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Retirement Resources

• AARP - Money and Work section provides news, tips, and discussions about financial planning, consumer decisions, spending decisions, and working options.
• Administration on Community Living - Informs for the public and professionals with information for people with disabilities and older adults on care giving, nutrition, housing, volunteering, legislation, rights and resources and more.
• Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement - Retirement planning education for women.
• Financial Education by Federal Reserve System - The Federal Reserve System's resource center on personal financial education includes information on consumer banking, consumer protection, home mortgages, loans, credit, and much more. Additional resources are available from the Consumer and Economic Development Research and Information Center (CEDRIC), managed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The financial education section has information on credit management, economic literacy, retirement planning, and investing plus a comprehensive list of national financial education programs.

Wyoming-specific Resources

• Passing It On – An Estate Planning Resource Guide for Wyoming’s Farmers and Ranchers. This free resource provides information of use to all people considering the future of their estate, not just those in agriculture. Drawing on insights from mediators and other experts, it tells you how to initiate a family conversation on the legacy you and others will leave. Included also are worksheets and resources to use in getting the process started, gathering the information needed, and understanding the common tools used to implement an estate plan.

Estate Planning: Planning Ahead, Difficult Decisions

People talk about making an "estate plan," – but what does an estate plan cover and how do you to make one? We’ve collected a wealth of insight on the most important estate planning issues and put them into a series of bulletins. The Planning Ahead, Difficult Decisions series had direct information relevant to Wyoming. And check out Passing It On. This collection takes our insights from offering mediations and facilitations as well as estate planning and combined them to help people (especially people with rural assets like farms and ranches) move their estate plans forward.