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Causes: Financial Counseling, Human Services
Mission: Consumer bankruptcy education
Programs: Bankruptcy classes. Cents provided both the pre-filing credit counseling class for bankruptcy filers and the pre-discharge personal financial management instructional course innovo. 312 people were served.
money steps. Cents has partnered with the u. S. Probation and pretrial services u. S. Probation to create a financial empowerment program for individuals who have experienced incarceration.
senior money. This program features washington state attorney general bob ferguson and the honorable karen a ovestreet ret. . Senior money is a multimedia consumer education program for senior citizens.
debt slapped. National multimedia financial empowerment program consisting of educational video, companion website, and in-class activity for high school students about the perils of excessive student loans and credit card debt.
hutch/financial navigation for patients with cancer. Cents partnered with the fred hutchinson cancer research center to complete a groundbreaking research project that provided cancer patients financial coaching and resources.
financial planning for cancer. Cents started to build the infrastructure for a program that will pair certified financial planners cfps with cancer patients and/or their caregivers.
student loan project. Cents has established and trained special pro bono panel of attorneys to represent select student loan debtors in king county. Cents will expand its volunteer base so it can reach even more people with debt.