Taking middle grades students into the world of business, JA Finance Park lets participants see, touch, and experience free enterprise on their own terms. Students create personal budgets and are introduced to the banking, clothing, education, entertainment, food, healthcare, home improvement, housing, investing, and transportation industries. Most important of all, the hands-on nature of JA Finance Park helps students develop a realistic understanding of the economic issues they'll face upon graduation.

Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park™, the mobile version of JA Finance Park™, was created through the generous support of Capital One and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The mobile delivers the JA Finance Park curriculum and a one-day experiential learning opportunity to middle grades students who do not have access to permanent JA Finance Park facilities.

Capital One has committed to support Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park for a second pilot during 2007-2008 in Dallas, Texas; Richmond, Virginia; McLean, Virginia; and Washington, D.C.

Concepts – Banking, Budgets, Buying, Careers, Choices, Consumers, Credit, Debt, Exchange, Expenses, Income, Interest rates, Investments, Money, Opportunity costs, Saving, Scarcity, Social security, Taxes

Skills – Analysis, Applying information, Budgeting, Cause and effect, Critical thinking, Computation, Data collection, Decision-making, Filling out forms, Following directions, Graphing, Interpersonal communication, Interpreting data, Listening, Negotiation, Observation, Planning, Problem-solving, Reading, Research, Role-playing, Spending, Taking responsibility, Teamwork

All JA programs are designed to support the skills and competencies identified by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. These programs also augment school-based, work-based, and connecting activities for communities with school-to-work initiatives.

Additional information on the program can be found on JA Worldwide's website. A video of the mobile Finance Park is also available for viewing.