Level's Former Prison Education Program

Build Your Financial Future: Stabilize And Grow

(4.69 stars) · 213 learner reviews

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.

This guide was part of Level’s prison education program, which has now ended, and is no longer available. We plan to make our guides available under an open-use license in the future.

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 pace

Guide length

52 pages

Time to complete

~10 hours

Testimonials for this guide:

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

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.

- Carl, in prison in Virginia