Consumer Credit Counseling & Debt Management services available in Connecticut

July 30, 2013 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
Advantage CCS has recently been approved by the state of Connecticut to be able to provide free credit counseling services to individuals that reside within the state. Advantage Consumer Credit Counseling Service, Inc. is a highly reputable 501©3 non-profit credit counseling agency whose headquarters are in Pittsburgh, PA. The Agency assists consumers with financial education and offers a successful debt relief program. A certified credit counselor works one on one with the client to create a realistic household budget and to find out if a debt management program would be right for them to help get them out of debt as quickly as possible.

The highly trained certified credit counselors at Advantage Credit Counseling provide free credit/debt counseling and can work with the creditors to reduce the client's minimum monthly payments in most cases. The counselors might even be able to make the creditor's late fees disappear and reduce the client's interest rate, that's all depending upon the creditor though.

The current 37 states that Advantage CCS is able to provide their credit counseling services are: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

"We're excited to be able to offer our free credit counseling services to the wonderful state of Connecticut and its consumers," said Advantage CCS President Mr. Stephen J. Piotrowski. "This is substantiation to the hard work and quality service that our agency provides to those in need." Piotrowski said. Advantage CCS has completed over 3,500 credit counseling sessions in 2012 alone. The agency is determined to outdo that number substantially in 2013.

The History of Advantage Credit Counseling Service -

For over 44 years now, Advantage Credit Counseling Service, Inc. (formerly known as CCCS of Western PA) has been educating and counseling consumers about budgeting, money management and the responsible use of unsecured and secured credit. Advantage CCS currently has 6 locations in Pennsylvania, and offers financial education workshops, free online credit counseling, housing counseling, debt management program, and online bankruptcy counseling in numerous states. For more information on additional services, class schedules, and educational materials please visit http://www.advantageccs.org or call 1-866-699-2227.

Advantage Credit Counseling Service is a long standing accredited member of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), a proud member of the Council on Accreditation (COA), and a member in very good standing with the Better Business Bureau of Western Pennsylvania (BBB).