JA FINANCE PARK®

Our JA Finance Park® program invests in youth now so they can navigate the financial waters in the future. An experiential, real-life simulation, JA Finance Park first provides a series of lessons in the classroom to middle school students where they learn about all aspects of personal finance including learning about balancing a family budget, interest rates, how education affects their earning potential, and how saving today can affect their future.

Then, students come to our simulation learning facility in Tempe to put their new knowledge into action. During this half-day experience, students assume randomly-assigned family and income scenarios and visit businesses to gather information for their personal financial decision-making.

THE JA FINANCE PARK EXPERIENCE

Assisted by volunteer mentors, students work to balance their personal budget and learn to make choices that support their future goals. They utilize banking services, purchase housing, transportation, insurance, furnishings, health care, and other expenses, as well as make investment decisions. This hands-on experience lays a solid foundation for students’ future decision-making.

I'm learning how to make the tough decisions and the smartest decisions, too, which will help me in my future.

Mia

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JA FINANCE PARK VIRTUAL

For those who can’t visit our facility, we have brought the JA Finance Park experience to the digital world! Our JA Finance Park Virtual program has all of the fun and learning that you get from the in-person simulation, but can be accessed right from your classroom. Learn more about how you can bring JA Finance Park to YOUR class!

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What makes JA programs so impactful for our students? They are taught by volunteer mentors from local businesses in the community. People just like YOU! It takes more than 9,500 volunteer mentors to teach our 170,000+ Arizona students each year.

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