Building a Spending Plan
Halie Corbitt, Lisa Hamilton, Jenny Rodriguez, Brenda Williams, andMartie Gillen
Everybody needs to learn how to manage money. A spending plan can be a helpful money management tool. By following the six-step exercise in this publication, you can build a spending plan based on your finances. Written by Halie Corbitt, Lisa Hamilton, Jenny Rodriguez, and Martie Gillen, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, revised August 2026.