Our mission is to improve financial literacy through education: provide useful information, connect people with appropriate resources, and offer confidential, risk-free support, guidance and advocacy with credit, foreclosure and financial issues in class and workshop settings as well as 1-to-1 counseling.

The current financial literacy program has developed successful partnerships and collaborations with several nonprofit, for profit, city, state and federal agencies to develop programs, train coordinators. find resources and act to help families get control of their financial health.

• Arizona Foreclosure Information Workbook
• Financial Peace University
• Job Search Assistance through the Phoenix Workforce Connection with an office at Mountain View Lutheran Church

• Resources

Arizona Foreclosure Information Workbook

"The Arizona Foreclosure Prevention Task Force is pleased to provide you with this workbook as a valuable tool for homeowners facing financial distress. You have

taken an important step in recognizing the difficult choices affecting your future. This workbook was written to give you and your family valuable information and a resource for dealing with a potential foreclosure."

Taken from the Arizona Foreclosure Information Workbook.

View and download the Arizona Foreclosure Information Workbook here.

Arizona Foreclosure Prevention Task Force Website

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Resources That May Provide Relief

www.MakingHomeAffordable.gov is a government web site designed to help homeowners determine whether they qualify for a loan modification or refinancing.
Housing advocates say the site is the place for borrowers to start to find out if the plan can help them. People facing foreclosure should also call Arizona's foreclosure hotline at 877-448-1211 and contact a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-certified housing counselor. HUD counseling is free.

There are also a growing number of firms, not federally certified, that negotiate loan modifications for a fee. Regulators caution struggling homeowners to check out a firm offering help before paying any fees. Legislation that would require loan-modification firms in Arizona to be licensed is being considered.

Community Action Programs & Application Intake Hours: Maricopa County Human Services Department/Community Services

Community Resources

Consumer Credit Counseling Services

Credit Counseling: www.moneymanagement.org or 1-888-845-5669 / Contact Information: Money Management.pdf

Department of Housing - Arizona: 602-771-1000

Foreclosure Information - Arizona:www.azgovernor.gov or 1-877-448-1211

Foreclosure Counselors:www.hud.gov or 1-800-569-4287

Foreclosure Information on FHA-Insured Loans: 1-888-297-8685

HUD Help in Spanish:www.espanol.hud.gov

LIHEAP Utility Assistance Intake Events

Utility Assistance: MaricopaCountyUtilityAssistanceSpring2009.pdf

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Financial Peace University

To find out when the next session starts, email financial@mvlutheran.org.

For more information about Financial Peace University, go to www.DaveRamsey.com.

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