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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.

Free evaluations, assessments, and interventions for problem gamblers. Help line service available 24 hours.

Five week family education program for anyone who wants to learn more about the affects of addiction.

Individual and group counseling.

Presentations to schools, community groups, churches, lawyers, probation, judges and businesses.

Substance abuse evaluations and individual counseling.

Mental health assessments and counseling for individuals, couples, and families. Overspending assessments and counseling.

Financial budgeting assistance.

Anger management.

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.

An 8-hour pre-purchase homebuyer training course to prepare consumers for sustainable homeownership.

The class is offered in English and Spanish multiple times per month.

Offers rental education workshops, pre-purchase home buying counseling, and financial education workshops. 

Offers services to help low-income senior citizens who have difficulty budgeting, paying routine bills, and keeping track of financial matters. Clients are matched with trained volunteers who assist with money management issues.

Also offers a Private Pay Money Management Program (MMP) for seniors whose income and/or assets exceed the guidelines of the Illinois Department on Aging program or people under the age of 60. Services provided range from budgeting and assistance with routine bill payment to a Representative Payee program in which all financial matters are taken care of by the MMP staff. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.