At one time, the financial unit of a family and consumer sciences (FCS) curriculum was as simple as looking at budgets and doing checkbook exercises. Today, the FCS financial literacy program is a 6-week unit, designed to meet the Colorado Core Life Management Curriculum Standard II, Managing Your Finances, and the FCS Education National Standard 2.0. The goal for the "Life Management" course, which supports the math and language arts curricula, is to teach skills for living on one's own. The ultimate goal of financial literacy overall is to build a financially strong society of individuals and families who are financially literate and able to make wise choices with their money. The primary focus of the unit is to ensure that students develop the knowledge and financial literacy skills necessary to make informed choices regarding money management, banking, use of credit, savings and investments, insurance, and taxes. The financial literacy program boosts math, language arts, and technology skills while also teaching youth how to make wise choices with their money.