{"id":4305,"date":"2016-01-19T21:12:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T02:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/?p=4305"},"modified":"2016-01-19T21:15:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T02:15:11","slug":"free-budgeting-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/?p=4305","title":{"rendered":"Free Budgeting Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4283\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/?attachment_id=4283\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alt-fw.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/catch-the-dot.jpg?fit=500%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,332\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"catch-the-dot\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Meme from cheezburger.com which reads &amp;#8220;Today&amp;#8217;s the day I can feel it! Today&amp;#8217;s the day I am going to catch the red dot!&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Today&amp;#8217;s the day I can feel it! Today&amp;#8217;s the day I am going to catch the red dot!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alt-fw.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/catch-the-dot.jpg?fit=500%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4283\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alt-fw.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/catch-the-dot-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"Today's the day I can feel it! Today's the day I am going to catch the red dot!\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alt-fw.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/catch-the-dot.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alt-fw.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/catch-the-dot.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alt-fw.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/catch-the-dot.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Today&#8217;s the day I can feel it! Today&#8217;s the day I am going to catch the red dot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Budgeting is a key to financial survival, and later to financial prosperity. Son j^3 provided the following inside information for those interested in getting started on the road to financial success in year 2016. We are to find out this week how much of the grant that we requested for Financial Literacy and computer upgrades to Windows 10 we receive. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_4tdt\">\n<div class=\"_4tdv\">\n<div class=\"_5wd4 _1nc7 _2_-t direction_ltr\">\n<div class=\"_5wd9\">\n<div class=\"_5wde _n4o\">\n<div class=\"_5w1r _3_om _5wdf\">\n<div class=\"_4gx_\">\n<div class=\"_d97\">\n<div class=\"__6l\"><a class=\"_4tdw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.nash.iii\" data-hover=\"tooltip\" data-tooltip-position=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.xx.fbcdn.net\/hprofile-xfl1\/v\/t1.0-1\/c0.0.32.32\/p32x32\/10366301_10203461769932458_2497322763027773929_n.jpg?oh=5dadfc5bd7b8e3713d4bca4d28e5ab3d&amp;oe=5730C77A\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"__6l\"><strong>Passion Planner<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"__6l\">An all-in-one weekly appointment calendar, journal, goal setting guide, and to-do list log integrated in one handmade, durable faux-leather planner,\u00a0passionplanner.com. Their\u00a0home page is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.passionplanner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.passionplanner.com\/<\/a>\u00a0and the link to their\u00a0&#8220;Pay it Forward&#8221; page, giving free planners, is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.passionplanner.com\/pay-it-fwd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.passionplanner.com\/pay-it-fwd\/<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\"><br \/>\nThis is the download page, providing free pdfs of the planners. Technically, the recipients have to share the link on Facebook or something trivial like that to qualify. It&#8217;s an honor system. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.passionplanner.com\/downloads-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.passionplanner.com\/downloads-2\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" _16ys _n4o\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_4tdt\">\n<div class=\"_31o4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_4tdv\">\n<div class=\"_5wd4 _1nc7 _2_-t direction_ltr\">\n<div class=\"_5wd9\">\n<div class=\"_5wde _n4o\">\n<div class=\"_5w1r _3_om _5wdf\">\n<div class=\"_4gx_\">\n<div class=\"_d97\"><span class=\"_5yl5\"><strong>YNAB<\/strong> (You Need a Budget)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_d97\"><span class=\"_5yl5\"><span class=\"_5yl5\"><br \/>\nThey offer a free 34-day trial period, then the cloud-based software costs <a class=\"_35i0 _4g4e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#\" data-p2p-trigger=\"$5\">$5<\/a> per month, which should be doable for nearly anyone who&#8217;s actively budgeting and not in an immediate crisis.\u00a0Home page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youneedabudget.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.youneedabudget.com\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/span>The company offers YNAB free for college students, and relies on word of mouth for awareness.If you plug it into the personal finances classes as part of the Budgeting lesson, and explain how YNAB&#8217;s 4 rules fit with Dave Ramsey&#8217;s 7 Baby Steps, it should be an almost-perfect fit for the Financial Peace University program.The combination of attractive, effective software, free online classes and videos, long trial period and low monthly cost makes this an attractive option to help people begin their first budgets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budgeting is a key to financial survival, and later to financial prosperity. here is some inside information for those interested in getting started on the road to financial success in year 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[708,711,92,710,209,15,707,709,706],"class_list":["post-4305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","tag-budget","tag-computer-upgrades","tag-financial","tag-financial-literacy","tag-free","tag-grant","tag-passion-planner","tag-prosperity","tag-ynab"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3sKnr-17r","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4305"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4308,"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4305\/revisions\/4308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alt-fw.org\/public\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}