The Benefits of Contributing to Your Employer’s Retirement Plan
A new year is a perfect time to assess your current financial situation, set clear financial goals, and create a savings plan for retirement. Employers can offer investment options to… [ Read The Benefits of Contributing to Your Employer’s Retirement Plan ]
Understanding Loans: Part 3 – Loan Terms and Conditions Matter!
This blog post is the third in a three-part series. Read Part 1: How Loans Work and Part 2 – Know This Before Taking Out Any Loan. In the first two parts of… [ Read Understanding Loans: Part 3 – Loan Terms and Conditions Matter! ]
Understanding Loans: Part 2 – Know This Before Taking Out Any Loan
This blog post is the second in a three-part series. Read Part 1: How Loans Work and Part 3: PATF Loan Terms Matter. If you must make an important purchase (for something you… [ Read Understanding Loans: Part 2 – Know This Before Taking Out Any Loan ]
Understanding Loans: Part 1 – How Loans Work
PART 1 – HOW LOANS WORK This blog post is the first in a three-part series. Read Part 2: Know This Before Taking Out a Loan and Part 3: PATF Loan… [ Read Understanding Loans: Part 1 – How Loans Work ]
Credit: What is it, why is it important, and how do you manage it?
We talk a lot about credit around here at PATF. After all, we extend loans for assistive technology. But what exactly is credit? And why does your credit score matter? And once… [ Read Credit: What is it, why is it important, and how do you manage it? ]
PATF AWARDED 2023 EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION (EIFLE) AWARD
We are excited to announce that Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) has been awarded the 2023 Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Award from the Institute for Financial Literacy. On… [ Read PATF AWARDED 2023 EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION (EIFLE) AWARD ]
Understanding The Federal Debt Limit Debate
There are many stories in the news lately about the federal debt limit and many discussions about whether it should be raised and what the consequences of raising or not… [ Read Understanding The Federal Debt Limit Debate ]
Dive into PATF’s New Financial Education Publications
We have published two new editions of our fully accessible financial education guides – Cents and Sensibility: A Guide to Money Management, 7th Edition and the Educator Companion Manual, 2nd… [ Read Dive into PATF’s New Financial Education Publications ]
Do You Have Student Debt Forgiveness Confusion?
If you are bewildered by the status of student loan forgiveness, you are not alone. Two court cases, one brought by six Republican-led states, and another brought in Texas by… [ Read Do You Have Student Debt Forgiveness Confusion? ]
Assistive Technology for Hearing Loss and How to Fund It
In November 2022, PATF Outreach Director Wendy Davis hosted a webinar, Assistive Technology for Hearing Loss and How to Fund It, for the HLAA (Hearing Loss Association of America) Chapters… [ Read Assistive Technology for Hearing Loss and How to Fund It ]