Debt Management Credit Counseling Corp

New Resources on CredAbilityU

Listen as our CredAbilityU experts discuss a variety of free resources that can assist you with your personal financial goals.

Our mission is to empower people with knowledge and solutions that provide hope and inspire lasting change. Many who come to us for advice are facing overwhelming credit card debt and other obligations such as student loans, car loans, payday loans and more. We take a holistic approach, taking into account all of your expenses, and making sure the budget planning advice you receive from us is personalized to your individual needs.

CredAbility has provided nonprofit credit counseling services to millions of consumers since 1964. Our counselors are certified by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC,) which means they meet exacting ethical, educational and counseling standards. CredAbility is also a Department of Housing and Urban development-approved counseling provider. 

During a budget planning session, you and your counselor will go over your current income and expenses including credit card debt, medical debt, student loans, car loans and any other that may be owed. Afterwards, you will receive a written summary including a recommended action plan. You are under no obligation to take any of the recommended steps. Your budget planning session is completely confidential. We do not report the information to your creditors or your credit report.

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Debt Management Agency

Play Your Way to Financial Freedom

Play Your Way To Financial Freedom teaches you how to use educational games to help your family change the way they think about money and credit cards. You will learn how to play the new Beat Debt board game and Paid Off card game (for in-person only; games sold separately).

Strategies for Improving Your Credit Score During or After Bankruptcy

The purpose of this course is to guide clients who have filed for bankruptcy and provide more information on how bankruptcy affects the following aspects of their life.

Getting into debt can happen to anybody. It can start with a job loss, a medical crisis, a natural disaster or even life in general. No one is immune.

Through our Debt Management Plans (DMP), you can pay off your credit cards, lower your interest rates, eliminate fees and put an end to collection calls - forever. Sound like a plan? Good, because our Certified Credit Counselors can help you get out of debt in four simple steps.

It's free. It's confidential. And all it takes is a couple of minutes. To get out of debt sooner than you think.


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Debt Consolidation Counselling

At CredAbility, certified counselors help consumers determine whether they can tackle their financial challenges through budgeting and reduced spending, or if the structure of a debt management plan will be more effective.

For a small monthly fee, consumers make a single payment to an agency like CredAbility, which acts as a trustee in distributing the funds to creditors. CredAbility works with both clients and creditors to design a debt repayment program that minimizes monthly payments, interest and related fees, providing a manageable tailored plan for the client. This enables the client to repay their entire debt obligation at more favorable terms, and on a plan that is within their ability to pay.

The repayment period varies based on amount owed and the repayment terms. The average debt management plan is structured to repay debt in 36-60 months.

The key to reclaiming your financial independence is recognizing the need for help and getting it. At CredAbility, certified counselors will help you evaluate your financial situation and find the solution that best suits you. For more information on Debt Management Plans or to talk with a certified counselor about your options for a debt free life, contact CredAbility at 800.251.2227 or online at www.CredAbility.org.

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Reputable Credit Counseling

Life is unpredictable. Make sure you're financially stable.

Getting smarter about money today will help you make better financial decisions tomorrow. So, welcome to CredAbility U. Our online courses come in a variety of convenient formats

Many creditors offer favorable repayment terms to consumers who enroll in a DMP, including interest rates ranging from 6% to 10% on their credit card debt. These creditors may also eliminate late fees and penalties once a consumer enrolls in a DMP with a nonprofit credit counseling organization.

At CredAbility, certified counselors help consumers determine whether they can tackle their financial challenges through budgeting and reduced spending, or if the structure of a debt management plan will be more effective.

What is a Debt Management Plan?
For a small monthly fee, consumers make a single payment to an agency like CredAbility, which acts as a trustee in distributing the funds to creditors. CredAbility works with both clients and creditors to design a debt repayment program that minimizes monthly payments, interest and related fees, providing a manageable tailored plan for the client. This enables the client to repay their entire debt obligation at more favorable terms, and on a plan that is within their ability to pay.

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What is Debt Management

Through our Debt Management Plans, (DMP), you could minimize interest rates and payments to creditors, pay down your debt, eliminate fees and put an end to collection calls.

Getting started on your DMP is easy and can be completed in 4 easy steps.

Step 1 –	Provide the basic personal information necessary for DMP enrollment
Step 2 –	Review your creditors and the benefits of your DMP
Step 3 –	Review your current financial situation
Step 4 –	Finally, we will take a look at your monthly cash flow

The total process will only take a few minutes. If you have any questions, a Certified Credit Counselor is available to assist you as you go through the process.

You'll also have access to expert tips, tools, calculators and more.

