Fridley Community Education

Retire with confidence by learning how to optimize distributions from Social Security, Pensions, work retirement plans and Traditional IRA. Learn about the benefits of Roth IRA and how they can help reduce your taxes. The course also covers importance of Estate Planning, Long Term Care Insurance and when Annuities are useful.

Fighting financial fraud starts with education as well as communication between family members and their financial professionals. Financial Advisor Tarun Bhatia will share information to help you to recognize possible issues, prevent fraudulent activity and protect yourself or a loved one if fraud does occur.

The road to your future and the realization of your dreams will require a solid saving and investing strategy. At this class, you'll learn 10 principles of investing as well as common mistakes and what you can do to avoid them.

Running a small business or non-profit is hard, protecting it from cyber criminals and other bad actors does not need to be. Rich Coleman has a deep history in cyber security, multiple certifications, and would like to share free tools and techniques available to small organizations that are simple, yet effective. This class is geared for attendees who would see themselves as a computer power user or better.

Cyber security need not be scary or costly, Rich Coleman has been helping individuals and companies protect themselves for multiple decades. When it comes to personal online protection, there are many freely available tools and technics that are straight forward and simply. This class is geared for individuals of all ages and any level of technological understanding.

This workshop is designed to help determine whether retirement is right around the corner or down the road, strategies put in place now can help ensure a nest egg will last. Thrivent Financial Advisor, Greg Schraufnagel will discuss a number of strategies that address: Taxes Investments Estate Resources for success. No products will be sold.

Safeguarding Our Seniors: A Practical Course for Families of Nursing Home Residents on Recognizing Quality Care and Early Detection of Safety Concerns. This course offers supportive and easy-to-follow guidance to help families understand what quality care looks like for their loved ones who have already entered a nursing home or assisted living facility or who are transitioning into a care facility. The focus of this course is how to identify and report safety concerns.

There is a lot of talk about Social Security in the news. Thrivent Financial Advisor, Greg Schraufnagel will detail strategies to help you maximize your retirement income and provide clarity around what has changed and what is changing with Social Security. Key topics covered in this workshop are: Social Security resiliency Benefits basics When to apply Maximizing benefits No products will be sold.

A vital part of every retirement or resettlement discussion involves the roadmap of issues that help us decide where we want to call home! Is it Taxes, the Political Landscape, the Weather, the location of Family assets, Debt or Income concerns in Retirement, Cost of Living, Health Concerns or . . . our Friends are already there! When should we start this discussion? Did you know many States do not tax Social Security, Pensions or other Qualified Retirement Income sources? Which are the worst states for Estate Taxes? How do we establish Domicile? How about quality of medical resources and retirement facilities – who is good, who is not-so-good? All these issues will be raised and discussed in an open and friendly manner with questions encouraged.