Small Steps to Health and Wealth™: The Total Package

Barbara O’Neill, Ph.D., CFP®Rutgers Cooperative Extension

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SSHW Elevator Statement

Small Steps to Health and Wealth™ encourages participants to make positive behavior changes to simultaneously improve their health and personal finances.

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SSHW Calculators

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The SSHW Challenge

• First pilot test now underway in NJ

• Over 100 participants

• Celebration luncheon & prizes on 5/23/07

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7. Online Registration and Impact Evaluation (TCA Institute, University of Arizona)

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SSHW- Future Plans

• Impact evaluation research to begin: Summer 2007

• Expanded national marketing and visibility

• SSHW T-shirts, magnets, and other PR items

• New components (audio CDs, lunch & learn conference calls, web streaming, etc.)

• Capacity-building training (ongoing)

• Transition to eXtension: Financial Security for All (FSA) Community of Practice (CoP)

– www.extension.org/personal_finance