No matter what your financial situation, we can help you move forward with confidence. Class is in session. Let's get financially smart!

Conquering Credit Challenges

Each of us has a responsibility to manage spending. You will learn how to get the right reports from credit bureaus, interpret your credit report, understand the costs of using credit and work with your creditors.

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Reputable Credit Counseling

Life is unpredictable. Make sure you're financially stable.

Getting smarter about money today will help you make better financial decisions tomorrow. So, welcome to CredAbility U. Our online courses come in a variety of convenient formats

Many creditors offer favorable repayment terms to consumers who enroll in a DMP, including interest rates ranging from 6% to 10% on their credit card debt. These creditors may also eliminate late fees and penalties once a consumer enrolls in a DMP with a nonprofit credit counseling organization.

At CredAbility, certified counselors help consumers determine whether they can tackle their financial challenges through budgeting and reduced spending, or if the structure of a debt management plan will be more effective.

What is a Debt Management Plan?
For a small monthly fee, consumers make a single payment to an agency like CredAbility, which acts as a trustee in distributing the funds to creditors. CredAbility works with both clients and creditors to design a debt repayment program that minimizes monthly payments, interest and related fees, providing a manageable tailored plan for the client. This enables the client to repay their entire debt obligation at more favorable terms, and on a plan that is within their ability to pay.

read more at Reputable Credit Counseling

Personal Debt Management

During this critical time, it is important to remember that bankruptcy is not your only option. From enrolling in a DMP and negotiating to using assets for consolidation, you will examine several alternatives.

Conquering Credit Challenges
Each of us has a responsibility to manage spending. You will learn how to get the right reports from credit bureaus, interpret your credit report, understand the costs of using credit and work with your creditors.


Many people who opt for a DMP to repay their unsecured debt are prompted to seek help after late payments have caused their credit card interest rates to soar. In some cases, a DMP is a sound alternative to bankruptcy. Ultimately, the plan serves the dual purpose of helping consumers repay their debts and helping creditors receive the money owed to them.

CredAbility says that the consumers on its Debt Management Plans in 2010 had higher incomes, more credit card debt and were older than in previous years.

“Many consumers are deciding to take control of their financial lives by working with their creditors to pay down their debt, even if it takes 36 months or longer,” said Vicki Williams, vice president of Debt Management Plan Services for CredAbility. “They realize that this is a more responsible way to reduce debt and rebuild their credit compared to debt settlement or debt consolidation services offered by for-profit companies.”

A Debt Management Plan (DMP) helps consumers who are struggling with credit card debt develop reduced payment programs with creditors. Many creditors offer favorable repayment terms to consumers who enroll in a DMP, including interest rates ranging from 6% to 10% on their credit card debt. These creditors may also eliminate late fees and penalties once a consumer enrolls in a DMP with a nonprofit credit counseling organization.

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Pay Credit Card Debt

In this article, you will find out how to get free copies of your credit report, while ensuring its accuracy, privacy and your rights under federal law.

Fair Debt Collection
If you are behind on paying credit cards, personal loans or a home mortgage, this article will explain the laws governing debt collection, so you will know how to be treated fairly, honestly and legally.

National Nonprofit Credit Counseling Organization Expands Offices in Southeast

The three South Carolina offices are in cities that serve approximately 700,000 persons who will now gain access to an organization with more than 300 credit, housing and bankruptcy counselors accessible 24/7 by telephone and Internet, in English and Spanish.

While CredAbility already provides counseling to consumers in all 50 states, this acquisition enables CredAbility to expand its face-to-face counseling offices to a fifth state in the southeast. CredAbility already has 28 offices in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi.

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Non Profit Credit Card Counseling

Understanding and Improving Your Credit Score. We will explore the importance of a credit score and how it can affect your financial life.

If you would prefer to complete your DMP session by phone, please call 800.251.2227 to schedule an appointment with a Budget & Credit counselor today.

Getting started on your DMP is easy and can be completed in 4 easy steps.

Step 1 –	Provide the basic personal information necessary for DMP enrollment
Step 2 –	Review your creditors and the benefits of your DMP
Step 3 –	Review your current financial situation
Step 4 –	Finally, we will take a look at your monthly cash flow

The total process will only take a few minutes. If you have any questions, a Certified Credit Counselor is available to assist you as you go through the process.

Just a reminder, completing the counseling session is free, is not a binding contract, and all information remains confidential.

Remember, we are here to help. Our counselors are available nationwide, 24/7-by telephone and online-in both English and Spanish. We’ve helped thousands of people, just like you, get through periods of financial crisis.

