News & Events
Debtor
Education Classes
Our next Debtor Education
group sessions will be held in Concord on the folloing dates:
Wednesday June 30 each
class will start at 5:00pm.
Call 1-800-327-6778
ext 100 to register
Financial
Literacy Poster Contest 2010 Winners
Theme
”$mart
Money Choices = A Brighter Future”
Carolyn Miller from Bristol
has won Consumer Credit Counseling Services of NH & VT's financial
literacy poster contest for the second year in a row.
Ms. Miller will received $100 savings bond, her poster will compete
at the national level with posters entries from all over the country,
and her poster will be featured in CCCS of NH & VT's website,
facebook page, e-newsletter and printed marketing materials.
Additional winners were
Amanda LaFrance and Christopher Robillard.
Winning posters with
completed forms were submitted to the National Contest for a chance
to winn $500 savings bond and a trip with their parent to Washington
DC.
Henry Wilson Memorial
School in Farmington , NH will receive $100 for submitting the
most amount of posters to our contest this year.
Picture
by Christopher Robillard
Picture
by Amanda LaFrance
Picture by Carolyn Miller
Contest
in NH sponsored by Silver Sponsors:
 
Bronze
Sponsor:
Supporter Sponsors: D.L.
Carlson Investment Group, Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Association
of NH and NH Jump$tart
Last
Year's Poster Contest Winners
Congratulations
to Brianna Judkins, Carolyn Miller and Brian Rouleau. For winning
in each of your categories in the Financial Literacy Poster Contest
in New Hampshire !
St.
Thomas Aquinas High School , thanks to their art teacher, Mrs.
Paula Maskwa, also receive $100 in recognition for the work done.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Peter
Schwaegert will also received $100 savings bond.
Picture
by Carolyn Miller
Picture by Brianna Judkins
 
Picture
by Brian Rouleau, II
Picture by Peter Schwaegerte
Consumer
Credit Counseling Services of NH & VT asked its credit counselors
to share their top five tips for consumers in today's economy.
Click
to Watch Ernie Jones,
one of our counselors, give you his tips! or download
our tips here.
CCCS
of NH & VT In the News
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High-Interest
Payday Loans Can Trap Borrowers
report done by
WMUR TV Channel 9 04-22-10
Click
here to watch video
For
some, shopping compulsion is hard to control,
Rutland Herald- 12-13-9 By
Josh O'Gorman
STAFF WRITER
Read
Article
More financially stressed New Hampshire businesses are filing
for bankruptcy this year -- 35 percent more so far.
Union
Leader Sunday News 04-19-09
Read
Article
Launch
of new website to assist homeowners in NH
www.homehelpnh.org
The
site provides information and assistance to people concerned
with losing their homes. It includes tips on how to prevent
foreclosure, steps a homeowner should take when first falling
behind in mortgage payments, mortgage loan workout plans,
etc.
Bankruptcies
Are Up in New Hampshire
NHPR
- Concord,NH,USA
Credit Counselors in New Hampshire and Vermont say high
food, fuel, and mortgage prices caused twice as many people
to seek their services in 2006 than in ...
http://www.nhpr.org/node/17776
CCCS
of NH & VT receives $1,000 grant from St. Mary's Bank
Business
NH Magazine Friday September 12, 2008 Read the
news
article and press release.
New
Hampshire has the second highest credit card debt per borrower
in the county.
Alaska leads the nation, followed by New Hampshire
, Connecticut , Maryland , and Colorado Round Out Top Five
07/30/08
Read
Americans for Fairness in Lending's press release.
Rules
of the Game
by Chris Dornin - 02/01/08
New Hampshire Magazine
" Kerry York runs the nonprofit Consumer Credit Counseling
Service and helps folks in New Hampshire and Vermont dig
out from credit card late fees."
READ
NOW...
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Bankruptcies
on the Rise New Hampshire Public Radio
By
Laura Knoy
on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.
Click
here to listen to the radio program
Credit
card changes not instant
Experts
caution users to stay alert
Union
Leader Sunday News
05- 31,
2009 By
DANIEL BARRICK
Monitor staff Read
Article
Consumer
Credit Counseling Services of NH & VT partners with
New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation (NHHEAF)
Read the Summary of findings from the survey "Borrowing
for a Brighter Future" Perspectives of Financing
College done by NHHEAF.
A
reasonable law on payday loans
Letter from Cary Gladstone - 07/16/08 Concord Monitor-
Read
Now
Credit
repair 101: Improving your score takes time
by Kate Davidson - 06/15/08
Concord Monitor
READ
NOW..
Credit
card debt is a growing concern
by Gordon Fraser - 04/02/08
Lawrence Eagle Tribune
READ
NOW...
Food
prices taking a bigger bite
by Michael Cousineau - 03/16/08
New Hampshire Union Leader
READ
NOW...
Mortgage
Crisis
NHPTV: New Hampshire Outlook
03/23/08
VIEW
THE VIDEO NOW
Life Rafts
for Homeowners
AARP Newsletter - Spring 2008
Consumer Credit Counseling Services of NH & VT is listed
as a trusted source in AARP's spring newsletter.
DOWNLOAD
THE PDF AND READ THE ARTICLE NOW...
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News
You Can Use and Helpful Tips
Federal Reserve Governor
Elizabeth Duke said that financial literacy should be a standard
part of the curriculum in U.S. schools. Read
article here Bloomberg 04-13-10
Do you have a financial
disaster plan in place? Download
the National Foundation for Credit Counseling's Press Release
What
you need to know, new credit card rules: The
Federal Reserve's website has consumer information on the key
credit card rules that go into effect on Feb. 22.
2009
Vermont 's Girls Survey on Money done by the Girls Scouts of the
Green and White Mountains and Vermont 's Commission on Women
Click
here to read the Executive Summary
A Free Credit Score Followed by a Monthly Bill by
By RON LIEBER
The
New York Times November
2, 2009
Notes
from another Credit Card Crisis
Op-Ed
by SUKI KIM The
New York times May 17, 2009
Debt
Settlers offer promises but little help. By David Streitfeld
New
York Times 04-19-09
How to identify a reputable consumer credit counseling service
Download
our Tip Sheet Or
read the suggestions
from the Federal Trade Commission
Obama
gets tough on abuses by credit card industry
USA
Today 04-24-09
If
high credit-card debt is dragging you down, it's time to start
living
on a budget
by Rick Levinson- 07/20/08
The
Boston Globe
Proposed credit card rule changes draw massive response 20,000
comments are second-most in history for a Fed proposal
by Connie Prater- 07/17/08
CreditCards.com
Our E-newsletters
What
does the new credit card legislation mean for you? Fall 2009
Suggestions
to homeowners struggling with their mortgage payments, April 2009
Remember
your Budget this Holiday Season, December 2008
Tips
from our counselors, August 2008
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For media inquiries
and information about Consumer Credit Counseling Service of NH
& VT contact:
Sara Varela
Communications and Development Director
saravarela@cccsnh-vt.org
1-800-327-6778 ext. 110
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