2026

We're excited to share that our partners at IDeal 529 - Idaho's College Savings Program - are celebrating 25 years of helping Idaho's kids and families prepare for college and beyond! 🎉 IFLC members and educators are invited to join in the celebration on August 28th. This will be a wonderful oppo...

06/25/2026

05/12/2026

Teaching Financial Literacy: A Speaker Series
Partnering Educators & Financial Professionals to Build Classroom‑Ready Financial Literacy

The IFLC is proud to present this collaborative series, designed to blend real‑world financial expertise with proven teaching strategies, ensuring financial education concepts are accurate, engaging, and effective for students.

Please share with educators that could benefit from this Virtual Series!

Educators will gain:
• Classroom‑ready financial literacy lessons and resources
• New strategies for teaching complex financial topics
• Real-world insights from financial pros to bring learning to life

Session topics include: Credit & Debt, Financial Decisions, Investing, Budgeting and more.

Program Dates & Format:
The Financial Education Teacher Speaker Series will be held virtually from 9am – 11am MT on June 11th, 18th, 25th, and July 9th and 16th.

Thank you to Modern Woodmen of America for investing in our educators, by providing professional development credit at no cost to the first 50 teachers that register. Thank you to Northwest Nazarene University for providing the professional development credits.

Registration Link in Bio
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Our goal is to ensure that every Idahoan is prepared to make informed financial decisions through financial education programs.

04/27/2026

Hiring? Connect with Idaho Tech Talent – May 4 Tech Job Fair:

Technology talent supports nearly every industry, and this event is designed to make those connections efficient and meaningful.

Event Details JUMP (Jack’s Urban Meeting Place)
Boise 5th Floor – JUMP Room
Monday, May 4th 3:00 – 6:00 PM

This is a pop-up, networking-focused event—not a traditional job fair—designed to encourage real conversations and hiring outcomes.

No cost to participate: https://lnkd.in/gSxjQXHp

04/16/2026

Those smiles say it all...
What an honor it was to join Governor Brad Little in proclaiming April as Financial Literacy Month during our 16th Annual Piggy Bank Beauty Contest awards ceremony this week.

Our mission is to help Idaho educators and families grow, through financial literacy principles that are practical and applicable.

Thank you to our Partners at the Department of Finance and to Treasurer Ellsworth for making this a memorable experience for our winners and their families.

04/15/2026

We are so grateful for this honor and anticipate our Teacher-Speaker series (launching this summer), to bring this initiative to life!

ICYMI: Last month, we announced our 2026 Meta Data Center Community Action Grant recipients!

Through our Data Center Community Action Grants program, Meta provides funding for nonprofits and schools — addressing critical community needs by putting technology to use for community benefit, enabling people to build strong, sustainable communities, improving local STEAM education — to support the long-term vitality of Ada County. Learn more on this year’s projects:

Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County: To provide 500 students across five school-based sites with portable, classroom-ready STEAM kits that deliver consistent, high-quality lessons in engineering, science and coding.

Children's Museum of Idaho: To enhance the Reach for the Stars planetarium with interactive light-based exhibits.

College of Western Idaho: To expand digital and AI literacy for Ada County adults through community-based classes and library partnerships that build workforce-aligned skills and online safety awareness.

Falcon Ridge Public Charter: To establish a STEM learning lab where 6th-8th-grade students utilize drones and 3D printers to design, prototype and present solutions for real-world challenges.

Fremont Middle School: To advance student engineering skills by equipping the robotics program with a professional competition field for VEX V5 challenges and regional tournament participation.

Giraffe Laugh: To empower low-income children ages 0-7 with foundational STEM education through updated digital microscopes, aircraft engineering kits and inquiry-based learning tools.

Idaho Financial Literacy Coalition: To deliver virtual professional development to Idaho educators by connecting them with financial experts to strengthen statewide instruction in personal finance and cybersecurity.

Kuna Kavemen: To equip students with advanced physical science tools to visualize and apply complex concepts like kinematics, radiation and atomic structure through inquiry-based experimentation.

LEARN Idaho: To provide older veterans and their caregivers with peer-to-peer digital navigation support and AI-enhanced training to improve health care access and reduce scam vulnerability.

Kuna School District Community Food Pantry at Ross: To sustain and expand the Weekend Backpack Program, providing over 600 local students facing food insecurity with reliable, nutritious meals during non-school hours.

St. Luke's Health System: To launch an innovative STEAM Lab for pediatric patients, utilizing VR headsets and 3D printers to provide high-quality educational engagement and emotional healing during treatment.

04/02/2026

Applications are now Open!

Teachers, sponsors, speakers, exhibitors, and other supporters of financial education will once again gather together on November 6 – 8, 2026 for the 17th annual Jump$tart National Educator Conference at the Ga***rd Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado, to expand the actionable impact of effective financial education in the classroom.

Jump$tart NEC Teacher Scholarship Application - Apply today:

Jump$tart Coalition

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