ATHENS, Ga. -- The University of Georgia is holding free personal finance workshops for would-be entrepreneurs across the state starting later this month.

The first workshop with UGA's consumer economics expert Michael Rupured will be Sept. 21 in Tifton. Others will be held Oct. 27 in Cumming and Moultrie, Nov. 9 in DeKalb County and Ellijay and Nov. 29 in Brunswick and Perry. 

Additional workshops in Atlanta, McDonough, Marietta, Griffin, Forsyth and other cities are scheduled for early next year.

The four-hour sessions are aimed at people who want to start a new business and want to get their personal finances in order.

For details, visit UGA's Cooperative Extension website.

ATLANTA -- With Georgia's unemployment rate remaining in double digits, 11Alive journalists are busy digging into three programs that promised to create jobs.

One of them is the federal stimulus program.

According to the state's Stimulus Accountability website, the federal government has granted Georgia approximately $3.2 billion in stimulus funds. Georgia's unemployment rate was around 8.8 percent just prior to the start of the stimulus program. Two years later, unemployment has risen to the current rate of 10.1 percent.

Where are the stimulus jobs?

In Paulding County, the stimulus program is getting mixed reviews.

Paulding County has received approximately $46 million in federal stimulus funds. The unemployment rate there was 6 percent in 2008 before the stimulus program. Unemployment in Paulding has risen to its current rate of 10.6 percent.