National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC)

Housing Counseling: develop and maintain partnerships with the united states department of housing and urban development (hud) and industry leaders, including mortgage lenders and servicers, to help members assist consumers with pre-home ownership (pre-purchase) Counseling, post-purchase cousenling to help ensure that new owners can remain in their homes, eviction prevention (for renters) and foreclosure prevention (for home owners).

General financial education: develop and make available educational materials to member agencies and consumers on the responsible use of Credit; develop partnerships with other organizations to address the need for personal financial literacy. Nfcc member agencies have helped almost 30 million people since 2006.

Membership support: foster member communications; member meetings and annual conference; counselor certification; provide a path to assistance for consumers via the consumer's preferred method (currently phone and online form, while building-out video and digital entry options). Maintain relationships with credit-granting organizations to support clients and member organizations, build awareness for mission through media outreach.

Veteran financial education: partner with the association of military banks of america (amba) to provide access to Credit Counseling for veterans, through their veterans benefits banking program, targeted at providiing veterans access to direct deposit and other financial services.small business Counseling: the nfcc began development of a National small business cousneling program which was initially intergrated into the sharpen your financial focus initiative. Member agencies support entrepreneurs' personal financial matters as they launch and manage their business.student loan Counseling: provide a National student loan program to train and support member agencies in Counseling clients with student loan debt to reduce and manage their financial burden and help them on a parth of financial security