Money Smart Train the Trainer Focus Groups

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Occasional Qualitative Surveys (OMB Control No. 3064-1027)

Money Smart for Adults Instructor-led Curriculum Focus Groups

Survey Instrument

The following questions/prompts will NOT be handed out as a survey, but rather, will be asked or issued orally by the focus group facilitator:

• In what contexts do you use Money Smart for Adults, and with what populations?

• Do you use any other resources with low- to moderate-income individuals other than Money Smart for Adults? What resources, and in what situations do you use them? If so, in what ways are these other, non-Money Smart materials more effective for your purposes?

• In your opinion, what do you think are the most important things that the FDIC should improve about Money Smart for Adults?

• What are the biggest challenges that you have found in trying to use Money Smart for Adults in your work?

• Are there any important topics that you think are not addressed well enough in the curriculum?

• Is there any content in Money Smart for Adults that you think is outdated, or needs to be updated? If so, what?

• Have you ever conducted financial education or training to individuals with disabilities? If so, did you use Money Smart for Adults with those individuals? Why or why not?

• What about the format of Money Smart for Adults materials should the FDIC consider changing to better meet the needs of people with disabilities?