To locate individual listings for professional services in this field, try the following headings in the print or Internet version of the Yellow Pages:

Employment - Agencies
Financial - Planners
Financial - Planning Consultants

About credit counseling
There have been enough stories in the press about credit counseling services that misrepresent their services -- or even add to their clients' debt -- that this site is unable to determine which ones even to link to. Ask a good CPA, your banker, or someone you trust for a recommendation if you need help in consolidating debt or fixing your credit. Be careful. Be very very careful.

Local and State Resources

Bankrate.com
972 South 2nd Street, Louisville, KY 40201
1-877-803-7577 toll-free 24-hour crisis counseling
www.thecenteronline.org
The Center helps with such services as employment counseling, job search support, economic literacy classes, and credit repair. What don't they do?

Jewish Family & Career Service
502-452-6341
3640 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY 40205-3276
www.jfcslouisville.org
"JFCS Career Services & Workforce Development is the longest-standing career services provider in the region. Our mission is to encourage self-reliance, help individuals attain their maximum potential in career and educational development, and promote the economic well-being of our community." Anyone may use the career advising services.

HelloLouisville
www.hellolouisville.com
Many thousands of job listings, links to employers' web sites, and employment advice.

Greater Louisville, Inc./Metro Chamber of Commerce
600 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
625-0000
www.greaterlouisville.com/workinlou/
Job seeker and other employment services on-line.

National and Internet Resources

Bankrate.com
https://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/rebuild-finances-after-financial-abuse//
This guide focuses on how to rebuild your finances after escaping an abusive relationship, and walks readers through establishing credit and getting back into the workforce. Note that the page includes ads for financial services.

Divorce Recovery™ of Tuscon
www.DivorceRecovery.net
We have this group listed elsewhere on the site for its Divorce Recovery Handbook, but want to let you know here about the financial worksheets and a working Excel spreadsheet available on its website. These can help you get a handle on your personal finances as you start over in new financial circumstances:

Track Your Monthly Expenses
Wants vs. Needs
Debt Pay Off
Money Management Tips
Plug Spending Leaks
Emergency Fund
Worksheet for Monthly Budget/Debt/Income (Excel)

Divorce Source, Inc.
www.divorcesource.com/info/money/money.shtml
How to deal with costs, risks, joint accounts, assets, taxes, etc.

Frugal Living
www.frugalliving.about.com
Advice on how to really cut down on spending. Some suggestions are just silly, some are profound.

Fiscal Tiger
https://www.fiscaltiger.com/
There is a great deal of immediately useful practical advice here: credit, debt relief, government assistance, mortgages, bankruptcy, etc.

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