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Financial Assistance for Mental Health Treatment

By Max Fay | April 1, 2019

*If you’re currently experiencing a mental health crisis or if you’re considering harming yourself or others, please get help immediately. You can call the free and confidential National Suicide Prevention…

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What to Do If You Can’t Pay Your Rent

By Max Fay | March 18, 2019

Considering that more than one-third of people in the U.S. are living paycheck to paycheck with no real emergency fund or savings, it’s not surprising that many of us find…

Financial Help for Domestic Violence Survivors

Financial Assistance for Domestic Violence & Financial Abuse Survivors

By Bill Fay | March 14, 2019

Whether you’re plotting to leave an abusive relationship, or you’re already gone, know this as part of your way to a better life: Your community has resources to make your…

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Financial Assistance for Single Parents

By Maureen Milliken | March 12, 2019

Raising a child is expensive. Doing it on your own is a scramble. Grants for single parents, in the form of direct aid as well as programs and resources that…

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Financial Assistance for Widows

By Bill Fay | March 5, 2019

The emotional toll of losing a spouse is incalculable. Unfortunately, bereavement is not the only trouble that death brings. It may not even be the most lasting. The surviving spouse…

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What to Do When You Can’t Pay Your Utility Bill

By Maureen Milliken | February 25, 2019

If you’ve ever shivered through a sub-zero morning in Maine or sweated out a summer afternoon in South Florida, you understand that a thermostat can be your home’s most valuable…

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Debtors Anonymous

By Bill Fay | January 9, 2019

Debtors Anonymous is dedicated to helping people dig out of financial holes. These days, that requires a lot of shovels. Americans are on a spending binge, with household debt hitting…

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Student Debt Relief

By Max Fay | November 14, 2018

Consumers are $500 million deeper in debt with student loans than credit cards. So, where are all the breathless commercials and billboards for relief from academic loans like you see…

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How Do Debt Relief Programs Work?

By Bill Fay | September 24, 2018

Debt-relief programs offer consumers a pathway to financial freedom. These programs can help consumers deal with overwhelming debt in a number of ways, with each one offering a slightly different…

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Mortgage Debt Forgiveness & The Mortgage Debt Relief Act

By Bill Fay | August 15, 2018

There is no happier day than when you open the front door of your new home. Unless of course, someone handed you the key somewhere around 2007. That was the…