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Online Payments for Counseling and
Education

 

Service

Description

Price

FINANCIAL

Counseling

Confidential and comprehensive consultation with a certified credit counselor to review your budget and provide information to improve your personal financial situation.  For individuals financially overextended due to job loss, divorce, medical expenses or overspending.  60 to 90 minute counsel. 

$35

(single or couple)

Debt Management Program
(DMP)

Action plan determined from initial consultation with certified credit counselor.  Counselor negotiates with creditors to arrange special considerations, including lowering payments, reducing interest rates, waiving fees and re-aging accounts.  You make one monthly payment to HCCI and then HCCI distributes payments to each creditor.

$15 set up plus $5 per

 creditor per month,

up to maximum of

$20 per month

(single or couple)

Online payment is not available for set-up fees.
 

REVERSE MORTGAGE

COUNSELING

A federally-insured private loan that lets homeowners convert a portion of the equity in his or her home into cash. FHA requires that the borrower be a homeowner and at least 62 years of age. 60-90 minute confidential and comprehensive consultation with a certified credit counselor to review options. HUD certificate of counseling issued after consultation.

 

$125

(single or couple)

More Than One
Way Out

 

QUALIFIES for
PRE-Bankruptcy FILING REQUIREMENT

The course covers options for repaying those hard to pay debts NOW!  Open to the public.

Participation in this 90 minute class can serve as your pre-bankruptcy counseling session.  EOUST* certificate awarded – good for 180 days.  Class schedule is available through HCCI 60-day calendars or www.hcci-ks.org.

 

*EOUST=Executive Office of the US Trustee
 

$35

(single or couple)

Pre-Bankruptcy
Counsel

In Person or Telephone

90-minute counsel for those who have NOT attended the More Than One Way Out class.  EOUST certificate awarded – good for 180 days.

$35

(single or couple)

   

PRe-discharge Class

Live a Richer Life

2-hour class to serve as required educational class - held same day as court at 1 PM and some Saturdays at 10 AM at HCCI – Buchanan Center.  Lawrence classes held on occasional Saturdays.  Bring your bankruptcy case number.  EOUST certificate awarded.

$75

(single or couple)

 

No one will be turned away for inability to pay.

However, all fees collected are necessary to be able to provide this service.

 
Chapter 7  Pre-Discharge class fee of $75 should be paid prior to or during attendance of the pre-discharge class Live a Richer Life.  EOUST certificate awarded.  (MONEY ORDER OR CASHIERS CHECK ONLY.)
 
Chapter 13  Pre-Discharge class fee of $75 should be paid prior to or during attendance of the pre-discharge class Live a Richer Life, unless it's prearranged to be included as part of the first payment of the Chapter 13 debt restructuring.  Invoice to give attorney will be available from HCCI counselor or front desk.
 

United Ways of Greater Topeka, Douglas,      Riley and the Flint Hills Counties