helping teens learn about finance
A powerful tool for learning
Fifth Third recently signed a multi-year contract with a new partner, EverFi Inc., that will enable the Company to offer financial education and entrepreneurship classes to 150,000 high school students annually throughout its markets. EverFi powers financial education in a national network of K-12 public schools, colleges and universities, and with community-based organizations. With a national on-the-ground team of community leaders and former teachers partnering in schools across the country, EverFi delivers innovative, mobile-ready technology using gamification and personalized learning that focuses on increasing knowledge, preparedness and financial well-being.
“Fifth Third has made an incredible commitment to improve the financial capability of teens all across the communities it serves,” said Ray Martinez, co-founder and president of EverFi’s Financial Education division. “Its groundbreaking investment will provide students and teachers with our digital learning technology and a national network of educators for training and professional development. We are excited to bring this innovative and hands-on approach to students. We applaud Fifth Third as it continues to transform the lives of young people.”
Fifth Third’s new high school financial education program will be available for the 2017-2018 school year. It is highly digitized and interactive to allow students to personally engage with and learn in the dynamic environment with which they have grown accustomed. It includes a method of measuring progress and learning, and it ends with a Fifth Third Post-High School Financial Road Map. The program will be embedded into high school curricula and is aligned with state and national standards. Additionally, EverFi’s high school financial education program, which is a part of Fifth Third’s new program offering, is a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB ) recommended resource.
More information about Fifth Third’s new high school program is coming soon.
Other School Initiatives
We also sponsor a variety of other programs throughout our footprint, including Teach Children to Save, a program of the American Banker’s Association (ABA) Education Foundation and Junior Achievement. Our goal is to expose students to essential information and provide tools that equip them to be financially successful as they embark on their adult lives.