To kickoff Financial Literacy Month, the New Jersey Credit UnionLeague has issued the financial literacy challenge to local creditunions.

New Jersey credit unions have been challenged to provide as muchfinancial literacy education as possible for one year.?The leaguewill track the progress of each credit union through the use ofattendee evaluation forms-one for older attendees and one forclassrooms of young students that a teacher or parent/guardian canfill out for the credit union.?Participating credit unions will besplit into three asset categories: under $10 million in assets; $10million to $25 million in assets; and over $25 million in assets.The top credit unions from each asset category will receivetwo$1,000 scholarships; second place will receive two $750scholarships; and third place will receive two$400 scholarships.The scholarships can be provided to members of the credit union'schoosing.

Results of the challenge will be available after April 30,2011.

To further help credit unions deliver results, the NJCUL hasalso developed a set of curriculum for children, teens andadults.