Provides financial counseling to help persons shift from debt management to saving. Offers sessions covering money management and budgeting, banking and basic financial transactions, credit reports and using credit wisely, consumer protection and debt collection, student loans, bankruptcy, negotiation, investments and future planning, homeownership, insurance, and benefits.

Assists the most vulnerable members of society who are not capable of managing or directing someone else to manage their Social Security benefits. The Representative Payee acts on behalf of the beneficiary and is responsible for things related to benefits and payments that the beneficiary would ordinarily do for him/herself.

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

Provides limited direct financial assistance, financial planning, emergency heat response, automobile repair, furniture/household items/appliances/clothing/toiletries, back-to-school and holiday assistance, counseling/guidance, and life skill support. Coordinates medical transportation. Offers volunteer opportunities.

Provides housing counseling services as a supportive base for tenants and homeowners of HAVE's housing development projects.

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.

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 housing stabilization services including credit and budget counseling; foreclosure prevention counseling; eviction prevention through payment assistance when funds are available and landlord-tenant mediation; and first-time home buyers education and counseling.

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 community-based case management services to low-income individuals and families. Assists and supports clients in addressing social service problems concerning health, housing, financial, employment, education, and medical needs as well as determining eligibility for benefits. Also provides professional counseling concerning many issues including budgeting and money management, communication, crisis intervention, depression, relationships, stress management, and work-related concerns.

Provides a trauma-informed financial counseling program. Offers workshops and one-on-one guidance to individuals in order to address generational poverty.

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.

Offers Budgeting Basics, Career Readiness, Getting Ahead, and Case Management. With the guidance of a Self-Sufficiency Coordinator, you will set goals, identify challenges, and map a course to success, all while focusing on strengths and skill-building along the way.

Provides budget counseling and instruction as well as providing referrals if needed

Provides one-time financial assistance in the form of a rent, mortgage, or utility payment for individuals who are facing eviction or a utility shutoff. Also assists with finding housing, and budgeting and money management skills.

Provides long-term financial assistance with permanent housing. Offers case management for housing, job training and education, financial, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual health.

Works with clients past the fulfillment of basic needs to provide the support necessary for clients to achieve long-term stability. Offers a variety of long-term support, education, and counseling services on topics such as budgeting and buying a home. Also offers an intervention program for male perpetrators involved in domestic violence, as well as several specialized permanent supportive housing programs for chronically homeless individuals and families.

One-on-one budgeting help for individuals seeking it

Case management services assist individuals with goal setting to help individuals and families to establish and sustain self-sufficiency. Referrals are made to the appropriate resources to help provide housing and utility funds, budgeting and job search counseling.

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.

Offers support for the Elderly Property Tax and Extension Program which can extend, defer, or assist older adults who are behind on property taxes. Older adults are also assisted with foreclosure preventions/loss mitigation counseling, budgeting and financial coaching.

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.

* Coordinated Entry Access Site, connects individuals to programs within the Conference or refers out to community resources. Also helps qualifying low-income individuals and families with rental assistance, goal setting and budgeting. Provides bus passes for interviews or for first week of employment. Toiletries/personal grooming items provided as available. * Various rental assistance programs * Homeless Supportive Services: Provides intensive case management and referrals to other support services for single, adult, chronically homeless individuals. Assist street homeless men and women to connect to community resources as they strive to move from homelessness to self-sufficiency. * Social Security Representative Payee Program: Provides financial monitoring and fund administration to individuals receiving social security who are unable to manage their own finances.

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.

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.