Money Count$ & HancockSAVES

The Money Count$ program at OSU Extension Hancock County exists to provide individuals within our community access to financial management tools. HancockSAVES is affiliated with AmericaSAVES and seeks to increase individual savings of youth and adults. HancockSAVES is also a United Way Partner Agency.

HancockSaves

(a United Way partner agency)

Please visit our new web site http://hancocksaves.org

Celebrate America Saves Week February 19 - 26, 2012

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Basic Money Management Classes -

  • February 18 from 9 am - 12 noon at OSU Extension Hancock Co., 7868 CR140 Suite B, Findlay
Link to printable January/February Program Schedule

Manage Your Money Online Course

Free online interactive home study course. Participants are required to sign up for an account, but the course is completely free. The lessons are also available for download as PDF files at http://ohioline.osu.edu/mym

Link to interactive Manage Your Money course site

Lessons include: Getting Started; Where does your money go?; Stop Spending Leaks; How much Credit Can You Afford?; Develop Your Budget; and Your Net Worth and Financial Records.  Click here for a link to a news article about this course. . .

Check out eXtension's Money Management site!

Need a Program Speaker??

OSU Extension Hancock County is here to provide you or your organization with research-based programs that are informative and relevant to your situation. Give us a call and we can easily tailor a program to meet your specific financial goals. Seminars, workshops, business "lunch hour" sessions, or classroom settings can be used.

Some suggested topics of discussion are:

  • Financial record keeping
  • Values about Money
  • Wants vs. Needs
  • Tax savvy for the working person
  • Consumer Economics
  • Basic Budgeting

 

Contact Melanie Gerlach, Program Coordinator Hancock County Saves 

419-422-3851

Home Ownership Program -

(contact Melanie Gerlach to be put on the list for upcoming classes)

This two-part class is offered several times each year at the Hancock County Agricultural Service Center, 7868 CR 140, Findlay OH. Nancy Stehulak, Extension Educator Henry Co. provides instruction for the program.  Topics covered include: preparing for home ownership, budgeting; credit counseling; shopping for a home; lender differences; obtaining a mortgage; loan closing (processing, documentation, costs); post-occupancy housing (foreclosure prevention); and life as a homeowner (warranties, maintenance, & repair).  Registration is open to all interested persons. Fee for the class (includes both dates) is $75.  Some scholarships are available. To enroll, and for fee information, contact Melanie Gerlach.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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