City of Racine FREE One-On-One Professional Financial Counseling Services
The Racine Financial Empowerment Center in Racine (FEC) offers one-on-one, confidential professional financial counseling as a free public service. Services are available to all residents regardless of income.
The Racine FEC helps you reduce your debt, improve your credit, create a budget, grow your savings, connect to safe and affordable financial products, plan for home ownership, and much more.
- Need help managing or reducing your household debt?
- Want advice on how to build or restore your credit?
- Have a budget but need some specific tips on how to better save for your retirement?
Free Financial Counseling in Racine – Our Services
Our free financial counseling in Racine includes many services:
Savings
Saving for a big purchase or for an emergency can be intimidating, but our Counselors help you to break it down into manageable bites. Never forget to always pay yourself first!
Banking
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
We've worked hard to establish relationships with a host of different banks and credit unions in the area and are knowledgeable about an array of financial products that can help you access mainstream banking services, even if you've had an account closed on you before.
Debt
Being in debt can feel like drowning, but we're here to help you take control. Our Counselors can help you create a plan to get out of debt and catch your breath again.
Credit
Whether you want to eventually buy a car, become a homeowner, start your own business, or just rent an apartment, you know that having a good credit score is important.
One-on-one professional financial counseling Racine
To Help Racine Residents Achieve Brighter Financial Futures!
The Racine Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) offers free, professional, one-on-one financial counseling as a public service. The Racine FEC is a collaboration between the City of Racine and Housing Resources, Inc. (HRI), a local nonprofit organization. The FEC's financial counselors are professionally trained and certified by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC).
How we help you
Providing free one-on-one financial
counseling as a public service
Your Free Financial Counseling Services
The Racine Financial Empowerment Centers offer free, one-on-one professional financial counseling to all residents.
Racine Financial Empowerment Center counselors can help you:
- Increase Your Savings
- Pay Down Your Debt
- Access Safe & Affordable Banking
- Improve Your Credit
- Take control of your debt
- Deal with debt collectors
- Improve your credit & Using Credit Wisely
- Build your savings
- Investments and Future Planning
- Money Management and Budgeting
- Find safe and affordable financial products
- Banking and Basic Financial Transactions
- Student Loans
- Bankruptcy
- Homeownership
- Insurance and Benefits
How It Works
Schedule an appointment* with a counselor at a time and location that works best for you.
Receive a follow-up call from your counselor and gather the documents you might need for the session.
Attend your first session and work with your counselor on creating a plan to achieve your goals.
Follow your financial plan & schedule a follow-up appointment with your counselor to keep working toward your goals.
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2022 Financial Literacy Award from Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers
Racine FEC Managers Dasheika Kidd and Vicky Selkowe attended the award ceremony held in the State Capitol on April 21, 2023, and are pictured here with Governor Evers and First Lady Kathy Evers. Know More
Counselors
Curtis Szymczak
Program Manager
Hello, my name is Curtis Szymczak. I am a financial counselor here at the Financial Empowerment Center in Racine,
Shasta Williams
Financial Counselor
My name is Shasta Williams. I'm proud to be a Racine Financial Empowerment Center (FEC)'s financial counselor.
💰 Teaching Kids to Be Money Smart: This month, 3rd-grade students at Julian Thomas Elementary School and Mitchell School participated in a fun and practical financial education program led by the Racine Financial Empowerment Center. Students learned about budgeting, saving, spending wisely, and distinguishing between needs and wants.
The program will also be presented to Knapp Elementary School students in May.
Special thanks to our sponsors — the Hispanic Roundtable of Racine, Johnson Financial Group, North Shore Bank, Marine Credit Union, Educators Credit Union, and Landmark Credit Union — for helping empower Racine youth with real-world money skills! 💵👏
📸Photographs from the Julian Thomas Elementary School program ... See MoreSee Less
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Come and learn more about being in control of your finances!When the holidays are over, how are your finances going to look? Start the new year off right with us! Join us for our class on Budgeting! In collaboration with the RUSD, the Parent University and the Racine Financial Empowerment Center present this free class! ... See MoreSee Less
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When the holidays are over, how are your finances going to look? Start the new year off right with us! Join us for our class on Budgeting! In collaboration with the RUSD, the Parent University and the Racine Financial Empowerment Center present this free class! ... See MoreSee Less
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The City of Racine Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) and Landmark Credit Union invited students to submit drawings about saving money, and 13 are featured in the 2025 FEC calendar. Calendars will be unveiled Monday, December 16 from 4:00-5:00 pm at the Racine Public Library Youth Services on the first floor and are available while supplies last! ... See MoreSee Less
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With Mi Pueblo Multiservicios – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉 ... See MoreSee Less
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