Financial Workshops FAQs

We offer educational programs in a wide variety of formats to suit different styles of learning. Some of our programs are very detailed, while others are designed to offer quick tips to help you improve your financial life. For example, our in depth program titled Ready, Willing, and Able: Making positive financial change lasts approximately 2.5 hours while our free financial webinars take about an hour. Our goal is to deliver the best financial education possible—regardless of whether you have several hours or mere minutes to spend.

Journey to Financial Security is a series of eight programs designed to improve your financial management skills. Developing wise money management skills requires time and dedication—similar to the things one may encounter while planning and then taking a long trip. We developed this series to serve as a roadmap, of sorts, to help consumers in their journey to become financially secure. The programs can be taught individually, paired by selected topics, or taught as a series, and can be customized for unique audiences.

To further our efforts to provide complete personal financial training to communities everywhere, we provide a Certified Money Management Volunteer (CMMV) Program. Since its inception in 1998, more than 700 community volunteers have been trained and certified. The CMMV Program trains individuals from nonprofits, corporations, financial institutions, small business, churches, and community organizations to provide basic budgeting and consumer credit education to members of their community.  For more information about the volunteer program, visit CreditEducation.org.

MMI strongly believes that personal finance education in early years is critical for our children's future. Our educators present financial education programs to students from kindergarten to college.

We also provide free money lesson plans and resources that are designed to provide educators with strategies for teaching personal finance education in the classroom. These lessons teach personal finance concepts through the use of children's trade books.

There are three main ways you can support MMI’s education efforts: through donations, volunteering, and referrals.

• MMI relies on the generosity of national and local donors to aid in the development of new programs and to keep our credit counseling and education services free for our clients. MMI offers a variety of funding opportunities that include general counseling support, the development and expansion of community education and outreach programs, technology upgrades, and any special projects of interest to you or your organization.
• MMI trains, coordinates, and supports a team of volunteer educators who provide financial and credit education in the community. As a Certified Money Management Volunteer, you can help us educate and empower individuals and families to realize their dreams of financial security.
• Through our referral partner program, your organization is able to provide employees, clients, customers, or members with credit counseling and education programs that you may not be able to provide alone. We work with your organization to develop a program that is tailored to your needs. In the end, we help you produce financially stable employees, clients, customers, or members.
  

Yes, our company is committed to maintaining your privacy and online confidentiality. MMI has produced a privacy statement that outlines the steps that we take to ensure all information or data that you provide is kept confidential and cannot be used improperly.

After submitting an online counseling form, a counselor will contact you to set up an appointment. Our professional, certified counselors will assess your financial situation, assist in creating a spending plan, and discuss options for debt repayment.

After you make your first deposit, our support counselors are available to assist you in reaching your financial goals. As a client, access to detailed information about your repayment program is available anytime through our online client access section.

To begin on the path to financial freedom, simply complete the online counseling form or call a counselor directly. To assist in expediting the counseling process, have your most recent creditor statements available for quick and easy reference.

The counseling process is different for every person. However, having your most recent statements available at the time of counseling can help reduce the process time.

MMI has an established network within the creditor community. With more than 50 years in the credit counseling industry, we have developed strong relationships with many of the nation's major credit corporations. We work with most unsecured creditors including doctors, attorneys, finance corporations, and collection agencies.