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Housing & Financial Counseling - Greater Southwest Development Corporation - Main Office

Greater Southwest Development Corporation offers housing counseling, financial coaching, and income support screening services free of charge. HUD-certified Residential Counselors are here to help with foreclosure prevention, and rental assistance, and to prevent the displacement of residents. GSDC's Residential Assistance Center is Southwest Chicago's only no-cost, one-stop shop for comprehensive housing and financial support services.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Information

Housing Services - Housing Services - Chicago

CEDA's staff of HUD-certified Housing Counselors are available to assist with foreclosure prevention, pre-purchase, post-purchase, rental counseling, and financial counseling. We can also help identify those who qualify for new COVID-19 rent/mortgage relief programs.

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Tenant Readiness Education Programs
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Homeless Diversion Programs
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

Stabilization and Empowerment Services - Northwest Compass Inc.

Northwest Compass services include intake and referrals, crisis intervention, solution-focused case management, street outreach, individual financial counseling, and money management classes, career coaching and job readiness, and more to alleviate hardships and allow clients to become stable and stay empowered in their everyday lives.

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Street Outreach Programs
Personal Financial Counseling
Supported Employment

Basic Money Management for Women - YWCA Evanston/North Shore - Main Office

YWCA Evanston/North Shore offers Basic Money Management for Women, a two-session program designed to strengthen the money management skills of low-to-moderate income women. This program helps participants learn how to develop a budget or spending plan, understand credit and credit scoring, and build a secure financial future. Students gain the financial information and tools they need in order to provide for themselves and their children and make informed financial decisions.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Housing Services - Housing Services - Cicero

CEDA's staff of HUD-certified Housing Counselors are available to assist with foreclosure prevention, pre-purchase, post-purchase, rental counseling, and financial counseling. We can also help identify those who qualify for new COVID-19 rent/mortgage relief programs.

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Tenant Readiness Education Programs
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Homeless Diversion Programs
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

First Time Homebuyer - Brighton Park Neighborhood Council - Main Office

Brighton Park Neighborhood Council offers educational programming regarding practical money management skills.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Kingdom Stewardship Ministry - Apostolic Faith Church - Food Distribution

Apostolic Faith Church Kingdom Stewardship inspires financial freedom by providing financial fairs, classes, and one-on-one sessions.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Student Loan Education and Counseling - Chicago State University

Chicago State University - Project Success offers financial literacy and loan default counseling for those having difficulties paying off student loans. As part of the personal-finance services, the staff assists with the completion of college admission and financial aid applications and provides scholarship information and assistance. The target group for this program is veterans, low-income, and community members with prior justice system involvement.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Financial Counseling Services - GreenPath Financial Wellness - Chicago

GreenPath Financial Wellness offers over-the-phone financial counseling services which may include debt management, student loan counseling, bankruptcy support and home-buyer counseling in order to promote financial health.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Money Management - Illinois Department Of Aging - Chicago Office

The Illinois Volunteer Money Management Demonstration Program is a protective service that assists low-income older persons who have difficulty managing their personal household budgets, paying bills, keeping track of banking records, intervening with creditors, completing medical forms, and handling other issues related to personal finances.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Personal Financial Counseling | Christians Against Poverty - The Compass Church, Naperville

Financial counseling to individuals either at their homes or at any other location of their choosing. Services are provided by trained certified Credit Counselor, and include credit counseling, budgeting, bankruptcy counseling, student loan counseling.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Personal Financial Counseling | COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING (CPAH) - Financial Counseling Program

Provides financial counseling and coaching to help clients gain financial success. Conducts comprehensive analysis of clients' situation and develop an action plan. Addresses budgeting, increasing savings, decreasing debt, and improving credit scores. Provides follow up services to track progress and continue coaching, if needed.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Personal Financial Counseling | GreenPath Inc.

Provides personal financial counseling, education, and consolidation services by online chat, by phone, or onsite. Also specializes in student loans, foreclosure prevention, reverse mortgages, home buyer education, and bankruptcy counseling.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Financial Opportunity Center - North Lawndale Employment Network - Main Office

The Financial Opportunity Center serves as a hub for financial planning and economic empowerment services at North Lawndale Employment Network. The staff provides outreach, coaching, and assistance with benefits applications to help you reach your economic goals. They provide free credit-building programs including soft pull credit reports, credit report and score analyses, assistance in removing errors from credit reports, and help in establishing a credit history.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Community Economic Development Program - Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc. - Women's Center

Breakthrough Urban Ministries' Community Economic Development (CED) program provides education, work experience, and supportive services so that individuals increase skills, gain and retain employment, and access to resources and opportunities. Located on the 2nd floor of the Breakthrough Women's Center.

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Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

Financial Advisory Window (VAF) - Consulado General De Mexico - Chicago

Consulate General of Mexico - Chicago provides the Financial Advisory Window where they offer timely guidance on the need and advantages of managing money. They educate individuals on how to increase their wealth through accounts savings, paying taxes, small business credit, etc.

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Personal Financial Counseling

ECONOMIC CRISIS PROGRAM | COMMUNITY CRISIS CENTER

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

MONEY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | SENIOR SERVICES - A DIVISION OF EFFINGHAM CITY/COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING

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.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Representative Payee Services

HOUSING COUNSELING | CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS

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
Personal Financial Counseling
Financial Literacy Training

Personal Financial Counseling | US Government USAF Airman and Family Readiness Center

Personal Financial Management Program: Offers education on budgeting, insurance, credit buying, consumer rights and debt consolidation.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Personal Financial Counseling | Lebanon Matthew 25.40 Ministries

Assists individuals with establishing a budget and other money management techniques.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Financial Capabilities - Ladder Up - Main Office

Through its Financial Capability program, Ladder Up helps clients build a lasting foundation for self-sufficiency by working with them to secure financial aid for higher education and to gain the skills needed to make sound financial choices. Ladder Up provides free financial literacy education workshops to help individuals gain the knowledge and tools to make sound financial decisions.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Financial Literacy Training

Financial & HUD-Approved Housing Coaching - Center for Changing Lives - Satellite Office

Center for Changing Lives (CCL) partners with the Department of Housing to offer financial and housing coaches who partner with clients to uncover possibilities, overcome barriers, and achieve their financial goals. CCL provides first-time homebuyer workshops and credit-buying and personal finance tools.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

Secure the Bag Academy Financial Literacy Classes - Self Theory, LLC - Main Office

Self Theory, LLC offers a financial education program that equips community members with the real-world money skills they need to make empowered, informed decisions from budgeting and saving to managing credit and building wealth.

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Personal Financial Counseling

Financial & HUD-Approved Housing Coaching - Center for Changing Lives - Main Office

Center for Changing Lives (CCL) partners with the Department of Housing to offer financial and housing coaches who partner with clients to uncover possibilities, overcome barriers, and achieve their financial goals. CCL provides first-time homebuyer workshops and credit-buying and personal finance tools.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

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