Bankrate.com is an online source for financial information-from savings to borrowing. The site compares rates from nearly 5,000 financial institutions in all 50 states. It provides free rate information on more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans, and online banking fees. You can use the site’s free financial calculator to help manage your family’s budget. And independent researchers and reporters offer thorough and unbiased information to help you make informed decisions-and save money.

CardWeb.com tracks information about all types of payment cards: credit, debit, smart, prepaid, ATM, loyalty, and phone cards. You can use the site to find the best payment card for you-and advice about how to use it.

With 40 years experience providing direct services and serving as a national advocate for change, Casey Family Programs is the largest foundation focused solely on improving the lives of children and youth in foster care. Casey Family Programs' mission is to provide and improve-and ultimately to prevent the need for-foster care. Established by United Parcel Service founder Jim Casey, this Seattle-based national operating foundation has served children, youth, and families in the child welfare system since 1966. Casey Family Programs provides direct service and promotes advances in child welfare practice and policy.

Casey Life Skills help young people prepare for adulthood with an online suite of easy-to-use tools, including the Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessments. These tools give youth (age 8 and older) instant feedback about their strengths in life skills such as money management, self-care, work and study habits, and readiness to seek a job and housing. Customized learning plans give learners and mentors a clear outline of next steps. This site is also useful for caregivers as well as child welfare professionals and educators who serve youth. Visit this Web site to learn about the life skills every young person needs. It's easy to use, and it's completely confidential. Most of the tools are free, and others are available at minimal cost.

Foster Care Alumni of America (FCAA) is working to harness the knowledge and strength of the 12 million alumni in the United States to improve the lives of youth currently in foster care. FCAA believes the firsthand knowledge alumni have of the foster care system gives them an expertise that can be a powerful tool for improving foster care policies and practices.

Jemmott/Rollins Group developed Powerful Families' advocacy and leadership curricula. This Los Angeles-based consulting firm provides a range of services to nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Jemmott/Rollins is a minority and woman-owned family enterprise. Its associates have experience in public health, banking, and social and child welfare, as well as media including print, film, and television.

The National Center for Children in Poverty conducted the background research for the Powerful Families initiative. The Center seeks to address the problems of poor young children and their families, help reduce the number of young children living in poverty, and improve their life chances by influencing policy, educating the public, conducting research, disseminating knowledge to public officials, and hosting workshops and seminars for public and private groups. The Center is part of the Columbia University School of Public Health.

The National Foster Care Month effort provides an opportunity for people all across the nation to show their appreciation for the dedication of our foster families and workers. It is also an opportunity to get more people involved, whether as foster parents, volunteers, mentors, employers or in other ways. Since 1988, May has been Foster Care Month.

The Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP) developed the money management and financial literacy training that Powerful Families uses. NEDAP provides community groups with an array of legal, technical, and information resources needed to organize and advocate for economic justice in low-income communities and communities of color in New York City.

One Economy helps low-income people use computers to improve their lives and join the economic mainstream. The organization helps bring access to technology into the homes of low-income people across the United States. One Economy uses that technology to connect low-income people to information and tools they can use to build their assets. One Economy boosts the efficiency of other nonprofit organizations delivering information and services; governments communicating with constituents; businesses reaching new markets; and low-income people moving beyond being passive recipients of services to become better-informed consumers and producers.

Parents' Action for Children is helping Powerful Families to prepare this Web site, including success stories and helping parents to learn more. Formerly called the I Am Your Child Foundation, Parents' Action advances the interests of families and young children nationwide. Parents' Action develops parent education materials, connects parents with one another, and fights for issues such as early education, health care, and high-quality and affordable childcare. Parents' Action is organizing parents as a powerful movement to ensure that the nation's policies reflect concern for and commitment to parents and their children.

Created by the One Economy Corporation and supported by AOL Time Warner, Cisco Systems, and others, the Beehive offers information and resources on money, health, jobs, school, and family. The Beehive is available in a national version and in 20 local versions, serving communities across the country. The site may be viewed in five languages, including English and Spanish.