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Professionally trained and certified financial counselors provide one-on-one coaching tailored to individual's needs. - Review financial health - Develop a spending and savings plan to achieve goals (budget) - Evaluate and explain credit reports - Create a plan for paying off debts - Decide if a debt management plan is right for the individual - Keep on track through regular follow-up visits as needed Member of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC)

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 application assistance and referrals for food pantries, housing counseling services, senior citizens programs, rental and utility assistance programs, and more. Also offers budget counseling and information about job opportunities.

Offers representative payee service and financial management assistance that includes budgeting and bill paying service.

Provides food, financial assistance, budget counseling, and case management and referral services.

Offers supports that empower individuals and families to obtain the education, resources, and tools needed to achieve their goals and improve financial stability for adults working toward self-sufficiency. Individuals and families work with Supports Specialists who provide one-on-one coaching, advocacy, resources and referrals, and wrap around supportive services. Working with the Specialists, participants identify their strengths and needs, develop a goal plan with action steps, and learn about resources that can help make goal attainment more achievable.

Helps families manage budgets to meet the unique needs of their loved one and to understand the concept of self-determination. Works with contractors and vendors to secure bids and complete work for home and vehicle modifications or adaptive appliances and equipment.

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).

Assists in establishing a monthly budget plan; setting priorities; improving credit rating; and developing a plan to pay off credit cards, medical bills, collection accounts, and other debts. Provides education on avoiding identity theft, high-risk loans, risky home mortgages, payday cash and income tax advance loans, and other scams.

Serves as a point of entry for the United Way of Chester County Financial Stability Center and the PA-CareerLink located in Exton, PA. Conducts an initial intake and financial assessment for individuals interested in accessing services located within the Financial Stability Center and provides financial stability direct services. Also acts as a resource coordinator in order to promote and achieve a client's goal(s) of increasing income, decreasing debt, and increasing assets.

This program matches interested clients to a money manager who can help them establish a budget, and help them organize their financial life.

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.

Teaches sound methods of managing money and credit to avoid financial problems.

Assists participants to become financially independent and self-sufficient. The program focuses on education, job training, job placement, and addressing other family needs.

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.

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.

Offers pre-natal classes covering fetal development, nutrition, safety, and what to expect during pregnancy, labor and delivery. Also offers parenting classes covering topics like baby basics, nutrition, budgeting, and discipline. Currently conducting parenting classes individually by telephone and Zoom.

* 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 financial counseling service.

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

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

Assists individuals with HIV/AIDS understand their rights and responsibilities with creditors and provides advice on ways to reduce or eliminate debt.