The credit counseling profession has been turned upside down over the past 20 years. When I first started representing clients in bankruptcy cases, we would routinely refer clients to a Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Nebraska if we thought bankruptcy could be avoided.

Unfortunately, CCCSN closed in 2015 and there was no local professional left

Saundra Latham writes a good review of the best credit counseling agencies of 2018 in The SimpleDollar website.  She correctly points out that the best credit counseling firms to handle a Debt Management Plan are:

Generally speaking, if you are signing up for a Debt Management Plan to consolidate your debts into a payment plan managed by a certified credit counselor that provides lower interest rates and financial counseling, you want to go with an agency certified by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC).  The NFCC has the toughest certification standards in the credit counseling industry and it is simply unwise to go with an agency not certified by them.
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Cambridge Credit Counseling has released its 8th Transparency Report, the only such report available in the credit counseling industry.

One of the more disturbing aspects of the nonprofit credit counseling industry is the complete lack of disclosure about the success rate of their programs.  In recent years the industry has come under fire for

To be in the credit counseling business you have to be a nonprofit.  Credit card companies will frequently refuse to set up repayment plans with for-profit debt counselors.  Mandatory bankruptcy credit counseling courses may only be sponsored by nonprofits.  And the common perception is that “real” credit counselors should be nonprofit agencies.

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