Take Small Steps to Enhance Your Financial Wellbeing
Financial stability doesn't happen over night. Find blocks of time weekly to read a financial tip of the day, create a budget sheet that fits your household needs, or watch a video on how to manage your credit history and score. Create a digital folder that contains financial tips and stategies you can reference as needed.
Tools to Organize your Finances
Use a Money Management Calendar - inquire about how to receive a FREE Money Management Calendar at 407-254-9220.
If you’d prefer to use an app to organize your finances, give Dollarbird or Mint a try.
Saving and Tracking Tips
When saving for multiple goals, the envelope method is an excellent way of keeping all the monies separate for their intended uses. Simply mark each envelope with a stated goal and contribute regularly to each until the goal amount is met.
For a fun, informative way to teach your children the importance of earning, budgeting and saving money, tune in and watch Sammie Learns to Earn.
Check out these additional strategies to develop good financial habits.
Browse the following sites for more financial tips:
Improving Savings, Health, and Happiness by Modifying How the Family Operates the Home
COVID-19 Resources for Orange County Residents
- Reemployment Assistance
- Cares Act / Stimulus Checks Information
- COVID-19 Rental Assistance Program
- Food Insecurity
- Find Your Local Food Bank
- Health/Social Service
- Utility Assistance
- Mortgage and Rent Payment Options
- Rent, Mortgage and Utility Assistance - Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed (ALICE) – provides rent, mortgage, and utility assistance to help prevent eviction and homelessness.
- Orange County Crisis Assistance Programs: Citizen Resource & Outreach Division Phone: 407-836-6500
- Visit the Resident Resources tab on ocfl.net/Coronavirus for more helpful links.
Hurricane Preparedness
- Create a Plan
- Prepare a Kit
- Protect Your Home

Jenny Aviles Rodriguez
Extension Faculty
Family and Consumber Sciences
E-mail: House, Home Environment and Money Management
Niurka Maldonado
Administrative Assistant
Family and Consumer Sciences
E-mail : Niurka Maldonado
Special Edition Newsletter - Florida Saves
Current and Upcoming Classes
Family & Consumer Sciences Classes
UF/IFAS Education Links
FloridaSaves.org
Sustainable Living: Families and Consumers
House & Home
Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Living Green
EDIS: Publications
Other House and Home Education Links
Energy Star ®
Energy Star CSREES
Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse
Healthy Indoor Air for America’s Homes
Home Energy Savings Guidance
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
The Center for Universal Design
The Soap and Detergent Association
Featured House and Home Publications
How to Close Your Home
Midlife Clutter
Moisture, Mold and Mildew
Renter Power: Keeping It Clean Series
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Mold Remediation in Schools and Commerical Buildings
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Should You Have the Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned?
General Money Management Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Family Album Radio
UF/IFAS Publications
New Credit Rules on the Horizon
Money Management Newsletter
State & Federal Agencies
Consumer Action Website--FCIC
Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC)
The Federal Reserve Board Consumer Information
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Florida Department of Financial Services
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
MyMoney.gov--Financial Education and Literacy Commission
Office of Community Services--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Other University Sites
Money and Investing--Rutgers University
Money Management--Iowa State University
Organizations & Associations
Consumer Federation of America
National Consumer Organizations--FCIC
Other Sites & Publications
Choose to Save
CYFERnet
National Endowment for Financial Education
USAA Educational Foundation
CONNECT
UF/IFAS Extension Orange County/FCS