Success Story2024 Dollars and Sense



2024 Dollars and Sense

Author: Peggy Jones

Planning Unit: Rowan County CES

Major Program: Family and Consumer Science

Plan of Work: Enhance Life Skills and Build Consumer Awareness...Financial

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

The problem: Youth making money decisions.


The educational program response;  Youth enjoyed role playing in earning, buying and using money for merchandise for their pretend of being on their own.


The participants/target audience: 4th grade


Other partners (if applicable) Youth Service Center Directors, Business teachers from the High School and their students, 


Program impact or participant response:  The Dollars and Sense Program successfully introduced over 225 - 4th graders to a 1/2 day of real world application of earning and spending their money wisely.  Over 90% of the students used their skills to try to spend their money wisely.  100% of the students admitted that it was a hard job to make ends meet with their income and 10% couldn't make it to the end of the month's bills.






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