English Library

All Consumer Action publications are available online, with most also available as a PDF download. Government agencies, nonprofits and other community-based organizations who wish to distribute our publications for educational purposes can use the PDF file to instantly produce a professional-looking brochure using an office printer.

Library of English Publications, Sorted by Date

Keeping Your Home - Protect your investment (English)

Library: English | Keeping Your Home - Protect your investment (English).

People who plan, budget and save for successful homeownership have a much better chance of keeping a roof over their heads and building wealth as property values increase over the years. This brochure covers the financial responsibilities of homeownership and how to manage them, how to maintain and protect your property, and how to build and preserve your home equity.

Category: Foreclosure Housing Buying a Home Housing Insurance Insurance Mortgages on Sep 17, 2010

 
Manage Your Money Wisely - Tracking your money (English)

Library: English | Manage Your Money Wisely - Tracking your money (English).

Knowing what you spend now is the first step in creating a budget. A budget is a spending plan to help you forecast and control your expenses. To create a budget you need to know how much you spend each month - and compare that figure to your take home pay.

Category: Money Management on Sep 16, 2010

 
Help Your Savings Grow - Leader’s Guide

Library: English | Help Your Savings Grow - Leader’s Guide.

This 20-page guide, written in question-and-answer format, is designed to provide background information on how to build savings. The topics include savings accounts, individual development accounts (IDAs), money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit (CDs), U.S. Treasury investments, retirement and education savings accounts and how to figure your net worth. A section on Internet resources is also included. Only available in English.

Category: Banking Investing Money Management on Sep 16, 2010

 
Rebuilding Your Credit - Leader’s Guide

Library: English | Rebuilding Your Credit - Leader’s Guide.

A guide to help community-based organizations educate their clients about ways to start rebuilding good credit. Topics include damaged credit, credit reports, mistakes on your credit report, credit repair offers, debt consolidation, co-signed loans, secured credit cards, credit counseling, bankruptcy and how to keep your good credit.

Category: Credit Credit Fraud Credit Reports/Scores Credit Scores Fraud/Scams on Sep 15, 2010

 
You Can Buy a Home - Seminar Lesson Plan (English)

Library: English | You Can Buy a Home - Seminar Lesson Plan (English).

This PDF packet provides guidance for teachers and team leaders. The 22-page packet contains a detailed curriculum, classroom activities and take home worksheets.

Category: Housing Buying a Home Home Financing Mortgages on Sep 13, 2010

 
ID Theft & Account Fraud: Prevention and cleanup (English)

Library: English | ID Theft & Account Fraud: Prevention and cleanup (English).

An identity thief is an imposter who assumes another person’s identity in order to profit illegally or because the thief wants to hide behind a new identity. Identity theft—or ID theft—occurs when the imposter uses your personal information to commit fraud or other crimes. This publication can help you take steps to prevent ID theft, or if you are a victim, to clear up the problems created by ID theft and to lessen its impact on your life.

Category: Fraud/Scams ID Theft Privacy Rights on Sep 08, 2010

 
Families and Credit Cards - Training Guide

Library: English | Families and Credit Cards - Training Guide.

This Training Guide is designed to help you help parents provide their children with a better understanding of how to use credit wisely and steer clear of credit trouble.

Category: Credit Credit Cards on May 13, 2010

 
Families and Credit Cards - PowerPoint Presentation

Library: English | Families and Credit Cards - PowerPoint Presentation.

This 22 slide presentation will help trainers with access to PowerPoint projectors when they hold a training on the Families and Credit Cards project. You can download the Power Point slides from the Download field below.

Category: Credit Credit Cards on May 13, 2010

 
Credit Cards - What You Need To Know - PowerPoint Presentation

Library: English | Credit Cards - What You Need To Know - PowerPoint Presentation.

This 64-slide presentation will help trainers with access to PowerPoint projectors when they hold a training on the credit card project. You can download the PowerPoint slides from the Download field below.

Category: Credit Credit Cards on May 13, 2010

 
Credit Cards - What You Need To Know - Training Guide

Library: English | Credit Cards - What You Need To Know - Training Guide.

This 36-page training guide contains step-by-step guidance to conducting a two hour training, classroom activities and take-home worksheets. Each order for the Training Manual (see above) will be accompanied with a copy of the Training Guide. You may make as many copies of the Training Guide as you wish.

Category: Credit Credit Cards on May 13, 2010

 

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