Financial Literacy Recognition Program

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In January 2020, Treasurer Sprague launched the Compass Awards to recognize the organizations and individuals across Ohio who are working to advance financial literacy and empowerment. Compass Award honorees have demonstrated a proven record of success in preparing youth to make wise future financial decisions. Through their work, Compass Award honorees are making a lasting impact on Ohio’s young people and helping them to set course on a path to future success.

Compass Award Honorees

First Quarter 2023
Lebanon High School, Lake County Treasurer's Office

Second Quarter 2023
Superior Credit Union, Peoples Bank

Third Quarter 2023
Cincinnati Works, Lakewood Area Collaborative

January 2022
Scott Langford, Teacher at The Wellington School, Southern Perry Incubation Center for Entrepreneurs, Upper Sandusky High School

February 2022
AARP Ohio, Riverside Local Schools

March 2022
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Northeast Ohio, Phe'be Foundation

April 2022
The Ohio State University Extension - 59 County Extension Offices

May 2022
University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College, Northern Local School District

June 2022
Faith Community United Credit Union, University of Dayton

July 2022
West Ohio Community Action Partnership, Ohio Business Week Foundation

August 2022
Bridges to College, HARCATUS
September 2022
Coschocton High School, Rhodes College & Career Academy
October 2022
Springboro Community City Schools, The H. Kenneth Barker Center for Economic Education
November 2022
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People (ESOP), Atomic Credit Union

December 2022
Sinclair Community College

January 2021
Desco Federal Credit Union’s Reality Fair, Andrew Heimbach, Teacher at Wheelersburg High School, and Eastern Gateway Community College

February 2021
Project RISE, Wayne High School, and OSU Extension - Ohio Saves Campaign

March 2021
Archbold High School Counseling Department, College Now, Otsego High School

April 2021
Butler Tech, Hudson High School, and Ohio Valley Bank

May 2021
Bluffton High School, Buckeye Career Center

June 2021
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio Life Skills Camp at Camp Oty’okwa, Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio, The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County

July 2021
Habitat for Humanity Findlay/Hancock County Financial Opportunity Center, Mentor Public Library, Summit County Financial Empowerment Center

August 2021
The Grande Café and Roastery, Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, Building Bridges to Careers

September 2021
Campbell City Schools, City of Akron Mayor's Youth Leadership Council, Ohio University Credit Union

October 2021
Dover High School, United Way of North Central Ohio, Flite Freimann, Director of Washington County Department of Jobs and Family Services

November 2021
Kenton High School, Breaking Chains, SmartMoney

December 2021
Directions Credit Union, Portage County Financial Wellness Fair

January 2020
Junior Achievement (Ohio Chapters)

February 2020
Amanda Woods, Arlington High School, and MaryBeth Hutcheson

March 2020
YWCA Dayton, The PAST Foundation, Dr. Annalies Corbin

September 2020
$martPath, The University of Akron, and The University of Akron Adult Focus Office

October 2020
Lou Anne Capper, Rock Hill Local School District, United Way of Muskingum, Perry, and Morgan Counties, and Ohio University Eastern Campus

November 2020
Lorain County Comprehensive Case Management and Employment Program, Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commission (Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams Counties), and Lori Mann

December 2020
Liberty-Benton High School, Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center’s Summer Advantage Program, Agape for Youth, Inc.