National Credit Counseling Agency Partners with Armed Forces Radio to Offer Personal Finance Education Worldwide

InCharge Education Foundation Broadcasts Military Money Minute Radio Segments to Military Personnel Around the Globe

(ORLANDO, Fla.) February 2, 2004 - InCharge® Education Foundation, a personal finance education organization, has partnered with Armed Forces Radio Network to offer personal finance tips and advice to military personnel worldwide.

Military Money Minute radio broadcasts, which began airing January 19, 2004, are heard six days a week on military bases and commissaries throughout the world. The one-minute personal finance segments air five times a day and are heard throughout the United States and Europe as well as in countries such as Korea and Japan, with a potential audience reach of 600,000 military personnel per day.

"We are very excited to be able to extend personal finance education to our military service men and women around the globe," said Rebecca Stiehl, president of InCharge® Education Foundation for Personal Finance Education and Research, Inc. and executive editor of Military Money™ magazine. "We understand that America's service members hav many financial concerns and through Military Money Minutes, we hope to impart education and sound advice to them and their families."

In addition to Military Money Minutes, InCharge Education Foundation recently partnered with the Department of Defense to distribute copies of Military Money to military personnel. The free magazine offers personal finance tips and advice specifically to military service members and their families, and is distributed to defense commissaries, credit unions and family support centers across the country.

Robert Barrett, president and CEO of InCharge Institute of America added, "I'm proud of the many free services and publications that our Education Foundation has been able to provide to our military personnel. It has been our pleasure to partner with Armed Forces Radio and we look forward to a long relationship together."

Many of the Military Minute segments are related to articles seen in Military Money magazine. Recent segments have focused on payday loans, identity theft, easing the stress of deployment and tax benefits for active duty military personnel.

Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, InCharge® Institute of America, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization with affiliates specializing in personal finance education and credit counseling. InCharge® Education Foundation, Inc. publishes YOUNG MONEY® magazine and Military Money® magazine and offers basic financial management education to clients and the general public. InCharge® Debt Solutions provides professional credit counseling and financial education services to consumers and is a member of the Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies (AICCCA).

The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service's vision is to communicate DoD policies, priorities, programs, goals and initiatives while also providing "a touch of home" by presenting radio and television news, sports, information, and entertainment programming to U.S. service men and women, Department of Defense civilians, and their families serving outside the continental United States. For more information, visit www.afrts.osd.mil.