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Military Debt Management Agency

Play Your Way To Financial Freedom teaches you how to use educational games to help your family change the way they think about money and credit cards. You will learn how to play the new Beat Debt board game and Paid Off card game (for in-person only; games sold separately).

Required by law, before your bankruptcy case can be discharged- which means debts included in the bankruptcy are no longer considered collectible- you must complete Pre-Discharge bankruptcy education. This course lasts two hours. Topics covered include:

• Setting realistic financial goals
• Understanding your credit report
• Obtaining or re-establishing credit
• Managing budgets
• And more

Again, this course is required and only available to individuals who have already filed for personal bankruptcy. To enroll in this class you must provide your case number.

The Pre-Discharge bankruptcy education class is available online.

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How to File Bankruptcy

The purpose of this course is to guide clients who have filed for bankruptcy and provide more information on how bankruptcy affects the following aspects of their life.

Strategies For Managing Your Credit Report and Credit Score After or During Bankruptcy

If you've filed for bankruptcy, discover the effect it can have on your credit report, credit score and request for new credit. We will also explain how to manage your credit, and what to expect as a result of having filed for bankruptcy.

Our debtor education course will prepare you for a new beginning.

Pre-Discharge Bankruptcy Education
Required by law, before your bankruptcy case can be discharged- which means debts included in the bankruptcy are no longer considered collectible- you must complete Pre-Discharge bankruptcy education. This course lasts two hours. Topics covered include:

• Setting realistic financial goals
• Understanding your credit report
• Obtaining or re-establishing credit
• Managing budgets
• And more

read more at How to File Bankruptcy

Help for debt

No matter what your financial situation, we can help you move forward with confidence. Class is in session. Let's get financially smart!

Common Options for Dealing with a Financial Crisis

During this critical time, it is important to remember that bankruptcy is not your only option. From enrolling in a DMP and negotiating to using assets for consolidation, you will examine several alternatives.

It can start with a job loss, a medical crisis, a natural disaster or even life in general. No one is immune. But once your debt starts to mount, don't rely on just anybody to get you out of trouble.

CredAbility makes it simple to pay down your debt.

Through our Debt Management Plans (DMP), you can pay off your credit cards, lower your interest rates, eliminate fees and put an end to collection calls - forever. Sound like a plan? Good, because our Certified Credit Counselors can help you get out of debt in four simple steps.

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Free Prebankruptcy Credit Counseling

Fair Credit Reporting

In this article, you will find out how to get free copies of your credit report, while ensuring its accuracy, privacy and your rights under federal law.

Get started with your counseling.

We strongly urge you to visit with an attorney to discuss the benefits, costs and consequences of filing for personal bankruptcy. And if you are not sure what you need, contact us—we will help you on the right path.

This counseling and the subsequent certificate can be received by telephone and online — in both English and Spanish. CredAbility’s counselors are available nationwide, 24/7.

To begin pre-filing bankruptcy counseling, call 800.251.2227 to schedule a telephone or in person appointment or click on the green "Start an online session" button above.

How to Prepare for your Counseling Session

We strongly recommend that you watch this video to understand what documents you will need to have available, and how to get the most value from your counseling session.

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Free Debt Management Companies

New Resources on CredAbilityU

Listen as our CredAbilityU experts discuss a variety of free resources that can assist you with your personal financial goals.

Play Your Way to Financial Freedom

Play Your Way To Financial Freedom teaches you how to use educational games to help your family change the way they think about money and credit cards. You will learn how to play the new Beat Debt board game and Paid Off card game (for in-person only; games sold separately).

And we're here to help you take your next steps with confidence and hope.

Let's turn this thing around

Our certified counselors will help you review your budget and debts, discuss your options, and share a list of education resources on a wide range of credit management topics that you can take online, 24/7.

After your session, our support continues with free debt advice and online assistance in everything from how to pay down debt to strategies for successful credit management and how to read a credit report. As always, our reprentatives are here 24/7 to help you build a brighter financial future.

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Filing for Personal Bankruptcy

Know the Score: Understanding and Improving Your Credit Score

We will explore the importance of a credit score and how it can affect your financial life. You will learn the five critical factors that determine your number, how to deal with errors and tips that may help you increase your score.

Making a Five Year Plan

Listen as our CredAbilityU experts discuss financial tips on making a five year plan and more importantly how and why you should do it.

To enroll in this class you must provide your case number.

The Pre-Discharge bankruptcy education class is available online.

• Online classes are accessible on this site 24/7. To get started click on “Start an online session” above.

