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FREE RESOURCES--are you leaving money on the table?

Top ten Money Saving Tips:

  1. Get your federal and state income taxes prepared and filed for free during the tax season...details will be posted in January 2011!
  2. Claim federal and state income tax credits

    State of Maine

    Federal

  3. Use local resources
  4. Participate in a Family Development Account...get up to $8,000 in matched savings!
  5. Take a free financial education workshop...

    In Greater Portland

    • Do you know how to establish savings goals? Sign up to take "Credit Yourself" at Woman, Work and Community (South Portland, 799-5025)
    • Do you want to purchase a home? Sign up to take a homebuying class through HoMEworks, (classes offered through Consumer Credit Counseling Services or People's Regional Opportunity Program, and are $30-$40)

    Online

    • Sign-up for live money management workshops by Money Management International (Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Maine)
    • Take the self-paced Money Made Easy course offered by KeyBank
    • Try Money Smart, an easy-to-understand, self-paced program offered by the FDIC
  6. Control your spending (National Endowment for Financial Education)
  7. Avoid paying bank and credit union fees, and stop purchasing money orders and paying to have your checks cashed
  8. Learn "All About Credit" (click on the link on the right)
  9. Weatherize your home
  10. Find a new job, start or continue your education