Subject: NATIONAL POLICY ALLIANCE ENDORSES EVERFI FINANCIAL LITERACY PLATFORM FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:26:51 -0400

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NATIONAL POLICY ALLIANCE ENDORSES EVERFI FINANCIAL LITERACY PLATFORM FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS
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Washington, D.C. – September 27, 2011 – EverFi, Inc., the leading education
technology platform for critical skills, today announced that the National
Policy Alliance (NPA), comprised of the ten most preeminent African-American
public policy organizations in the US, has officially endorsed EverFi as the
education platform to improve the financial literacy and life skills of
African-American students across the country.

The NPA endorsed EverFi at its September board meeting, reflecting the
support of more than 11,000 elected and appointed officials, as well as 2.5
million African-American government employees at the local, state, and
national  level.  In  effect,  the  ten  presidents  of these national
organizations, including the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the
National Black Caucus of School Board Members, will promote adoption of the
_EverFi™  Financial  Literacy  Platform_  in the school systems of their
constituencies. The learning platform will be provided at no cost to the
schools.

“While all young Americans need to learn financial survival skills, this is
particularly important for African Americans, whose financial literacy
scores lag relative to the national average,” said the Honorable Johnny
Ford, NPA Co-Chair, Founder of The World Conference of Mayors, and former
Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama. “EverFi certification puts students on the
cutting-edge in terms of being able to make informed decisions that will
help them succeed in today’s complex and competitive fiscal environment.”

“On behalf of the thousands of African-American school board members across
the US, I salute the EverFi team for developing a much-needed new-media
curriculum at no cost to our already financially-strapped school systems
across the country,” said Paul Chatman, Chair of the National School Boards
Association’s (NSBA) National Black Caucus of School Board Members (NBC).

A study conducted by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
shows that while no racial group is financially literate, African-American
students are, on average, about 80 percent as literate as white student
counterparts, and this gap has widened in the past 10 years.

“We wake up every day thinking about the college and career success of our
EverFi students,” said EverFi Executive Vice President Ramon Martinez. “We
are honored and humbled by NPA’s endorsement and look forward to working
with NPA member organizations to ensure that all students have access to the
EverFi learning platforms.”

“It has been so exciting to watch EverFi expand its network,” said Mayor
Ford. “I met the EverFi team three years ago when Booker T. Washington High
School in Tuskegee, Alabama was among the first in the nation to adopt the
EverFi program. And today, EverFi is used in more than 3000 schools across
all 50 states.”

About EverFi, Inc.
EverFi  is the leading education technology platform company to teach,
assess, and certify students in critical skills. EverFi’s education learning
platforms include Financial Literacy, Student Loan Management, Digital
Literacy, Cyberbullying, Substance Abuse and Sexual Assault Awareness, and
additional product areas to be announced in 2012. The company is already
powering a national movement in 50 states that enables students to learn
using the latest technology, including rich media, high-definition video,
simulation, diagrams, and avatars. Learn more at www.everfi.com

About The National Policy Alliance
The  National  Policy  Alliance  (NPA)  is  composed  of the ten major
organizations representing black public officials from federal, state and
local levels of government throughout the country. NPA members have convened
every four years, at the beginning of each Presidential election year, to
discuss public policies and issues that serve the interests and needs of the
African American community. The NPA is bolstered by the certain knowledge
that these policies, when successful, benefit the nation as a whole. NPA
regularly advises President Barack Obama on public policy issues affecting
the African-American community. Member organizations of the NPA are (in
alphabetical order):
  * Blacks in Government (BIG)
  * Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
  * Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (The Joint Center)
  * Judicial Council of the National Bar Association (NBA)
  * National Association of Black County Officials/ National Organization of
    Black County Officials (NABCO)/ (NOBCO)
  * National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBCLEO)
  * National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL)
  * National Black Caucus of School Board Members (NBCSBM)
  * National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM)
  * The World Conference of Mayors, Inc. (WCM)

_Contact_
Jennifer Sykes
EverFi, Inc. – Director of Marketing
2715 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20007
[email-masked]
339-223-3170

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