FPA invites you to become partners in our mission to ensure all Americans have the financial skills and knowledge necessary to reach their goals and dreams. FPA offers unique benefits that may help your employees or members achieve financial security. Partner with us to transform the lives of those closest to you by taking advantage of our free financial education resources. See how others have collaborated with FPA to help individuals discover the value of financial planning.

AARP

In 2006, FPA and AARP joined forces to help educate individuals 50 and over on the importance of financial planning. FPA appeared in AARP's first-ever financial planning insert in AARP Bulletin and Segunda Jeventud's magazines June 2006 issues. The special section included money makeovers that paired AARP members with FPA members for general financial planning advice. Additionally, FPA's president, president-elect and chair provided answers to many readers' questions. AARP Bulletin reaches 22 million AARP members and Segunda Jeventud reaches 600,000 Spanish-speaking AARP members.

FPA was also selected as one of only two organizations that AARP recommends to their state offices for speaking engagements. AARP cited FPA's level of professionalism, organizational commitment to volunteerism and trust as the key reasons FPA was chosen.
 
FPA and AARP worked together to create A Financial Professional's Guide to Working with Older Clients. This simple, accessible, straight-forward guide helps financial planning professionals communicate and work with retirees. The guide is promoted and distributed to FPA members, the financial services industry, financial associations and financial planning professionals. A complimentary webinar was also provided via FPA's Virtual Learning Center.

Aetna

FPA and Aetna joined forces in late 2004 to create the public education campaign, Plan for Your Health. The campaign gives consumers tools and information they need to make smart health benefit decisions that help them protect their financial future. Learn more about the campaign.

ALS Association

In 2008, FPA and ALS Association joined forces to help individuals and their families sort through the complicated financial issues that arise when one is diagnosed with a devastating disease, such as ALS. ALS hosted a presentation by FPA entitled, "Financial Planning for Life with ALS." The seminar provided tips for insurance, budgeting, investments, taxes, estate planning, government and community resources, and more.

American College of Emergency Physicians

FPA and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) joined forces to help emergency physicians learn the value of financial planning. Through ACEP, FPA educates practitioners on a variety of personal financial planning topics by providing guest speakers for ACEP conferences, educational seminars and literature. Additionally, a private label FPA PlannerSearch^® program is integrated on the ACEP website in an effort to connect physicians with FPA’s financial planning professionals. ACEP members are able to easily search for financial planners from FPA in their area by visiting the ACEP website.

American Institute of Architects

In 2008, FPA and the American Institute of Architects joined forces to help architects financially plan during turbulent market conditions. The American Institute of Architects conducted a Q&A interview with an FPA member. The interview was recorded and posted as an audiocast on the American Institute of Architects member website.

American Pharmacists Association

FPA and the American Pharmacists Association™ (APhA) have teamed up to help new pharmacy practitioners discover the value of financial planning. Through APhA, FPA educates practitioners on a variety of personal financial planning topics by providing guest speakers for APhA conferences, educational seminars and literature. Additionally, a private label FPA PlannerSearch^® program is integrated on the APhA website in an effort to connect new practitioners with FPA financial planning professionals. APhA practitioners are able to easily search for financial planners in their area from FPA by visiting the APhA website.

Boomer-Living.com

Boomer-Living.com, a subsidiary of The National Center for Baby Boomers, Inc., is a unique and innovative internet resource whose goal is to meet the needs and interests of active and creative Baby Boomers. Boomer-Living.com has integrated a private label FPA PlannerSearch^® program on its site to help visitors find a financial planner in their area from FPA.

Through Boomer-Living.com, FPA provided four spokespeople to be Boomer-Living Directors and/or Boom J Experts. Boomer-Living.com uses FPA spokespeople to offer financial planning educational content related to baby boomer's unique circumstances. Boomer-Living is the content source for BoomJ.com, a social network for Baby Boomers. Boomer-Living.com will be the educational arm for the two websites.

Ceridian

FPA and Ceridian, a leading information services company in human resources, retail and transportation markets, have joined forces to deliver educational seminars to companies nationwide. Ceridian refers its clients to FPA PlannerSearch^® when asked about financial planning services. FPA also distributes educational materials on personal finance to attendees an FPA at events.

ComPsych

ComPsych is a pioneer and worldwide leader in Guidance Resources, including integrated employee assistance programs (EAPs), behavioral health, work-life, wellness and crisis intervention services. Through ComPsych, FPA delivers educational seminars to companies nationwide. Additionally, a private label FPA PlannerSearch^® program is integrated on the ComPsych website in an effort to connect employees with FPA’s financial planning professionals. ComPsych clients are able to easily search for financial planners from FPA in their area by visiting the ComPsych website.

