The National Foundation for Credit Counseling and its members are committed to empowering people to take charge of their finances and futures. We research and measure the impact of nonprofit financial counseling and education over time, and keep a pulse on changing consumer financial literacy needs and personal finance challenges.
The positive client impact of nonprofit counseling is revealed in this groundbreaking study of the NFCC Sharpen Your Financial Focus program, led by independent researchers from The Ohio State University.
The annual NFCC Consumer Financial Literacy Survey provides a fresh look at American’s financial knowledge, as well as trends associated with personal finance challenges and priorities including retirement, savings, credit card debt, student loan debt and more.
For the first time since 2014, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) has surveyed members of the military about their knowledge as it relates to financial literacy, as well as how they put that knowledge into practice when it comes to retirement, savings, credit card debt, student loan debt and more.
View Survey Key FindingsNFCC’s Sharpen Your Financial Focus results showed that counseled clients have stronger financial positions and newfound confidence. The Envisioning Homeownership program builds on these successes by helping clients attain affordable and sustainable homeownership with the continued assistance of an NFCC Certified Financial Counselor.
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