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

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.

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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Food Safety Education
Parenting Skills Classes
Home Management Instruction
Financial Literacy Training
Personal Financial Counseling
Nutrition Education
Family Life Education
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.

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.

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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Personal Financial Counseling
Business Assistance Services

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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Personal Financial Counseling
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
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.

Categories

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

Provides case management, counseling, financial counseling. Offers help on a case-by-case basis as funds are available for emergency rent, mortgage, or utility assistance.

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Mortgage Payment Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

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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Housing Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
Work with DHS, parole officers and other agencies that work with juveniles that need payee services or age out of programs.

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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Personal Financial Counseling
Housing Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
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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Personal Financial Counseling
Housing Counseling
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 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.

Offers mortgage delinquency counseling, foreclosure intervention, and reverse mortgage counseling.

Certified consumer credit counselors provide confidential services free of charge. Customized services provided in person, by phone, or by internet/email include:

- Financial Counseling

- Credit Report Counseling

- Debt Management Plans

- Education and Workshops

- Comprehensive Housing Counseling

Debt management plan assists clients who enroll in the program with managing their budget.

Offers personalized housing counseling services to help individuals and families achieve stable, affordable housing.

Certified counselors provide guidance on a variety of housing issues, including homebuying, homeownership, HOEPA, and HECM reverse mortgages.

Assists with budgeting, debt management, and credit-building to strengthen financial stability.

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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Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Personal Financial Counseling
Life Skills Education

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.

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.

Categories

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

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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Housing Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Financial Literacy Training

Provides pre-filing counseling about filing for bankruptcy and pre-discharge education.