Resources | Services | Volunteer Opportunities | Helpful Links

The Personal Finance Center is now located in the new Center for Changing Lives at 2400 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, where we will have expanded services of consumer education, a transportation loan, savings clubs, an ATM, and other retail banking services.

SERVICES

• Family Savings Accounts. Open an FSA and get help with purchasing your first home, starting/expanding your business, or earning your college or trade school degree

FSA informational flier: English | Spanish | Somali

• Matched Savings: Gain $4.00 for every $1.00 you save
• Free classes to learn good money management
• Free mentoring
• Find out if you qualify by calling to register for an informational orientation: 612-879-5220
• Here are dates and times of upcoming FSA Orientation Sessions:

• Family Savings Account Holder Support Services
• Money Management Classes
• Online courses in personal finance
• Information on area resources & programs
• Personal finance books and Web site resource list
• Financial library
• Credit report information and support
• Tax Preparation
  • The Personal Financial Center can assist you with preparation and filing of income tax forms
    
  • For more information call the Tax Line at 612-879-5232
    
  • Download a listing of current free tax preparation locations
    
• Get Checking Program
  
  • A service that helps people establish a checking account, even in difficult situations
    
  • Download a brochure
    
• Personal Finance Center Happenings
  
  • Money Management Classes
  • Online courses in personal finance
  • Information on area resources & programs
  • Personal finance books and Web site resource list
  • Financial library
  • Credit report information and support
  • Financial counseling - discuss your finances, one-on-one, with a professional
  • PFC membership
  • ATM (Fastbank Network) – returning in 2009
  • Retail Station - coming in 2009
• Financial Counseling
• Discuss your finances, one-on-one, with a professional
• Sort through the maze of credit and debt problems to find workable solutions
• Budget counseling, a debt management program, housing counseling and community education programs
• In-person, over the phone or Internet counseling options.
• To learn more, call us or visit LSS Financial Counseling Web site

Helpful Links

• LSS Financial Counseling Service – Consumer and Credit Counseling and education
• Accountability Minnesota – Free Volunteer-based Tax Preparation Assistance
• Children’s Defend Fund, Covering All Families – Eligibility Screening Tool to Access Healthcare, Childcare, Tax Credits, Food Support, and Energy Assistance
• Minnesota Housing and Finance Agency (MHFA) – State and Federal funds for homebuyer assistance and “Homestretch” Homeownership Education
• Powderhorn Residents Group – Homestretch” homebuyer Education
• “Don’t Borrow Trouble” Homeowner Protection from Predatory Lending
• Star Tribune Personal Finance Reporter, Kara McGuire, Blog
• State of Minnesota Resource for Financial Literacy
• Phillips Neighborhood Network
• MN Childcare Financial Aid
• Democracy in Action
• Take Back Your Time Homepage
• National Mentoring Center Homepage
• Talking to Teenagers About Money
• Community Action of Minneapolis
• ADC - African Development Center – Small business development and homeownership support in Somali, Oromo and other African languages
• Neighborhood Development Center – Small business development in several languages
• Neighborhood Development Alliance (Neda) Homeownership funding assistance, education and counseling in Spanish