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Dollars & Change and Dollars & Sense
Dr. Bill Gustafson
Center for Financial Responsibility
&
Division of Personal Financial Planning
Center forFinancial Responsibility
•What will happen Awareness of resources
Human Resources Red to Black
Example of resource use
•What won’t happen debate on change in pay period miracle fix for debt-to-income problems everything solved in 50 minutes
Center forFinancial Responsibility
• Financial solutions for Texas Tech community• One-on-one financial planning and counseling for
individuals and couples
• Educational programs for groups
• Websites
www.r2b.ttu.edu
Center forFinancial Responsibility
Individual sessions in the TTU Family Therapy Clinic
Special Sessions at your workplace
Satellite sites (as needed):- Health Sciences Center
- Texas Tech Federal Credit Union
Center forFinancial Responsibility
Example topics
- creating a spending plan
- establishing and using credit
- obtaining and using loans
- tax strategies
- selecting and comparing employee benefits
- planning for expenses during and after college
- identity theft prevention
- pre-marital financial planning
Center forFinancial Responsibility
Remember that the dollar amounts shown are
BEFORE DEDUCTIONS
for taxes, retirement, dependent insurance, etc.
Center forFinancial Responsibility Budget Basics
•Fixed expenses Mortgage Car payment
Not quite “fixed” electricity phone
•Variable expenses entertainment food away from home
Center forFinancial Responsibility
•WWW.R2B.TTU.EDU
Center forFinancial Responsibility
Click on “Money Management” and then
on “Monthly Spending Plan for
Non-Exempt Employees
Center forFinancial Responsibility
http://funnyaboutmoney.com
Click on “December 2007” under
“Archives”