National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC)

Description

Founded in 1951, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), Inc., promotes the national agenda for financially responsible behavior and builds capacity for its Members to deliver the highest quality financial education and counseling services. The NFCC is the nations largest and longest serving national nonprofit credit counseling network, with more than 100 Member agencies and nearly 850 offices in communities throughout the country. Each year, NFCC Members assist 4 million consumers, helping many to drive down their debt and take control of their finances.

Member benefits

We maintain links to the creditor community.
We keep the lines of communication open with aggressive and articulate advocacy for the credit counseling sector.
We also provide members with research and studies on topics of interest to agencies and creditors.

We raise public awareness.
Our consumer Web site, NFCC.org, hosts millions of visitors and gives them a direct link to your agency.
Our national media advisories and Member Agencies newsletters inform creditors and reporters about the activities, programs, and services of our member agencies.
Our National Locator Line gives consumers 24-hour access to participating Member Agencies.
NFCC is featured in numerous media interviews each year.

We seek out opportunities
We search for grant and contract funding to help support your community education and housing counseling efforts.
We work closely with the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development to match NFCC programs to HUD goals, thus maximizing your chances of earning HUD grants.
We keep you informed about changes and opportunities in the housing and credit counseling industries.
Our collaborations with various governmental divisions and advocacy organizations increase the likelihood of network and coalition partnerships for our members.

We educate people on the national level.
We help you with programs that both educate consumers and promote financial literacy.
We strive proactively to increase financial awareness. We initiated the concept of a President's Council on Financial Fitness and helped organize the Jump$tart Coalition, dedicated to improving the “financial smarts” of all our children.
Our websites contain useful tips and tools to help consumers realistically assess their financial situations and find professional help if necessary.

We create a forum.
We recognize your need to connect with other agencies, to discuss issues and challenges you face, and to celebrate the hard work you accomplish on behalf of troubled consumers across the country.
We provide members with listservs and broadcast emails so they can communicate with each other.
We hold an Annual Leaders Conference every fall that includes an awards program, plenary sessions and workshops on a range of credit counseling topics.

We look to the future.
We keep you abreast of trends, changes, legislation and data that will keep you in top shape to work with the consumers who walk through your door every day.