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Parenting Pointers: Synthetic Identity Theft

Motherhood Moments

Children are especially vulnerable to a new form of identity theft – synthetic – which now makes up 85 percent of cases and means thieves use combinations of real and fake information to take out loans, get credit cards, purchase cars, collect unemployment, and much more. Thanks for reading! And it’s grown 233 percent over five years.

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Money Matters: How to Prepare Your Finances for a Recession

Motherhood Moments

Nobody knows for sure whether we’ll see a recession or not,” said Amy Maliga, financial educator with Take Charge America, a nonprofit credit counseling and debt management agency. Recessions often mean layoffs and higher unemployment. Thanks for reading! Depending on your situation, you may qualify for a debt management plan.

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Caring Causes: Persevere

Motherhood Moments

Persevere is a non-profit that empowers youth through family programs, wraparound services, and education opportunities, about the free resources and programs that are available to at-risk youth. Youth actively pursuing education or working positively impact the local economy, while non-working youth are not providing that same impact.

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6 Free Job Sites to Check Out if You?re Looking for Work

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With record unemployment, applying for jobs may seem futile. A section at the top of each listing includes the required education and skills along with the job benefits, making it easier to decide quickly whether it might be right for you. If you’re out of work due to COVID-19, you aren’t alone. But don’t lose hope!

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Fight Hunger with Family Dollar & Feeding America

For the Mommas

It makes me proud to be a couponer; and I thank all of you. From 7/14/15 – 8/25/15 Family Dollar will donate one meal to Feeding America for every person who participates in the educational activity about hunger in the United States. I hope you will do the quick and easy educational activity found here. How easy is that?

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My University Money: Should I Pursue a Co-op Education? – A down to earth outline to what I see as the advantages and disadvantages of a cooperative education, and to argue that one doesn’t need take a cooperative education to be successful. – Thankful for any and all advice! Haven’t read it?

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