Registration Open for October 2 Public Meeting of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans

PUBLIC MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT’S ADIVSORY COUNCIL

ON FINANCIAL CAPABILITY OF YOUNG AMERICANS

 

The second public meeting of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans (“the Council”) will be held at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at the US Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C.

 

Background

 

The Council, established by Executive Order last year, was created to advise the President and the Secretary of the Treasury on how to promote the importance of financial capability among young Americans, and to encourage the means to build their financial capability at an early stage in schools, families, communities, and the workplace and through the use of technology. These recommendations will contribute to the nation's future financial stability and increase upward economic mobility. Strengthening the financial capability of our young people is an investment in our nation's economic prosperity.

 

Members of the Council include the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Education, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and up to 22 non-governmental members appointed by the President.

 

Meeting Objectives

 

The Council will: (1) identify ways to build the financial knowledge, skills and opportunities for young people, (2) discuss reports from each of the Council’s four subcommittees and (3) discuss future ideas for the Council. An agenda for the meeting will be available on the registration website shown below.  

 

Registration & Deadline

 

Members of the public who plan to attend the meeting must register in advance. To register, please go to http://www.cvent.com/events/president-s-advisory-council-on-financial-capability-for-young-americans/event-summary-149ecf0dea394db7a2667948f1328ff3.aspx?RefID=PACFCYA by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 23, 2014. To register, attendees will need to provide a full name, date of birth and Social Security Number. For entry into the building on the date of the meeting, attendees must present a government-issued ID, such as a driver’s license or passport, which includes a photo.

 

The Public Meeting will also be webcast live at http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/Video-Audio-Webcasts/Pages/Webcasts.aspx.   You do not need to register to view the webcast.

 

Contact the Council

 

Questions and comments to the Council may be sent to: pacfcya@treasury.gov.