credit resources

Get Help with Your Credit

For additional help in creating and maintaining good credit, or getting out of credit trouble, take advantage of these valuable organizations and essential books:

Annual Credit Report Request Service
P.O. Box 105283
Atlanta, GA 30348-5283
877-322-8228
www.annualcreditreport.com

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Personal financial education information.
Division of Consumer and Community Affairs
20th and C Streets, NW, Mail Stop 800
Washington, DC 20551
(202) 452-3693
www.federalreserve.gov

Consumer Credit Counseling Service: Personal financial counseling and information via phone or mail.
150 Post Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
(800) 777-PLAN
www.cccssf.org

Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC): Answers to questions about Federal agencies, programs, and services.
Consumer Information Catalog
Pueblo, CO 81009
(719) 948-4000
www.pueblo.gsa.gov

Federal Trade Commission: A wide range of published consumer credit information.
Credit Practices Division
6th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
(202) 326-2222
www.ftc.gov

National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC): Advice, information, and local resources for consumers.
801 Roeder Road, Suite 900
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
(301) 589-5600
(301) 495-5623 (fax)
www.nfcc.org
www.debtadvice.org (Includes local NFCC agency locator.)

Books

Straight Talk on Money: Ken and Daria Donlan's Guide to Family Money Management, by Ken and Daria Dolan, Simon and Schuster.

How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt and Live Prosperously, by Jerrold Mundis, Bantam.

Money Is My Friend, by Phil Laut, Ballantine.