September 28, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: George Althoff, Communications Director, 608-261-4504
Nominations open through Nov. 30
for 2012 Wisconsin Financial Literacy Award
MADISON – Nominations for the 2012 Wisconsin Financial Literacy Award will be accepted through Nov. 30, the Governor’s Council on Financial Literacy announced this week. Individuals or organizations may be nominated for the award, which recognizes efforts at promoting the cause of personal financial literacy in Wisconsin.
Criteria that will be used to judge the nominations include:
• Innovative implementation.
• Demonstrated measureable results.
• Collaboration with partners.
• Scope is statewide or has the potential to be statewide, or is focused on need-based groups.
Nominations may be submitted online by clicking here. The Governor’s Council will select recipients at its December meeting. Last year, the Council selected 14 individuals and eight organizations as recipients of the 2011 award. They were honored by Governor Scott Walker in a ceremony at the Capitol earlier this year.
The Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), through its Office of Financial Literacy (OFL), promotes financial literacy statewide. DFI Secretary Peter Bildsten is vice chair of the Governor’s Council on Financial Literacy, while OFL Director David Mancl serves as the council’s executive director.
