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NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania
| Contact Person: | Reception |
| Address: | 710 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1000
Pittsburgh , PA 15219 |
| Telephone: | 412-281-1100 x 129 |
| Fax: | 412-281-9987 |
| Website: | www.nwwpa.org |
| Type of Financial Education Services Offered | |||||||||||||||
| Financial Education Program(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Banking Basics | |||||||||||||||
| a) savings accounts, checking accounts, family savings accounts | |||||||||||||||
| b) loans (home, auto, education, business) | |||||||||||||||
| Credit / Budgeting | |||||||||||||||
| Investing | |||||||||||||||
| a) stocks, bonds, mutual funds | |||||||||||||||
| b) other | |||||||||||||||
| Financing a Major Purchase / Loans | |||||||||||||||
| a) home | |||||||||||||||
| b) car | |||||||||||||||
| c) tuition | |||||||||||||||
| d) other | |||||||||||||||
| Abusive Credit Practices / Predatory | |||||||||||||||
| Tax Preparation | |||||||||||||||
| Bankruptcy / Foreclosure | |||||||||||||||
| Home / Apartment | |||||||||||||||
| a) purchase | |||||||||||||||
| b) rental | |||||||||||||||
| c) repairs | |||||||||||||||
| d) selling | |||||||||||||||
| e) refinance | |||||||||||||||
| Insurance Coverage | |||||||||||||||
| a) property / renters | |||||||||||||||
| b) health / dental | |||||||||||||||
| c) life | |||||||||||||||
| d) auto | |||||||||||||||
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| Geographic Area(s) Served | ||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Pennsylvania, with an emphasis on Allegheny County | ||||||||||||||||
| Description of Program(s) | ||||||||||||||||
| Promote strong and vital neighborhoods by working to provide opportunities for, eliminate barriers to and preserve homeownership. This is accomplished through financial fitness and homebuyer education, credit counseling and restoration, post-purchase education, default and delinquency counseling, foreclosure prevention, and equity protection. In addition, NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania offers down payment and closing cost assistance, home improvement, first mortgage, rehabilitation, refinance loans, and family savings accounts. | ||||||||||||||||
| Materials / Publications | ||||||||||||||||
| Materials and publications utilized are either internally produced by NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania or provided by NeighborWorks America, our national technical assistance organization. In addition, NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania utilizes educational materials provided by our financial institution partners. | ||||||||||||||||
| Mission | ||||||||||||||||
| Promote strong and vital neighborhoods by working to provide opportunities for, eliminate barriers to and preserve homeownership. | ||||||||||||||||
| Referral Programs | ||||||||||||||||
| Any other financial education programs that this organization uses as a referral source. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Program Effectiveness | ||||||||||||||||
| In 2004, NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania accomplished the following: Assistance to more than 1,800 people interested in our services. Financial literacy and certified homebuyer education to 614 participants. 290 people and families moved into their new homes to become part of a community and neighborhood. Closed 13 loans from the revolving loan fund for down payment and closing cost assistance. Over $10 million was reinvested in communities in the Pittsburgh region. |
