FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH
2024
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Financial Literacy Month is dedicated to improving financial literacy in an effort to ensure all Americans have access to trustworthy financial services and products; and
WHEREAS, during these challenging economic times, financial literacy can help families establish and maintain healthy financial habits; and
WHEREAS, financial literacy helps residents become more knowledgeable about finances and develop skills and strategies to manage personal finances, savings, and credit development; and
WHEREAS, the designation of Financial Literacy Month helps raise public awareness about the importance of financial education in North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina encourages state agencies, public and private institutions, regional agencies, and community organizations to facilitate instruction, activities, and initiatives that contribute to developing and enhancing financial capability for economic success;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim April, 2024, as “FINANCIAL LITERACY MONTH” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
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Roy Cooper
Governor
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-seventh day of March in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.