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COL: Life Skills - Moving out & moving on: Finances, Student Debt

This guide will help you find Library resources that focus on life skills of cooking, finance, renting, home care, automobile care, college transferring, dressing for success and getting the job.

Books to Help you Manage your Finances

These books are available in print at ECC Library in Union.  This list focuses on Personal finance, debt and paying for college.

Video

20 minute clip "Preflight Checklist: It's Your Money-Financial Flight School" by Films on Demand

As students get ready to move away from home, “How will I pay for all this?” may not be at the front of their minds.

Financial Aid for College

Financial Aid department, http://www.eastcentral.edu/finaid/,  at ECC can assist you with applying for sutdent aid including grants, loans and scholarships.

You can contact them at Student Service Center in BH or call 636 584-6588.

FAFSA

8 minute video "FAFSA 101 - Personal Finance 101 Conversations, Episode 14" by St. Louis Federal Reserve.

Video

29 minute clip "Paying Your Way through College" by Films on Demand

Scholarships

ECC Foundation offers many scholarships to ECC students.

There are also book resources for additional sources at the Library.

More videos

More online videos on finances are available at Films on Demand.