Emeritus Senior Living

Emeritus Senior Living has integrated a private label FPA PlannerSearch^® program on its website to help visitors find a financial planner from FPA in their area. In addition, Emeritus Senior Living will provide its residents with Financial Planning Perspectives articles to keep its seniors informed on time sensitive personal finance issues, along with access to FPA's "Ask a Planner" e-mail hotline. Finally, FPA works with Emeritus Senior Living to host educational seminars that provide objective, unbiased information, covering issues ranging from retirement planning, budgeting and how to choose a financial planner.

Investor Protection Trust

FPA teamed up with Investor Protection Trust, Investor Protection Institute, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, National Adult Protective Services Association, and health care professionals to provide a day of free advice and guidance on how Americans can protect themselves and loved ones against investment swindles and financial abuse, with a special focus on the elderly. FPA members provided answers to general financial planning questions, helped callers identify financial professionals who put their interests first; educated callers on how to protect themselves and their loved ones from financial fraud; and encouraged callers to start a conversation about money with their adult children or older parents to prevent elder investment fraud and financial exploitation. Learn more about the Elder Financial Abuse Prevention Call-In. View Kiplinger’s special report.  

JA Worldwide^® (Junior Achievement)

FPA recognizes the overwhelming need to educate young people about financial responsibility and we're excited to announce that JA Worldwide^® (Junior Achievement) and FPA have partnered to improve financial education for America's youth. By collaborating with Junior Achievement, FPA hopes to educate America's youth on the benefits of financial planning while at the same time support Junior Achievement's core purpose to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.

FPA, working in partnership with Junior Achievement, provides the bridge between financial literacy and education by teaching kids the financial planning process, their role in the economy, and the importance of education to their success in life. FPA and JA Worldwide's national alliance launched during FPA's Financial Planning Week^®, October 1-7, 2007. The national alliance asks for FPA chapters to work with their local Junior Achievement area offices to make valuable programs available to children around the country by providing an essential educational resource–volunteers. Junior Achievement will provide the training, program materials and support to match FPA volunteers with schools requesting Junior Achievement programs.

Jump$tart

FPA and Jump$tart have collaborated to help educators make valuable programs available to children around the country by providing essential resources including volunteers and literature. Jump$tart features FPA in its newsletters and annual reports to build awareness of the financial planning resources offered by FPA. FPA’s Executive Director and CEO, Marvin W. Tuttle, Jr., currently serves on the national board of directors as FPA’s representative to the National Jump$tart Coalition.

Kiplinger

Kiplinger features FPA’s personal finance educational resources and services on the Kiplinger.com website to help its more than 1 million visitors per month get the financial resources they need.

National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association

FPA conducts pre-retirement seminar series with the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE). The seminars, held in federal agencies across the country, educate federal employees about their unique retirement planning issues.  

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

FPA and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are working together to provide financial education and services to the underserved and those most in need. NAACP, in conjunction with several partner organizations, launched the Financial Freedom Center in 2011 to influence change in the banking industry, prevent unfair mortgage lending practices, protect the community against predatory mortgage lending practices, improve fair credit access, and promote sustainable homeownership, financial education and wealth building strategies in disadvantaged communities. FPA provides volunteers to assist with one-on-one financial planning counseling sessions and personal finance educational seminars at Financial Freedom Center events. 

National Association of Women Business Owners

FPA and the National Association of Women Business Owners^® (NAWBO^®) combine efforts to incorporate financial education into programs for NAWBO's members. FPA provides guest speakers for NAWBO conferences and events and NAWBO receives a variety of personal finance brochures to distribute to its membership. In addition, a private label FPA PlannerSearch^® program is integrated on the NAWBO website in an effort to connect women business owners with financial planners from FPA. FPA provides volunteers for "Ask a Planner" sessions and for personal finance educational seminars at NAWBO annual conferences; FPA and NAWBO advertise in reciprocal publications; and conduct educational seminars for both FPA and NAWBO members via FPA's Virtual Learning Center and teleconferences.

During FPA's Financial Planning Week^®, October 2-8, 2006, NAWBO President Carol E. Kuc, CMP, and Executive Director Erin M. Fuller, CAE, presented an interactive online presentation addressing the unique issues encountered by women business owners. The seminar, Unique Issues Encountered by Women Entrepreneurs, was offered to members of both organizations and to the public at a discounted rate through FPA's Virtual Learning Center.

