Project Working Mom:
Putting Education to Work

One of the toughest things about being a single parent is finding ways to make ends meet. Financial success comes not only with earning money, but also with making good use of the money once you earn it.

Learning as much as you can about how to manage your money will help relieve some of the financial worries you might have. You will also have a greater sense of control over your family situation. The good news is that there are steps you can learn to follow. Although sometimes they are challenging and timeconsuming, these steps have stood the test of time. If you follow them you will have greater financial success.

[This document is FCS 2145, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date December 1999. Reviewed March 2007 by Heidi Radunovich, Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/.]