RIVERSIDE – As students in Riverside County are enjoying summer vacation, pre-loaded savings accounts in their names with free money to fund college and career dreams are continuing to grow—with interest.
Launched in 2022 by the State of California, the California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program (CalKIDS) college savings accounts with up to $1,500 are waiting to be claimed by the majority of the 430,000 students in Riverside County.
As part of its ongoing focus on college and career readiness, and as a strategic extension of its ongoing Financial Literacy Initiative, the Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) has been spreading the word about CalKIDS through more than 60 webinars, workshops, community sign-up events, one-on-one sessions, and more.
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