Engages and supports clients while they develop life skills and resources to ultimately succeed on their own. Provides education sessions regarding healthful, economic food shopping and food preparation; personal financial budgeting; and basic job readiness skill.

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.

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 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.

Assists clients in multiple situations to achieve self-sufficiency through casework services, including development of a plan to establish self sufficiency and help with budgeting.

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 budget counseling and instruction as well as providing referrals if needed

Provides workshops and one-on-one credit and financial counseling sessions to help clients understand money management, budgeting, and credit issues.

Provides a computer-based instruction program that provides the client an opportunity to complete the ten lessons of the Money Smart Training Program and receive a certificate.

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 counseling and workshops concerning first-time homebuyers, budgeting and managing finances, resolving/preventing mortgage delinquency, avoiding predatory lending, landlord-tenant issues, and tax liens. Provides referral service for any issue regarding tangled titles and deed transfers. Maintains an extensive list of resources for homeowners, heirs, and rental topics.

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.

Offers programs that provide career and job guidance, financial and employment counseling, and helps participants with skills in financial literacy, resume writing, job-seeking, health and wellness tips, family law, civic engagement, and education options.

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.

Assists adult mental health consumers in securing safe and affordable permanent housing as well as building basic living skills to enable them to successfully live on their own.

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.

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.

Provides personalized financial education and coaching to help individuals achieve stability and confidence in managing their money. Services Include: - Budgeting Guidance: Learn practical strategies to manage income, track expenses, and set realistic financial goals. - Credit Education & Repair Assistance: Receive help understanding credit reports, disputing inaccuracies, and improving your credit score. - Identity Theft Awareness: Understand risks and protective measures for yourself and your family. - Youth Financial Education: Engage children with interactive lessons that introduce basic money management concepts. - Financial Support for Housing: Guidance on budgeting for rent, utilities, or mortgage payments when applicable. Sessions are available in-person or via Zoom.

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.

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.

Provides Credit Counseling services to individuals by phone, online, or in person. During the initial session, a certified counselor will review income, expenses, and debts. At the conclusion of this comprehensive session, the credit counselor will make recommendations to help get back on track financially (one of which may be a debt management program).

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

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.

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.