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The Money Trap Documentary

This documentary presents the real-life stories of four people meeting a variety of financial challenges. See clips of the film online.

Strengthening Rural Families: Avoiding the Money Trap

The Casey Foundation's 25-minute video on DVD highlights financial problems that often ensnare rural working families, including payday loans, high interest car loans, high debt, poor credit, and more. The documentary is designed to raise awareness among policymakers, service providers and advocates, as well as to be a resource for financial education. The DVD contains the full documentary in English and Spanish, a shorter version in English, and materials including a discussion guide, background papers, resources and an order form. A printed discussion guide, for various audiences, is enclosed with each DVD. more >>

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The Money Trap - DVD English

This video presents the real-life stories of people meeting a variety of financial challenges: a hard working immigrant trying to establish credit and open a bank account; a working single mother with two children trying to get off welfare and buy a home; a married couple with a new baby, developing a plan to climb out of debt; and a young working woman overwhelmed with a high interest payday loan. more >>

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The Money Trap: La Trampa del Dinero- DVD Spanish

The Spanish version includes the story of a woman determined to climb out of debt and support her five children. The programs are designed to help people gain a better understanding of their finances; help develop community awareness of various predatory lending issues; and to supplement financial education workshops. more >>

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The Money Trap - VHS English

This video presents the real-life stories of people meeting a variety of financial challenges: a hard working immigrant trying to establish credit and open a bank account; a working single mother with two children trying to get off welfare and buy a home; a married couple with a new baby, developing a plan to climb out of debt; and a young working woman overwhelmed with a high interest payday loan. more >>

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The Money Trap: La Trampa del Dinero - VHS Spanish

The Spanish version includes the story of a woman determined to climb out of debt and support her five children. The programs are designed to help people gain a better understanding of their finances; help develop community awareness of various predatory lending issues; and to supplement financial education workshops. more >>

view pdf