This financial education guide will help me become a better person with my money, how to manage it, and get my money to work for me after release. Thank y'all at Level for doing a good job on these guides, keep up the good work, and thank y'all for letting me be a part of the Level community.
Prison Education Program
Build Your Financial Future: Stabilize And Grow
This guide is the second in Level’s financial literacy series and focuses on strengthening your financial foundation. This guide provides actionable strategies for building a safety net, managing debt, and using relational thinking to make informed choices. Learn how to navigate complex financial systems with confidence and long-term vision.
Enrollment fee is a one-time payment that includes this guide and Level's entire prison education program including all educational and job training guides and all certificates. No hidden monthly payments or recurring fees. The enrollment fee includes shipping.
What they'll learn:
- Learn how to adjust financial goals based on lived experience and day-to-day reality
- Use relational thinking and percentages to understand the scale and context of money decisions
- Compare debt repayment strategies to find what works best for you
- Understand your legal rights when managing debt collections
- Identify reputable resources for financial counseling and help
- Explore long-term planning options, including employer-sponsored retirement accounts
Guide includes:
Finances
Math
Reentry
Planning
Schedule
Self-guided - learners complete at their own paceGuide length
52 pagesTime to complete
~10 hoursWhat is Level?
Level is a popular, independent, nonprofit prison education program that offers education, career training and personal development for people in prison and connects with family members and supporters on the outside. Our unique approach can reach nearly any person at any prison, even those in high security or solitary confinement. 7,052 people in prison have spent 104,820 hours using the Level program inside 1,068 prisons across the country.
Testimonials for this guide:
- Carl, in prison in Virginia
This guide is teaching me about finances and how to balance them. I like the guide because it taught things I didn't know as well as refreshed things I did. I would like to be a first time home buyer. I learned a lot of new things, like the 50-30-20 rule. Thank you for everything you guys do.
- Kyle, incarcerated in Nevada
This was the best guide so far. It is full of everyday useful and smart ways to save money, pay debts and stay ahead in times of crisis. Everyone has debt of some kind and could and should use this guide as a tool to begin to get out of that debt. I can't wait for the next guide to learn about investment opportunities.
- Charles, in prison in Texas