How to Prepare for your Counseling Session

We strongly recommend that you watch this video to understand what documents you will need to have available, and how to get the most value from your counseling session.

read more at Filing for Personal Bankruptcy

Debt Management Plan Pros and Cons

Common Options for Dealing with a Financial Crisis

During this critical time, it is important to remember that bankruptcy is not your only option. From enrolling in a DMP and negotiating to using assets for consolidation, you will examine several alternatives.

After your session, our support continues with free debt advice and online assistance in everything from how to pay down debt to strategies for successful credit management and how to read a credit report. As always, our reprentatives are here 24/7 to help you build a brighter financial future.

We understand that, because we've helped thousands of people just like you. And we're here to help you take your next steps with confidence and hope.

Our certified counselors will help you review your budget and debts, discuss your options, and share a list of education resources on a wide range of credit management topics that you can take online, 24/7.

read more at Debt Management Plan Pros and Cons

Debt Management Online

Conquering Credit Challenges
Each of us has a responsibility to manage spending. You will learn how to get the right reports from credit bureaus, interpret your credit report, understand the costs of using credit and work with your creditors.

Fair Credit Reporting
In this article, you will find out how to get free copies of your credit report, while ensuring its accuracy, privacy and your rights under federal law.

Every situation is unique, but we can help you better understand the foreclosure process and the paths that may be open to you. We can also connect you with your lender to help maintain the communications link so important before and during the foreclosure process. Afterwards, you’ll receive an action plan to help you get back on track.

If you’re facing foreclosure, you’re not alone. Let CredAbility help you determine potential alternatives to the foreclosure process such a mortgage modification or other options.

Begin a foreclosure prevention counseling session today, or call us at 800.251.2227 to schedule an appointment.

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Debt Management Online

Fair Debt Collection

If you are behind on paying credit cards, personal loans or a home mortgage, this article will explain the laws governing debt collection, so you will know how to be treated fairly, honestly and legally.

Importance of Saving

Listen as our CredAbilityU experts discuss the importance of saving and tips to keep you on track

Every situation is unique, but we can help you better understand the foreclosure process and the paths that may be open to you. We can also connect you with your lender to help maintain the communications link so important before and during the foreclosure process. Afterwards, you’ll receive an action plan to help you get back on track.

If you’re facing foreclosure, you’re not alone. Let CredAbility help you determine potential alternatives to the foreclosure process such a mortgage modification or other options.

Begin a foreclosure prevention counseling session today, or call us at 800.251.2227 to schedule an appointment.

read more at Debt Management Online

Debt Management Credit Counselor

Know the Score: Understanding and Improving Your Credit Score

We will explore the importance of a credit score and how it can affect your financial life. You will learn the five critical factors that determine your number, how to deal with errors and tips that may help you increase your score.

Making a Five Year Plan

Listen as our CredAbilityU experts discuss financial tips on making a five year plan and more importantly how and why you should do it.

Your counseling session is completely confidential. We do not report the information to your creditors or your credit report.

Free Budget Planning Session, No Obligation

During a counseling session, you and your counselor will go over your current budget, including any money owed such as debt from credit cards, medical bills, student loans, car loans and all others. Afterwards, you will receive a written summary including an action plan to move forward. You are under no obligation to take any of the debt advice or recommended credit management steps.

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Debt Management Credit Counseling Corp

New Resources on CredAbilityU

Listen as our CredAbilityU experts discuss a variety of free resources that can assist you with your personal financial goals.

Our mission is to empower people with knowledge and solutions that provide hope and inspire lasting change. Many who come to us for advice are facing overwhelming credit card debt and other obligations such as student loans, car loans, payday loans and more. We take a holistic approach, taking into account all of your expenses, and making sure the budget planning advice you receive from us is personalized to your individual needs.

CredAbility has provided nonprofit credit counseling services to millions of consumers since 1964. Our counselors are certified by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC,) which means they meet exacting ethical, educational and counseling standards. CredAbility is also a Department of Housing and Urban development-approved counseling provider. 

During a budget planning session, you and your counselor will go over your current income and expenses including credit card debt, medical debt, student loans, car loans and any other that may be owed. Afterwards, you will receive a written summary including a recommended action plan. You are under no obligation to take any of the recommended steps. Your budget planning session is completely confidential. We do not report the information to your creditors or your credit report.

read more at Debt Management Credit Counseling Corp

Debt Management Agency

Play Your Way to Financial Freedom

Play Your Way To Financial Freedom teaches you how to use educational games to help your family change the way they think about money and credit cards. You will learn how to play the new Beat Debt board game and Paid Off card game (for in-person only; games sold separately).

Strategies for Improving Your Credit Score During or After Bankruptcy

The purpose of this course is to guide clients who have filed for bankruptcy and provide more information on how bankruptcy affects the following aspects of their life.

