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Provides assistance to limited-income seniors who need help managing their finances. The level of care provided is based on the need of the person. The goal of the program is to assist low-income seniors and persons with disability (who are financially exploited) to assure independence and to prevent pre-mature institutional care and abuse.

The program helps with such bill-paying activities as opening and organizing mail, setting up budgets, and balancing checkbooks for seniors who remain in control of their finances, but need some help keeping things in order.

Representative Payee volunteers help clients manage their Social Security benefits, if the client is unable to handle his or her own finances. The Representative Payee volunteer manages and pays the client's expenses from an account into which the Social Security benefit is automatically deposited.

Offers classes covering a variety of important financial topics, including budgeting, managing debt, and improving credit, to help survivors move from short-term safety to long-term security.

Budget counseling.

Certified Financial Counselors help anyone in the community to better understand their finances, set up a budget, pay down debt, or improve their credit score and borrowing power.

Negotiates with current creditors to lower or eliminate the interest rate (typically to 2% to 8%) and have clients debt-free in five years or less. There is no prepayment penalty. Clients can leave the program at any time, although the creditors may return the interest rates to previous levels. Regardless of how many creditors are owed, this program works on a single, consolidated monthly payment.

Extension and Outreach provides workshops on money management and personal finances at various times and locations throughout the year. Also have print materials and online information regarding these topics.

Families suffering under the burden of debt can speak with a real attorney at no charge, to determine if bankruptcy would allow them a fresh start.

Those falling behind on mortgage payments may discuss how a chapter 13 bankruptcy can stop foreclosure and save the family home.

Offers budget, credit, and debt counseling and VA Fiduciary Services and Social Security representative payee-Government benefits are directly deposited into an FMCCI account and the beneficiary's bills are paid.

Provides free confidential financial coaching sessions with a credit counselor. Services include small business and non-profit coaching, small business and non-profit bootcamp trainings and personal financial bootcamp trainings.

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Business Assistance Services
Personal Financial Counseling

A protective service for limited-income seniors who need help managing their finances. Bill payer volunteers assist individuals who are able to make decisions about their financial affairs but who need help organizing bills and paying them on time.

Representative payee volunteers are appointed by Social Security to receive and manage benefits of a person who is determined incapable of managing his or her own finances. In contrast to the bill payer program, the representative payee signs the checks and has full control of the benefits. They pay bills and make sure the client's needs are being met.

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Representative Payee Services
Personal Financial Counseling
Offers credit counseling, debt relief and management through budget and credit counseling restructuring of monthly debt payments. Types of debts in which CCS can be most beneficial to clients are credit card, medical bills, and finance company debts. Target population are clients that generate enough income to cover their monthly living expenses but run short each month on their debt servicing.
Provides a private and confidential, non-judgmental review of your household finances. A counselor will help you create a budget. Can also provide some housing counseling for those looking to buy a house or currently own a house.

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Housing Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Budget counseling for individuals who are seeking financial stability through budget management.
Offers to learn about persons situation and needs, then help explore options and steps to help stabilize resources. Program support included but not limited to financial assistance, resource referral, budgeting and finance help, prayer and encouragement. Please enter the north door on the east side of the building.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Temporary Financial Assistance
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach provides free financial coaching assistance by trained volunteers.

Offers education on home buying, taxes, business assistance, insurance, budgeting, loan, investments, credit scores, and checking and savings accounts.

Program is offered at the Mexican Consulate.

Case managers assist families and individuals experiencing a personal crisis. Information and referrals provided for a variety of needs. Direct services include budgeting, funeral assistance, elder care services, and application/forms assistance for tribal and government programs.

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Native American General Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Case/Care Management
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Homebuyer education offers monthly workshops to help potential homeowners prepare for homeownership; one-on-one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.

Advocacy services include preparing mortgage plan, review purchase agreements, review credit reports, and assist with correcting incorrect information on credit reports.

Foreclosure prevention counseling.

Financial education.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Debt Management
Financial Literacy Training
Housing Counseling
Credit counseling offered free and confidentially regarding credit card, medical, and other types of debt. Offers budget counseling and a debt management program where many credit card companies will stop or reduce interest and late fees.

Works to improve the community's social and economic conditions. Programs are offered in three core service areas of ducation, workforce development and money management.

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Computer Literacy Training Programs
Mentoring Programs
Personal Financial Counseling
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction

Provides individualized financial counseling to individuals and families. Aims to bring individuals and families out of poverty and improve the financial stability of low- and moderate-income persons throughout the city. Areas of service include:

- Improving credit score.

- Creating a savings plan.

- Reducing debt.

- General money management.

- Safe banking.

- Home ownership planning/management.

Utilizes volunteers to work with seniors on budgeting, sorting through mail, checkbook balancing, and bill paying. This program assists seniors 60 years of age and older who need assistance due to physical or mental disabilities, unpaid bills, inability to read or write, loss of home due to foreclosure, or threats of utility shut-off.
Provides a private and confidential, non-judgmental review of your household finances. A counselor will help you create a budget. Can also provide some housing counseling for those looking to buy a house or currently own a house.

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Housing Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

Allows clients to establish an affordable repayment plan with their creditors. MMI acts as an intermediary, negotiating lower monthly payments and reducing/waiving interest rates and penalty fees.