Individual and group counseling and educational activities aimed at helping adolescents prepare for independence (budgeting, employment, apartment living, etc.).

Center for Financial Independence personnel will assist individuals/families in creating a household budget by looking at existing income & expenses.

Provides eligible veteran households with outreach, assessment, case management, advocacy and assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits, which may include housing counseling, legal support, credit repair, financial planning services, and time-limited, temporary financial assistance.

Implements the money management and budgeting services using FDIC Money Smart Adult Education Program, as well as one-on-one budgeting based on each person's income and household expenses. FDIC is a computer-based instruction program that also enhances computer skills.

This is a 12-week program designed for anyone who is struggling to make ends meet. The program will help develop an individualized plan to improve your situation. The course is led by certified instructors. Each participant will receive dinner every week, free child care, an incentive for participating, and class materials.

Assists individuals/families with maintaining their home in the face of possible homelessness through a rental match program, budgeting help and help working with landlords. Program provides case management as well as the following classes: Money Management, Life Skills, Parenting, co-dependency training, Resume preparation, Financial match program.

Provides services that include training designed to increase self-reliance, living skills, and enhance self-confidence such as cooking, budgeting, housing search, benefits counseling, and home maintenance skills. Offers training to empower people with disabilities to speak for themselves and others. Supplies information and resource materials related to disability issues.

Provides advice sessions in person, by phone, or a video conference call with experienced volunteers who can help enhance and develop the tools, skills, and confidence needed to be successful in today’s job market. Also provides free financial consultations.

Serves families at risk of or experiencing homelessness in Chester County. Partner families benefit from a network of Christian faith volunteers, financial assistance, and intensive case management as they work to find housing and achieve long term stability. NOTE: Does not offer emergency housing or emergency rental or utility assistance.

Provides a variety of money management, credit and first-time homebuyer programs are offered to schools, colleges, business, lenders, and civic organizations.

Offers intensive, client-centered case management approach to empower families experiencing poverty and address root causes preventing them from becoming more self-sufficient. Helps enrolled families connect with community resources, develop personalized action plans, and objectively track their progress over time.

Provides rental, housing, and financial counseling. Works with individuals to help them meet their financial goals, whether it's securing an affordable rental, purchasing their first home, or building savings. Offers foreclosure mitigation and default, and delinquency counseling.

Works with individuals to setup a budget, how to stick to a spending plan, how to negotiate with creditors to make payments that suit the clients income, how to overcome adversity to improve life and become self-sufficient, how to balance a check book, and any other education needed.

Provides information and guidance for people who want to develop and preserve assets or need assistance in obtaining and responsibly using credit, paying bills, reducing their debt burden, and managing their financial resources.

Provides money management, budgeting classes: dealing with debt and bad credit, tips on spending and saving. DHS helps with applications for state and federal benefits also available, offers adult literacy programs and GED Classes, provides access to community computers. Employment center and mobile classes are also available.

Offers one-on-one financial counseling at multiple locations. Helps clients take control of their debt, deal with debt collectors, improve their credit, create a budget, increase savings, and connect to financial products. Please note: this service does NOT offer direct financial assistance for payment of debts.

A ministry that connects churches with the needs of the community. Some examples of the volunteer services provided are personal care, friendly visits, transportation, homemaking assistance, home maintenance, budget guidance, respite care, and tutoring/mentoring. Financial aid not available.

Provides two (2) budget counseling sessions, each 2.5 hours. Designed to help individuals learn to stay within financial limits, find ways to save money, etc.

Empowers and coaches low-income families to attain a family-sustaining wage in order to achieve and maintain economic self-sufficiency and live free of public assistance. Provides resources to bridge the gap between public assistance and stability.

Serves one-time emergency needs such as nutritional assistance, emergency shelter, first month rental assistance, rent in arrears assistance, mortgage assistance, and utilities in arrears assistance.

Provides eligible veteran households with outreach, assessment, case management, advocacy and assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits, which may include housing counseling, legal support, credit repair, financial planning services, and time-limited, temporary financial assistance.

Provides food, nutritional education program (Fulton County Super Cupboard), gardening program each Spring, Summer school lunch program, school backpack program, and budget/lifestyle counseling.

Provides individual, couples, family, and child counseling, as well as nutritional and financial counseling services. Offers In-person and Virtual options.

Offers training and resources designed to support families and individuals who are interested in purchasing their very own home. The Housing Counseling & Money Management Center provides free housing counseling services to all Westmoreland County residents who have housing needs or problems that are potentially resolvable through home buyer education and/or pre-purchase counseling. Services offered include: A) Pre-closing class B) Pre-Purchase Counseling C) Homebuyer Education D) Credit Enhancement

Provides eligible veteran households with outreach, assessment, case management, advocacy and assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits, which may include housing counseling, legal support, credit repair, financial planning services, and time-limited, temporary financial assistance.