Getting into debt can happen to anybody. It can start with a job loss, a medical crisis, a natural disaster or even life in general. No one is immune.

Through our Debt Management Plans (DMP), you can pay off your credit cards, lower your interest rates, eliminate fees and put an end to collection calls - forever. Sound like a plan? Good, because our Certified Credit Counselors can help you get out of debt in four simple steps.

It's free. It's confidential. And all it takes is a couple of minutes. To get out of debt sooner than you think.


read more at Debt Management Agency

Debt Consolidation Counselling

At CredAbility, certified counselors help consumers determine whether they can tackle their financial challenges through budgeting and reduced spending, or if the structure of a debt management plan will be more effective.

For a small monthly fee, consumers make a single payment to an agency like CredAbility, which acts as a trustee in distributing the funds to creditors. CredAbility works with both clients and creditors to design a debt repayment program that minimizes monthly payments, interest and related fees, providing a manageable tailored plan for the client. This enables the client to repay their entire debt obligation at more favorable terms, and on a plan that is within their ability to pay.

The repayment period varies based on amount owed and the repayment terms. The average debt management plan is structured to repay debt in 36-60 months.

The key to reclaiming your financial independence is recognizing the need for help and getting it. At CredAbility, certified counselors will help you evaluate your financial situation and find the solution that best suits you. For more information on Debt Management Plans or to talk with a certified counselor about your options for a debt free life, contact CredAbility at 800.251.2227 or online at www.CredAbility.org.

read more at Debt Consolidation Counselling

Credit Counseling Organization

Strategies For Managing Your Credit Report and Credit Score After or During Bankruptcy

If you've filed for bankruptcy, discover the effect it can have on your credit report, credit score and request for new credit. We will also explain how to manage your credit, and what to expect as a result of having filed for bankruptcy.

A Debt Management Plan (DMP) helps consumers who are struggling with credit card debt develop reduced payment programs with creditors. Many creditors offer favorable repayment terms to consumers who enroll in a DMP, including interest rates ranging from 6% to 10% on their credit card debt. These creditors may also eliminate late fees and penalties once a consumer enrolls in a DMP with a nonprofit credit counseling organization.

CredAbility says that the consumers on its Debt Management Plans in 2010 had higher incomes, more credit card debt and were older than in previous years.

In 2010, the average income of a person on a DMP with CredAbility was $53,880, a four percent increase compared to 2009. Each person on a DMP in 2010 had an average of $24,266 in credit card debt, a 4.5 percent increase compared to 2009. The average age of a person on DMP in 2010 was 48, up from 45 years old in 2009.

“While people enrolling in our DMPs earn good incomes, they have an increasing amount of credit card debt,” Williams said. “We can help them negotiate lower interest rates with their creditors that may result in lower monthly payments.”

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Credit Cards Debt Settlement

Getting smarter about money today will help you make better financial decisions tomorrow. So, welcome to CredAbility U. Our online courses come in a variety of convenient formats. 

While CredAbility already provides counseling to consumers in all 50 states, this acquisition enables CredAbility to expand its face-to-face counseling offices to a fifth state in the southeast. CredAbility already has 28 offices in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi.

“This is exciting news for both organizations.” said Suzanne Boas, president of CredAbility. “We provide many of the same services and share the same values. Combining the Compass/CCCS program with CredAbility will enable us to serve additional clients in the southeast.”

“We are pleased that our CCCS program will join a national nonprofit credit counseling agency that can provide our clients with additional services,” said Thomas Bannister, president of Compass of Carolina. “The addition ofCredAbility’s housing counseling services, its 24/7 convenience and its bilingual staff will benefit many residents of upstate South Carolina.”

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Credit Card Debt Problems

Life is unpredictable. Make sure you're financially stable.

“This is exciting news for both organizations.” said Suzanne Boas, president of CredAbility. “We provide many of the same services and share the same values. Combining the Compass/CCCS program with CredAbility will enable us to serve additional clients in the southeast.”

National Nonprofit Credit Counseling Organization Expands Offices in Southeast

ATLANTA, GA – CredAbility, one of the leading nonprofit credit counseling and education agencies in the United States, today announced an agreement to acquire the Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) program of Compass of Carolina, a multi-service nonprofit agency based in Greenville, South Carolina.  All other services of Compass of Carolina will remain with Compass.

The acquisition has been approved by the board of directors of both organizations.  It will become effective on November 1.

Compass/CCCS has three offices in Greenville, Spartanburg and Greenwood.  Its CCCS program was started in 1971 and provides budget, credit, and pre-filing bankruptcy counseling, debtor education and debt management plans.

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