Auditor General DeFoor’s Third ‘Money $mart Monday’ Virtual Information Session Provides Money Management Tips for Youth and Young Adults

Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor yesterday recognized the third Monday of Financial 

Literacy Month with a ‘Money $mart Monday’ virtual information session aimed to help youth and young adults develop money management skills for the future. 

This session is the third in a series of videos that provides financial literacy information to Pennsylvanians of all ages. These videos will be shared each Monday in April on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and can be found on the department’s YouTube page. 

DeFoor has spent the last two years promoting financial literacy across the state as part of his Be Money Smart initiative. Since initiative launched in 2021, DeFoor has: 

• Visited all state and state related universities in Pennsylvania to talk about job and internship opportunities within the department and the importance of knowing how your money works; 
• Met with students participating in the State YMCA of Pennsylvania Youth and Government program and visited several YMCAs across the state to talk about financial literacy; 
• Worked with Junior Achievement to emphasize financial literacy messages to elementary school students; 
• Partnered with local financial institutions to provide financial literacy resources to the public;and 
• Partnered with Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and Members 1st to coordinate a statewide financial literacy competition for high school students in Pennsylvania.