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.
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).
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, counselors are meeting with Racine residents by phone or video until it is safe to have in-person meetings again. The one-on-one professional financial counseling offered by the FEC in Racine is free to all City residents. There are no income or program requirements for Racine residents to receive counseling from the Racine FEC.
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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For the 2nd year in a row, the City of Racine Financial Empowerment Center was honored with a Financial Literacy Award from Governor Tony Evers! FEC Co-Managers Vicky Selkowe and Dasheika Kidd traveled to the State Capitol to participate in the award ceremony with winners from across the state.
Since the #RacineFEC opened in late 2020, our hardworking professional financial counselors have helped 360 City residents eliminate almost $470,000 in debts, increase credit scores, build their savings, get banked, and learn new, empowering tools to take control of their finances and their financial futures.
We're honored to receive this recognition from Governor Evers and grateful to our national partners at the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund for bringing the City of Racine, On the lake into this transformational work!
Spread the word about the #RacineFEC to your networks! It's completely FREE, confidential, secure, and available to ALL City of Racine residents age 18+. www.racinefec.org
#GROWRacine
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Getting a tax refund? Or facing a tax bill? Either way, the City of Racine Financial Empowerment Center's professional, certified financial counselors can help you make a plan so you either use that refund to achieve your financial goals, or make sure you can pay what's owed. The #RacineFEC is 100% free, confidential, secure, 1:1 financial counseling available for all City of Racine residents age 18+. Get started today and let us help make tax time a little easier. #GROWRacine
At the City of Racine Financial Empowerment Center, we love helping City residents reach their goals! The #RacineFEC is open to ALL City of Racine residents age 18+ with no income restrictions - and you can have as many 1:1 financial coaching sessions as you need, all 100% FREE, confidential, and professional!
Get started today by visiting www.racinefec.org/make-an-appointment/ to make your first appointment. You can also just scan the code below with your phone or call to make an appointment! #GROWRacine #CityofRacineBuying your first home can be challenging, but City of Racine Financial Empowerment Center counselors are here to help equip you with the knowledge & skills necessary to be successful throughout your homebuying journey.
Racine FEC counselors can help you get on the path to the credit score and savings you need to make owning a home a reality. And the best part is that the counseling is absolutely free!
Make an appointment today: www.racinefec.org/
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
Dasheika Kidd
Program Manager
My name is Dasheika Kidd and I am the Program Manager for the new Racine Financial Empowerment Center.
Curtis Szymczak
Financial Counselor
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.