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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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Personal Financial Counseling
Home Based Parenting Education
Provides free training classes in areas of the four wheels (physical, relational, emotional and spiritual) to help neighbors in need move forward in developing healthy, self-sustaining lifestyles. One to one mentoring is also available. Optional child care (up to age 12) and an evening meal are offered.

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.

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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Personal Financial Counseling
Housing Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
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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Housing Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
Personal Financial Counseling
Debt Management
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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Case/Care Management
Native American General Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Certificates/Forms 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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Temporary Financial Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling

Provides volunteers to make home visits to the older person's home in order to assist with things such as check writing, bill paying, checkbook balancing, and general money management.

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
Food Safety Education
Nutrition Education
Parenting Skills Classes
Family Life Education
Financial Literacy Training
Personal Financial Counseling

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
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

Provides help to individuals with develop and to achieve life goals. Offers participants social-emotional support and acts as a bridge in making connections to immediate needs, as well as developing life-changing skills. The program has 3 phases, each phase lasting 60 days. The participant will meet one on one with a Fountain of Youth professional each week to see how they are progressing with their goals and what can be done to help. This program consists of each participant making an individual success plan that pertains to one of the following areas: knowledge of self and others, citizenship, basic life skills, education, health and wellbeing, financial literacy and workplace success. The program is a minimum of 60 days commitment and a maximum of 6 months.


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Life Skills Education
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Personal Financial Counseling

Material assistance including hygiene items for adults, children, and infants; food; furniture; household items including bedding, towels, kitchen utensils, silverware, plates, pots and pans, diapers, formula, etc.

Vouchers for ID and Driver's License fees.

Individualized referrals and budgeting assistance.

Transportation assistance in special circumstances, including gas vouchers and bus vouchers, for medical, immigration or housing appointments.

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Kitchenware
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Food Pantries
Furniture
Personal/Grooming Needs
Bedding/Linen
Transportation Expense Assistance
Formula/Baby Food
Personal Financial Counseling
Diapers
Offers comprehensive credit counseling services, including certified credit counselors to advise on managing your money and debts, help with developing a budget, and free educational materials and workshops. Also offers debt management services to provide immediate help to those who are in a financial crisis and a long-term plan for debt-free living.

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.

Care team members provide one-on-one support. Personalized help in the areas of finance, housing, parenting, and more. Faith and Finances course available.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling

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
Work with DHS, parole officers and other agencies that work with juveniles that need payee services or age out of programs.

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
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.

Provides basic life necessities that helps keep clients in their homes.

MORE is not able to provide unlimited funds to anyone; however, it is available to provide advice and, if available, some funds to those facing eviction or utility shut-offs. The MORE Center is also a facilitator for Salvation Army assistance.

Those facing eviction or utility shut-off (gas, electric) may visit the MORE Center during regular hours to receive an application. Must provide proof of residence, all family income, 5 day notice to vacate or utility shut-off notice, social security number, and any other pertinent documentation. A case worker will call back to evaluate immediate needs and advise on a course of action.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Rent Payment Assistance
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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Family Life Education
Parenting Skills Classes
Nutrition Education
Personal Financial Counseling
Food Safety Education
Home Management Instruction
Financial Literacy Training