National Business Association

The National Business Association (NBA) is a not for profit association, specifically designed and actively managed to assist the Self-Employed and Small Business Community in achieving their professional goals. The NBA uses its group buying power to provide its members with support programs, cost and time saving products, services and valuable small business resource materials. NBA has integrated a private label FPA PlannerSearch^® program on its site to help business owners connect with FPA’s financial professionals. NBA also features FPA’s personal finance articles on its website to help its members build and maintain successful businesses.

National Endowment for Financial Education

FPA and the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) collaborated on a website, Life Events & Financial Decisions. The online program was created by NEFE and explores financial considerations at various life stages, including becoming established, marriage, buying a home, military service and crises/emergencies. 

FPA, NEFE and the National worked together to create Overcoming the Credit Barrier: Clearing the Way to Your Financial Goals. This brochure offers a step-by-step approach to help individuals improve their credit record.

National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

FPA and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) have teamed up to help individuals financially prepare for end-of-life care and to improve the quality of life for themselves and loved ones. Through NHPCO, FPA educates families on a variety of personal financial planning topics including estate planning, advanced directives, insurance benefits and more. FPA provides guest speakers to deliver personal finance presentations at NHPCO hospices, delivered an e-learning seminar titled, "Financial Considerations with Losing a Loved One," provides literature on personal finance topics and easy access to FPA's e-mail hotline. Additionally, a private label FPA PlannerSearch^® program is integrated on the NHPCO Caring Connections website in an effort to connect individuals and their families with FPA’s financial planning professionals. NHPCO visitors will be able to easily search for financial planners from FPA in their area by visiting the NHPCO's Caring Connections website.

Public Relations Society of America

FPA and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) have teamed up to help public relations professionals discover the value of financial planning. Through PRSA, FPA educates professionals on a variety of personal financial planning topics by providing guest speakers for PRSA conferences, educational seminars and literature. Additionally, a private label FPA PlannerSearch^® program will be integrated on the PRSA website in an effort to connect public relations professionals with FPA’s financial planning professionals. PRSA members will be able to easily search for financial planners from FPA in their area by visiting the PRSA website.

SallieMae

FPA and SallieMae conduct seminars in schools and graduate programs across the country, educating soon-to-be law and medical school graduates and graduate school students on student loan repayment and financial planning.

Student Financial Aid Services, Inc.

FPA and Student Financial Aid Services, Inc. (SFAS) teamed up to offer the +studentaid.com College Cost & Planning Report™ at a special discounted price. The College Cost & Planning Report™ arms students and their families with a detailed and accurate understanding of how much financial aid they may receive to help pay for college – years before the student applies. SFAS is the nation's largest and oldest student financial aid advisory and preparation firm in the country. StudentAid.com provides a suite of services to support the vision of helping students and families make well-informed, affordable college choice decisions that are appropriate for their career goals and financial circumstances.

U.S. Departments of Labor or Commerce

FPA works with the Colorado Department of Labor and the North Carolina Department of Commerce to deliver personal finance educational presentations and literature for soon to be displaced workers. Seminars provide financial planning information to help workers prepare for unemployment and outline retirement options for eligible employees. FPA's brochure How to Survive Financially after a Job Loss features both FPA and the North Carolina Department of Commerce's logos and is also distributed to help workers financially prepare for the future.

U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau

The U. S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau, established by Congress in 1920, is the only federal agency mandated to represent the needs of wage-earning women in the public policy process. Wi$eUp is a financial education demonstration project targeted to Generation X and Y women. The centerpiece of the program is an eight-module curriculum offered online, as well as in a classroom setting, in educational institutions and other organizations in eight Women's Bureau regions. In the online program, the curriculum is complemented by an "Ask an Expert" feature, which permits participants to send questions by e-mail to volunteers with financial expertise. Another feature available to participants in both the online and classroom-based versions is a series of bi-monthly one-hour teleconference calls with featured speakers and a quest and answer session. Participants and experts (mentors) are recruited by local organizations who partner with the Women's Bureau.

FPA volunteers offer their expertise on various financial planning topics via Wi$eUp teleconference calls.

FPA and the U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau also co-sponsored, "Wi$eUp: The Benefits of Creating a Financially Savvy Employee," on July 9, 2008 at the American Express Headquarters in New York, N.Y. The conference was open to public and encouraged American companies to provide free financial education to their employees and the community.

Wi$eUp also features FPA's Financial Planning Perspectives articles on the Wi$eUp website, under "NEWS & EVENTS". The U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau also presented "Wi$eUp — The Financial Education Program for Generation X and Y" at FPA Anaheim 2009 annual conference.

VisaUSA Practical Money Skills for Life

VisaUSA Practical Money Skills for Life promotes FPA on their website and in syndicated newspaper columns they issue, which is carried in over 350 papers nationwide.