Financial Literacy

The cornerstone of Consumer Advocates Credit Counseling is financial literacy education.  Consumer Advocates Credit Counseling has a long standing commitment to financial literacy and money management education. Our financial literacy programs educate consumers who may be financially over extended, wish to regain control of their personal finances or are preparing to become homeowners. The homebuyers' workshops empower potential homeowners with the knowledge to make wise decisions to obtain and maintain the American dream of homeownership.

Consumer Advocates Credit Counselors offers broad based community seminars on topics ranging from household budgeting to broad based community seminars on topics ranging from household budgeting to identity theft. We also offer monthly scheduled, web based webinars on a variety of money management and financial education topics.  Our webinars are hosted well qualified financial professionals.

Money Smart

Money Smart is a Computer-Based Instruction (CBI) program that is friendly and easy to use.  Money Smart teaches the 10 modules of the Money Smart curriculum, which was developed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.(FDIC), through a computer. Each module generally takes between 20-30 minutes to complete but by using this program you can proceed at your own pace. Students receive ongoing feedback, and upon successful completion of each module, the student can print out a personalized certificate of completion.

The Money Smart curriculum features information on banking, credit, and now contains a section on homeownership. So register today and start your journey to becoming Money Smart.