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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.oklahomamoneymatters.com/index.shtml" title="OklahomaMoneyMatters.org"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.oklahomamoneymatters.com/images/okmm_logo_redesign.jpg" alt="Oklahoma Money Matters"></span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">4/23/2013
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:#2F94B2">Budgeting Just Got Easier with OKMM's New Online Tool
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.oklahomamoneymatters.org/calculator/Default.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="293" height="198" id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.oklahomamoneymatters.com/images/budgeting_calc_laptop.png" alt="OKMM Budgeting Calculator"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">In celebration of Jump$tart Your Money (JYM) Week, an annual statewide promotion of financial education,
<a href="http://www.oklahomamoneymatters.org/calculator/Default.aspx" target="_blank">
Oklahoma Money Matters released a new interactive budgeting tool</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This free online tool was developed to help students and adults easily create or hone their monthly budget, which is the cornerstone of financial success.
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The tool contains 10 main spending categories, with numerous sub categories under each. Sub categories can easily be renamed, deleted or added, allowing complete customization for the
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">As the user enters projected expenses, the tool subtracts the expense total from the monthly income total, which allows the user to quickly see if edits need to be made to the spending
plan. When the budget is finalized, users can export their personalized budget to an Excel file and save it to their computer for future reference.
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">If you have questions about how you can integrate this tool into the work you currently do, please contact Melissa Neal at
<a href="mailto:mneal@ocap.org">mneal@ocap.org</a> or 405.234.4253. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Don't forget to check out our
<a href="http://www.oklahomamoneymatters.org/Resources/index.shtml#plans" target="_blank">
lineup of lesson plans</a> and our <a href="http://www.oklahomamoneymatters.org/Resources/modules.shtml" target="_blank">
self-paced learning modules</a> for more resources developed to help you teach those you serve about managing their personal finances.
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For more information about JYM Week (April 20 - 26) and a list of events, visit the
<a href="http://www.oklahomajumpstart.org/" target="_blank">Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition's website</a>.
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<p style="margin:2.25pt;line-height:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Oklahoma Money Matters is the financial literacy initiative of the
<a href="http://www.ocap.org" target="_blank">Oklahoma College Assistance Program</a>, a division of the
<a href="http://www.okhighered.org" target="_blank">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Angela Caddell<br>
Director for Communications, Financial Education, and Outreach Services<br>
OCAP<br>
P.O. Box 3000<br>
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-3000 <br>
<a href="mailto:acaddell@ocap.org">acaddell@ocap.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.oklahomamoneymatters.org" target="_blank">www.OklahomaMoneyMatters.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ocap.org/">www.ocap.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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