Credit: Credit Counseling
- Fiscal Fitness: Choosing a Credit Counselor (April 1999) -- Information about how to find and screen a credit counseling agency, and a list of questions to ask before you choose an agency to work with.
- "The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) is a network of hundreds of non-profit agencies that provide money management education, confidential budget, credit, and debt counseling, and debt repayment plans for both individuals and families. The NFCC is supported by a wide-range of organizations, such as banks, consumer finance companies and credit unions and so can provide free services in many communities and for a very low cost in others." Go to their website to find the local program closest to you or to identify the national agencies that can do telephone or internet counseling.
National Foundation for Credit Counseling
801 Roeder Road
Suite 900
Silver Spring, MD 20910Phone: 301-589-5600
Fax: 301-495-5623
National toll free crisis hotline: 1-800-388-2227- Money Management International is a non-profit credit counseling agency that provides counseling by phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Their web site has good information and all services can be rendered over the phone (1-866-889-9347). Monthly fees for the repayment program vary by state, so be sure to call and figure out what the program would cost you before you select this service.
- Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies (AICCCA) -- a membership organization of independent consumer credit counseling agencies. You can use the website or phone number to locate a counseling agency in your area.
AICCCA
11350 Random Hills Rd
Suite 800
Fairfax, Virginia 22030-6044Phone : 703-934-6118
Fax: 703-802-0207
Email: assoc@aiccca.org
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