Consumer Services Guide (CSG)
Consumer Services Guide (CSG) Edition
The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the 'Guide', some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.Records Found: 7
- Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae provides financial products and services to help low-, moderate-, and middle-income families to buy homes. Site includes a calculator to help you figure out the total costs of a mortgage. - Federal Reserve Bank Consumer Education Site
Basic financial education includes budgeting, goal setting and using credit wisely. For live or printed guidance, you can call the Fed hotline. - FinAid! The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid
Comprehensive guide to student financial aid. Discusses sources of financial aid, as well as tips on avoiding scams. - Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy
The Coalition's direct objective is to encourage curriculum enrichment to ensure that basic personal financial management skills are attained during the K-12 educational experience. - Moneywi$e
MoneyWi$e, a national financial literacy partnership of Consumer Action and Capital One, is the first program of its kind to combine free, multilingual financial education materials, curricula and teaching aids with regional meetings and roundtables to train community-based organization staff so that consumers at all income levels and walks of life can be reached. - Myvesta.org
Offers free information and fee-based programs to help consumers get out of debt. (Formerly Debt Counselors of America.) - National Coalition for Consumer Education (NCCE)
NCCE is a coalition coordinated by the National Consumers League. It develops and provides educational materials and resources to consumer educators through a network of state coordinators. The coaltiion sponsors LifeSmarts, a game-show competition open to all teens in the United States who are in the 9th through 12th grade.