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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.

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Housing Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
Personal Financial Counseling
Debt Management
Financial assistance for rent, mortgage, and utilities.

Emergency services to homeless and other individuals in need, including motel vouchers.

Food pantry.

Gas vouchers.

Prescription expense assistance.

Money management education.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Food Pantries
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Homeless Shelter
Food Stamps/SNAP
Community Action Agencies
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

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.

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Financial Literacy Training
Personal Financial Counseling
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.
Assistance with budget development, organizing debts, balancing checkbooks, managing bills, paying creditors in a timely manor, mediation between debtors and creditors, emergency assistance through low-interest rate loans.
Helps individuals experiencing difficulty managing their financial obligations.

Provides individualized financial counseling to individuals and families. Aims to bring individuals and families out of poverty and improve the financial stability of low- and moderate-income persons throughout the city. Areas of service include:

- Improving credit score.

- Creating a savings plan.

- Reducing debt.

- General money management.

- Safe banking.

- Home ownership planning/management.

Offers veterans (ill or injured post 9/11 veterans within 10 years of discharge) and their families the opportunity to live in a rent-free, single-family home for a period of two to three years while receiving financial counseling and community reintegration support.

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General Housing Expense Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
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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Native American General Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Case/Care Management
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
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
Helps individuals experiencing difficulty managing their financial obligations.
Financial assistance for rent, mortgage, and utilities.

Emergency services to homeless and other individuals in need, including motel vouchers.

Food pantry.

Gas vouchers.

Prescription expense assistance.

Money management education.

Categories

Personal Financial Counseling
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Food Pantries
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Homeless Shelter
Food Stamps/SNAP
Community Action Agencies
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach provides free financial coaching assistance by trained volunteers.
Provides financial counseling services to Eastern Iowa. Counseling and educational programming is held in-person and online. Services include housing, budget and credit counseling and financial literacy programs. The goal is to improve the financial capability of those seeking services, as well as raise the level of financial stability in the community.
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
Personal Financial Counseling
Nutrition Education
Parenting Skills Classes
Financial Literacy Training
Family Life Education
Home Management Instruction
Budget counseling for individuals who are seeking financial stability through budget management.
Offers online activities for children and families, family resources for parents, and money management resources.

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Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Home Based Parenting Education
Personal Financial Counseling
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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Housing Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Resource and referral agency that fosters economic and emotional stability for heads of households. Meet with staff to discuss:
--Constant money shortages
--Better job with better hours
--Preparing a resume and practicing for a job interview
--Community resources for which clients may be eligible
--Enrolling in school to increase earning power
--Applying for local single parent scholarships for associate or bachelor degree college courses
--Applying for the United Way Certification Course scholarships for women in transition
--'How to' on parenting, working and attending school at the same time
--How to budget and shop for a used car
--Referrals to appropriate legal counsel

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Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Prejob Guidance
Job Search/Placement
Personal Financial Counseling
Comprehensive Information and Referral
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.

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Gambling Disorder Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling
Gambling Disorder Support Groups
Anger Management

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.

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.

Categories

Housing Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
Personal Financial Counseling
Debt Management