Family Credit Management

• Education
• Availability
• Cost
• Live Chat Feature
• Certified Counselors
• Non-Profit Services

Education

Family Credit Management offers courses on many debt management principles. Some of the items covered are establishing goals, creating a spending plan, ways to save money, managing bank accounts and investing.

All of these items are also in a book that is offered for free to download on the website. Family Credit Management also offers another booklet which gives tips on how to save money. There is also a personal spending plan booklet that helps people create and follow goals.

The website also has financial calculators to help figure out credit card debt, student spending, retirement, and mortgage savings.

Company resources also provide customers with the know-how to increase, repair, or maintain their credit score. How debt management programs affect a customers credit report varies, but a debt management plan, like that of Family Credit Management, does not negatively affect customers' credit score as much as other programs like debt settlement or bankruptcy.

Nevertheless, customers should keep an eye on their credit report to ensure that their credit score does not begin to drop. Increasing your credit score will largely depend on how well you stay on top of your credit card debt, student loan debt, or any other type of unsecured debt.

Availability

Family Credit Management is available in 49 states, Washington, D.C., and the Virgin Islands. This allows customers from all over the country to have access to their services. However, this is no guarantee that Family Credit Management will be able to provide you with face-to-face credit counseling.

Cost

Family Credit Management charges a one-time enrollment fee and monthly fees. These fees vary client to client. The average enrollment fee is $40. The average monthly fee is $30. In some cases, fees may be waived.

Live Chat Feature

This company offers a live chat feature. This allows customers to easily and quickly receive answers to their questions. If you have questions for Family Credit Management's experts, you have a choice between calling, emailing, or asking via the company's online chat feature.

Certified Counselors

This company employs certified counselors to assist customers with debt consolidation and in dealing with creditors. Your credit counselor will help you set up a personalized debt management program. According to Family Credit Management, with this debt management program, you will be able to:

• Stop calls from creditors
• Reduce or eliminate finance charges
• Calculate when you will be debt free
• Recieve detailed monthly statements
• Set up an automatic payment process through your bank
• Secure phone or web access to your account

Family Credit Management's certified credit counselors will help you navigate the entire debt relief process.

Non-Profit Services

Though a nonprofit services company is by no means guaranteed to be more ethical, it does provide a good starting point. A non-profit credit counseling agency is technically considered a "public charity" under the IRS standards and is formed to give some sort of "public benefit."

The company provides its services for customers with unsecured debt, such as credit card or student loan debt. It also works with virtually all unsecured creditors. This way, you won't have to deal with annoying phone calls from your creditors.

• Accreditations

Accreditations

There are several accreditation organizations that debt consolidation, debt settlement, and credit counseling companies can be accredited by to ensure quality standards and other business practices to help customers choose a company that's been tried and tested. While Family Credit Management does not have every accreditation, it is ISO 9001 certified and highers certified counselors.