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COVID-19 vaccine

The vaccine is available to everyone 12 and older! Find a City-run vaccine clinic or partner vaccine clinic to protect yourself and your loved ones. If you have questions about vaccination, call (215) 685-5488.

Financial Empowerment Centers

Giving free, one-on-one financial advice.

Services

Get free financial counseling
Find out where to get free, high-quality, one-on-one financial counseling.

About

Financial Empowerment Centers (FEC) educate, empower, and protect people with low incomes. To do so, they provide financial counseling that is:

  • Free.
  • High quality.
  • Personalized (one-on-one).
  • Confidential.

Connect

Phone: (855) FIN-PHIL
(855) 346-7445

Process and eligibility

FEC counselors are employees of Clarifi, the region's leader in financial counseling. They are trained to help clients shift from debt management to saving.

Financial counselors provide sessions on the following financial topics:

  • Money management and budgeting
  • Banking and basic financial transactions
  • Credit reports
  • Using credit wisely
  • Consumer protection and debt collection
  • Student loans
  • Bankruptcy
  • Negotiation
  • Investments and future planning
  • Homeownership
  • Insurance and benefits.

Anyone who wants free financial counseling can make an appointment by calling (855) FIN-PHIL. Counseling sessions are available in English and Spanish. Support in other languages may be available upon request.

Locations

Due to COVID-19, all services are virtual under further notice.

The following organizations host Financial Empowerment Centers:

Organization Address
PA CareerLink Suburban Station 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard (Map)
PA CareerLink West Philadelphia 3901 Market Street (Map)
People’s Emergency Center 325 N. 39th Street (Map)
PA CareerLink Northwest Philadelphia 5847 Germantown Avenue (Map)
PA Careerlink North Philadelphia 4261 North 5th Street (Map)
PHA, Raymond Rosen Manor 2301 Edgley Street (Map)
Helen Brown Community Center 1845 North 23rd Street (Map)

Sponsors and partners

Sponsors

  • Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund
  • CSBG Funds

Partners

  • Clarifi
  • PA CareerLink
  • People’s Emergency Center


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