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Home » Reviews » Improving Your Financial Health With Apprisen – A Review

Improving Your Financial Health With Apprisen – A Review

Whether you need to get a handle on your debt, learn how to improve your financial health, or receive bankruptcy counseling, Apprisen can help. Here's how their 60 years of experience can empower you to better finances and a more secure future. #personalfinance #debt #counseling #financialliteracy

The Women Who Money team created our mission statement before we launched our website in 2018. Although we focus on supporting women, we believe the articles we publish can help anyone improve their financial literacy as they work to become financially independent.

At Women Who Money, we desire to:

“Empower women with the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to improve their financial health and ultimately build financially secure and independent lives.”

April is Financial Literacy Month, and we’re excited to partner with an organization with a similar mission. For over 60 years, the non-profit Apprisen has helped people at all stages of their financial life. Their business tagline aligns with ours.

“Empowering your journey to financial health.”

So what does Apprisen do to help empower people? Let’s take a look at how all of their experiences working with clients over the last six decades has shaped the programs and services they offer their clients and the people in their communities.

Stethoscope and piggy bank for financial health concept

From Serving People In One City To a National Organization

  • In 1955, the first free credit counseling service in the U.S. was established by Harry E. Fuller. Located in Columbus, Ohio, The Economy Budget Service Company assisted individuals and families struggling with financial problems. Their program soon became a model for other communities across the country.
  • Economy Budget became Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Columbus in 1967. This allowed the business to grow and for more community programming to become part of their mission.
  • Growth outside of Columbus led the agency to change to Consumer Credit Counseling of Central Ohio in 1981. After 25 years of helping people manage their credit and debt, the financial services offered continued growing.
  • It probably won’t surprise you that expansion beyond Ohio was next and by the turn of the century, the agency became Consumer Credit Counseling Service of the Midwest.
  • The following decade brought even more growth and new ways to deliver services and materials to their clients. The name Apprisen was chosen for this national organization in 2009. Within a few years, Apprisen was providing Debt Management Counseling in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
  • In 2019, Apprisen continues to provide financial services empowering people on their journey to financial health!

The Services Apprisen Offers

Apprisen helps empower people’s financial health by offering financial wellness, housing, and bankruptcy programming.

Financial Wellness

Apprisen’s service specialists help people get out of debt, start emergency funds, and save for retirement. Wellness programming includes:

  • Financial Counseling
  • Debt Management Programs (DMP) which now include an incentive where Apprisen saves money every month on your behalf and gives it to you when you complete a DMP program!
  • Credit Health Education
  • Personal Finance Education
  • Financial Coaching
  • Student Loan Counseling

You can learn more about each offering on Apprisen’s website. While you are there, try the Financial Stress Test to see how stressed you are about your finances!

Housing Counseling

Whether you are renting your first apartment, looking at houses for the first time, or buying your forever home – Apprisen offers counseling and education for renters and home buyers.

If you worry about losing your home due to your financial troubles, Apprisen also offers foreclosure prevention counseling. Check out the Early Warning Signs of Mortgage Trouble to see if you should give them a call – before it’s too late.

Bankruptcy Counseling

If you are considering bankruptcy, you’ll be required to attend a financial services session before and after filing bankruptcy. Apprisen offers each of these sessions and charges a $50 per session fee (which may be reduced or waived.)

The bankruptcy counseling (which can be done on the phone) includes:

  • A budget and financial net worth analysis
  • An analysis of your current financial situation and the factors causing it
  • A review of bankruptcy alternatives and consequences
  • A plan to avoid financial problems in the future

Community Education and Employer Support

Apprisen has a blog on its website called The Apprisen Money Minute. It contains short, actionable articles on many personal finance topics.

In addition to online tools and calculators, Apprisen often partners with other local agencies to offer career clinics, homebuyer workshops, and classes on personal finance basics to members of its communities.

To help employers support their employees’ financial health, Apprisen also offers to provide services such as presentations, webinars, and even individual counseling to employees.

Long-Term Success and Continued Improvement

As a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, Apprisen has helped over a half-million predominantly low-to-moderate-income individuals and families. They’ve been accredited by the Better Business Bureau since 1981, have an A+ rating, and almost a 5-star average rating by reviewing customers.

Whether you need to get a handle on your debt, learn how to improve your financial health, or receive bankruptcy counseling, Apprisen can help. Here's how their 60 years of experience can empower you to better finances and a more secure future.Their average Debt Management Program client is able to pay off all debts in full within 48 months. Although Apprisen has to charge some fees to cover DMP programs, they are regulated by the state and don’t exceed a $45 set up and $45 monthly fee.

Apprisen doesn’t deny service to anyone and may reduce or waive all fees in some instances.

Just as the Women Who Money team always seeks to improve and answer readers’ questions with the best information possible, Apprisen adheres to a performance and quality improvement philosophy. They are data-driven and focused on their clients’ feedback and needs.

Whether you want to improve your financial health or if you need help dealing with specific money challenges, check out what Apprisen can do for you.

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