Credit-counseling agencies negotiate with lenders
Akron Beacon Journal - Details will be needed about your total monthly income and expenses, plus a list of bills and copies of any correspondence with creditors. The counselor will get in touch with your creditors on your behalf to reduce and stretch out monthly payments
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A teen course in finances makes sense RON BARTIZEK BUSINESS LOCAL
Times-Leader - Terri Stocki, education director for Consumer Credit Counseling of Northeastern Pennsylvania, is all-too-familiar with many teenagers lack of money sense. Part of her job is to visit schools to present two-hour primers on personal finance. If
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Breaking the bank on the kids
Carroll County Times - Needs have to go in the top of the list," says Sara Allen, executive director of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northern Colorado and Southeastern Wyoming. "Realistically, there are a lot of things we do for the kids. We want them to go to
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Sticky notes and Excel help budgets
St. Petersburg Times - Should your daughter decide she wants to change, I recommend she seek out counseling or classes through a consumer credit counseling service or local extension service in her county. I think she's more likely to accept advice from a neutral party.
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Trim your holiday spending
Daily Times - Consumer Credit Counseling Service offers advice for holiday shopping: 1. Develop a spending budget: Write down household and personal expenses for November and December. Subtract the total amount of expenses from your take-home pay. The amount left
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