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Financial Preparedness

Graphics depicting financial preparedness. 

Keep a copy of important documents uploaded to the cloud.
Keep Important Documents on the Cloud
Keep a copy of important documents uploaded to the cloud.
Keep Important Documents on the Cloud
Keep a copy of important documents uploaded to the cloud.
Keep Important Documents on the Cloud
Keep a copy of important documents uploaded to the cloud.
Keep Important Documents on the Cloud
Graphic of a damaged house after a natural disaster. Text reads: "Be Prepared for the Unexpected – Maintain Emergency Savings."
Be Prepared for the Unexpected
Graphic of a damaged house after a natural disaster. Text reads: "Be Prepared for the Unexpected – Maintain Emergency Savings."
Be Prepared for the Unexpected
Graphic of an emergency supply kit and cash. Text reads: "Be Prepared for the Unexpected – Maintain Emergency Savings."
Be Prepared for the Unexpected
Graphic of an emergency supply kit and cash. Text reads: "Be Prepared for the Unexpected – Maintain Emergency Savings."
Be Prepared for the Unexpected
A man and woman hold money to place in a piggy bank. Text reads: "Be Prepared for the Unexpected – Maintain Emergency Savings."
Be Prepared for the Unexpected
A man and woman hold money to place in a piggy bank. Text reads: "Be Prepared for the Unexpected – Maintain Emergency Savings."
Be Prepared for the Unexpected
Ilustración de una mujer de pie frente a una casa dañada. Las burbujas de pensamiento la representan pensando en ahorrar dinero para una emergencia, escribir un cheque y luego ser cubierta por un paraguas durante una tormenta junto a la misma casa reparada. Ahorre el 10% de ingresos y este preparado para una emergencia ...
Save 10 percent [Spanish]
Illustration of a woman standing in front of a damaged home. Thought bubbles depict her thinking about saving money for an emergency, writing a check and later being covered by an umbrella during a storm standing next to the same house repaired. Save 10% of income and be prepared for an emergency...
Save 10 percent
Illustration of a girl saving money in a piggy bank, then later using that money to buy an umbrella, then using that umbrella under the rain. Have an emergency rainy day fund. You never know when it may pour...
Rainy day fund
Ilustración de una niña que ahorra dinero en una alcancía, luego usa ese dinero para comprar un paraguas y luego usa ese paraguas bajo la lluvia. Tenga siempre un fondo de emergencias, nunca sabe cuando puede necesitarlo...
Rainy day fund [Spanish]
Illustration of a hand putting a coin into a bright pink piggy bank. Be prepared for the unexpected, maintain emergency savings.
Emergency savings
Illustration of a hand putting a coin into a bright pink piggy bank. Be prepared for the unexpected, maintain emergency savings.
Emergency savings
Graphic image of a piggy bank and blank sheets of paper representing important household docments on a tan background with dark blue wording and a Ready logo. Financial preparedness. For more tips visit www.ready.gov.
Financial preparedness
Graphic image of a piggy bank and blank sheets of paper representing important household docments on a tan background with dark blue wording and a Ready logo. Financial preparedness. For more tips visit www.ready.gov.
Financial preparedness
Picture of a red ethernet cord plugged into a cloud shaped plug cover on a blue wall, representing a cloud in the sky. Keep a copy of important documents uploaded to the cloud. #BeInformed
Upload to the Cloud
Picture of a red ethernet cord plugged into a cloud shaped plug cover on a blue wall, representing a cloud in the sky. Keep a copy of important documents uploaded to the cloud. #BeInformed
Upload to the Cloud
Graphic image of four brightly covered books with a camera sitting on top of the stack, against a green background. Snap photos of important documents and save them online. #BeInformed
Take photos of documents
Graphic image of four brightly covered books with a camera sitting on top of the stack, against a green background. Snap photos of important documents and save them online. #BeInformed
Take photos of documents

Last Updated: 03/03/2025

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