2026-2027 Texas Financial Education Endowment Application and Checklist
TFEE Priorities for Funding
TFEE funds are awarded to organizations that implement the following:
School and youth based financial education
- Kindergarten through 12th grade financial education programs that implement statewide TEKS requirements, including train the trainer programs
- Educational materials seamlessly integrate personal finance principles into existing curricula
- Comprehensive professional development programs in personal financial education for kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and administrators
- Incentive programs for youth or college savings
- Provide information and incentives to match savings for low-and moderate-income families to save for their children’s education
- Children or youth savings program
Adult financial education and capability
- Increase credit scores, personal savings and reduce debt of low-income, payday, and auto title customers
- Savings programs and incentives
- Innovative strategies for long-term financial empowerment, including parenting for financial capability
- Encourage liquid asset building
Financial Coaching
- Program emphasizes changes in financial behaviors over time, based on an ongoing relationship between the coach and the client.
Key elements include:
- Empower clients to become financially independent and secure
- A focus on long-term outcomes
- An ongoing, systematic, client-driven, collaborative process for assisting clients to change behaviors
- Support to practice new behaviors and financial well being
- Building skills and teaching content based on the client’s unique needs and goals