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Offers financial counseling to help farmers with financial planning and analysis. Services are provided one-on-one and specialists will arrange to meet the farmer for sessions at times and locations that meet the client's needs.

Provides budget and debt counseling and education. Also offers HUD-approved Housing Counseling and education including: pre-purchase, mortgage default and foreclosure prevention, bankruptcy counseling and education and credit report review.

Debt Management Program (DMP) also available for clients to pay unsecured debt (credit cards and loans) at reduced interest and fees.

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Financial Literacy Training
Housing Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

Provides one-on-one financial counseling and coaching, including a complete in-depth budget analysis, an individualized financial action plan that outlines steps to be taken, and a benefits check to determine what other resources or programs might be of assistance to achieve financial stability.

Provides financial counseling, debt management plan, credit report reviews, bankruptcy counseling and education, and pre-purchase education.

Offers veterans (ill or injured post 9/11 veterans within 10 years of discharge) and their families the opportunity to live in a rent-free, single-family home for a period of two to three years while receiving financial counseling and community reintegration support.

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Personal Financial Counseling
General Housing Expense Assistance
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

Financial education including monthly workshops to help individuals gain or regain control over their finances. One on one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.

Asset Management Individual Development Account (IDAs) are matched savings accounts which may be used for the purchase of assets such as buying a home, pursuing post-secondary education or vocational training, and starting or expanding a small business.

Opportunity Passport Account program helps youth leaving foster care become financially literate as they gain experience with the banking system. Youth amass assets for education, housing, health care, vehicle, investments and other specified expenses.

Advocacy, including reviewing credit report, preparing financial action plan, assisting with setup of debt repayment schedules, and ongoing review of household budget.

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Debt Management
Financial Literacy Training
Financial Services
Personal Financial Counseling
Debt counseling at low cost.

Budgeting assistance.

Pre-filing bankruptcy counseling.

Help interpreting credit reports.

Housing education and counseling.

Community education and speaker's bureau, educational information for companies experiencing layoffs.

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Debt Management
Personal Financial Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
Housing Counseling
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.

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.

Provides pre-purchase home buyer classes and counseling help clients decide whether homeownership is the best decision for them. These classes and counseling may also qualify clients for substantial down payment assistance programs.

Foreclosure avoidance and default intervention counseling is designed to help with whatever options there may be to save clients' homes, or get caught up on payments.

Reverse Mortgage Counseling is available for seniors desiring to stay in their homes by using their equity to produce lump sums for current needs, annuity payments and lines of credit for ongoing needs.

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Housing Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
Personal Financial Counseling
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
The ISU Extension and Outreach office offers education in the areas of: family financial management, including budget and credit counseling; consumer decision making; nutrition and health; food preservation and food safety; strengthening family relationships; child care issues; parenting education; and other family life topics.

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Home Management Instruction
Nutrition Education
Personal Financial Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Family Life Education
Food Safety Education
Financial Literacy Training
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
Offers a home visiting program that works with families on budgeting, parenting, and goal setting. This is a voluntary program to help families in need.

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Home Based Parenting Education
Personal Financial Counseling
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach provides free financial coaching assistance by trained volunteers.
Offers online activities for children and families, family resources for parents, and money management resources.

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Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Personal Financial Counseling
Home Based Parenting Education
Resource and referral agency that fosters economic and emotional stability for heads of households. Meet with staff to discuss:
--Constant money shortages
--Better job with better hours
--Preparing a resume and practicing for a job interview
--Community resources for which clients may be eligible
--Enrolling in school to increase earning power
--Applying for local single parent scholarships for associate or bachelor degree college courses
--Applying for the United Way Certification Course scholarships for women in transition
--'How to' on parenting, working and attending school at the same time
--How to budget and shop for a used car
--Referrals to appropriate legal counsel

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Comprehensive Information and Referral
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Personal Financial Counseling
Budget counseling for individuals who are seeking financial stability through budget management.
Provides financial counseling services to Eastern Iowa. Counseling and educational programming is held in-person and online. Services include housing, budget and credit counseling and financial literacy programs. The goal is to improve the financial capability of those seeking services, as well as raise the level of financial stability in the community.

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