Offers debt relief programs to help consumers establish a solid financial future by eliminating their current challenges on favorable terms. Also focuses on preventing financial issues and helping individuals develop strong core competencies in personal finance. Services include free credit counseling, debt management, financial workshops and webinars, student loan counseling, and bankruptcy certificate services.

Provides counseling and education for those looking to become first time home buyers. Also provides financial capability counseling, mortgage assistance and foreclosure prevention, and fair housing counseling and education. Programs serve as a source of information about ownership, predatory lending, mortgage foreclosure prevention, fair housing, budgeting, handling debt, and credit repair. Provides rental search assistance and limited financial assistance when funding is available (for financial assistance, see separate program listing on FEMA Assistance - Buffalo Urban League).

Provides rental assistance paid directly to landlord for low income families. Households that are receiving rental assistance can participate in Family Self Sufficiency to improve earning power through household budgeting and credit counseling. Families can also earn savings accounts.

Provides services to help individuals make better decisions about their finances and housing finances and to help others who need help with debt or credit card problems. Services include, debt management, credit counseling, housing counseling, credit card debt, and personal finances.

Focuses on helping individuals gain assets and become self-sufficient, improving the health and safety and energy efficiency measures in their home, and helping to develop and improve local businesses. Directly offers opportunities for home ownership and education, energy conservation through weatherization assessment, and renovation services. Also offers financial services such as budgeting along with homeownership, credit, bankruptcy, and foreclosure counseling.

* Provides information on buying a home, renting, foreclosure, credit issues and reverse mortgages.

* Offers consumer education and counseling for money and debt management. Debt management and consolidation Bankruptcy counseling Budget and credit counseling Financial education Foreclosure prevention counseling Reverse mortgage counseling Mortgage delinquency and default resolution counseling First-time homebuyer counselingRental counseling* Offer assistance to help low-to moderate-income clients qualify for affordable car loans with local lending partners through, Driven2Success program.

* Provides one-on-one financial counseling services. Counselors can assist with developing a plan to pay down debt, budgeting and saving to buy a car or home, improving credit score, accessing low-interest loans, and other financial issues. Counselors are located throughout the city at partner organization sites so clients can access a counselor in a convenient location. For a full list of Rochester FEC locations visit https://www.rochesterfec.org/locations. * COVID-19: During the COVID-19 pandemic the Rochester FEC counseling team is prepared to assist clients with the following: Navigating collection accounts. Calling creditors. Ongoing budget assistance. Exploring student loan options. Help developing saving habits. Educating clients of future savings & options (i.e. retirement, children's education, etc.).

Provides credit/debt, budget, and housing counseling free of charge to consumers throughout New York. Counselors can help an individual with: Understanding their financial situation and goals Explaining debt management options Offering recommendations for how to get out of debt Developing a personalized action plan

Provides supports and raising awareness for community families through one-on-one advocacy, and support, goal setting, budget development and individual attention as well as larger community presentations, increased access to services, and referrals to appropriate community resources.

Offers one-on-one HUD approved housing counseling designed to present the basics of personal finances, to help establish good credit and/or repair bad credit, to assist participants in making the transition from renter to owner or to help resolve mortgage delinquency and/or prevent foreclosure.

Provides financial counseling which includes a review of income, expenses, and debt to create a plan for achieving financial goals. Offers tips on money management and alternatives for handling financial crisis. A wide range of education presentations, workshops and classes are available to groups of people of all ages on a wide variety of topics. The Debt Repayment Plan is licensed through the New York State Banking Department, and in addition to the financial counseling offers negotiated repayments in order to repay creditors and avoid bankruptcy. Also provides counseling for student loans.

Provides financial counseling which includes a review of income, expenses, and debt to create a plan for achieving financial goals. Offers tips on money management and alternatives for handling financial crisis. A wide range of education presentations, workshops and classes are available to groups of people of all ages on a wide variety of topics. The Debt Repayment Plan is licensed through the New York State Banking Department, and in addition to the financial counseling offers negotiated repayments in order to repay creditors and avoid bankruptcy. Also provides counseling for student loans.

Offers one-on-one HUD approved housing counseling designed to present the basics of personal finances, to help establish good credit and/or repair bad credit, to assist participants in making the transition from renter to owner or to help resolve mortgage delinquency and/or prevent foreclosure.

Offers education, counseling, and support services, including financial counseling, budgeting education, debt management and liquidation assistance, consumer advocacy and complaint resolution, and Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance screening (FSSA).

Services include budget planning, financial education, resource referral, and debt management. Debt management is a renegotiation of the unsecured debts owed by a client with their creditors in order to get better repayment terms such as lower interest rates, waiving or reduction of fees, and re-aging of accounts in exchange for a consistent consolidated monthly payment made by the client. This is NOT a debt settlement program.

Clients receive budget counseling, debt management and credit restoration services via Certified Credit Counselors. We prepare an action plan to reduce debt and improve credit scores.

Pre-purchase budget reviews and referrals to private lenders and government agencies, as well as default counseling to avoid foreclosure.

Provides financial counseling for anyone struggling with debt or wanting to learn how to budget.

Trained volunteers meet with individuals to discuss how to make adjustments to household spending on a reduced income, ideas for negotiating with electric and credit companies and also include one-on-one financial counseling for clients as needed as well as to discuss micro business loans and help with start up costs, capital or expansion. These trained volunteers will work with individuals to address crisis situations (foreclosure, garnishes or repossessions) as well as developing budgets that will ease the strain on finances.

Provides comprehensive housing counseling services to individuals and families. Services include credit counseling, budgeting, pre and post home ownership counseling, foreclosure prevention counseling, and resources for down payment assistance programs.

Money Management International are specialists in the areas of money management, credit cards, budgeting, and debt reduction. We offer credit counseling over the telephone, online, and face-to-face at one of our 50+ branches across the nation.

Provides free and confidential, phone or in person counseling, where a counselor analyzes income and debt, foreclosure, etc and develops a budget and action plan, and recommends a solution. If individual qualifies for and chooses to begin a Debt Management Program, counselor will negotiate payment terms and concessions with creditors. Also provides workshops and online resources that teaches how to improve money management skills and other financial help.

Negotiates lower interest rates and waived late fees with your current creditors so you can pay off debt. Debts can include credit cards, collections, medical debts, payday loans, old utility accounts, and past cell phone accounts.