Graduates can discuss and apply for a repayment plan to determine how much they will pay monthly or overall. Repayment plan options are Standard Repayment, Graduated Repayment, Extended Repayment, Revised Pay As You Earn Repayment, or Pay As You Earn Repayment. Loan payoff varies based on loan amounts, interest, and income. NOTE: Private student loans received are not federal loans.

Helps individuals deal with a variety of financial challenges through the following services: - Bankruptcy Certificates: For individuals planning on filing for Chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy, a Certified Pre-Filing Counseling Session is provided. For individuals who have recently filed Chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy, a Certified Post-Filing Debtor Education Course is provided. - Credit Counseling: Individuals with excessive debts can meet with a counselor in person, by phone or correspond online. In-person counseling sessions typically last between 30 - 60 minutes. Phone counseling sessions commonly last about 30 minutes, while online exchanges can take place over several days. Individuals establish financial goals, create a budget, decide the best path for repaying and eliminating debt, repay debt within the next 3-5 years at lower interest rates and consider meeting with a bankruptcy attorney. - Credit Report Review: Receive advice and information on how to improve credit score and meet financial goals. Process can take 20 minutes or last as long as 2 or 3 1-hour sessions. Meet with a certified counselor by phone or via web conferencing. - Debt and Payday Loan Consolidation: Takes all of the unsecured debt an individual owes and combines it into 1 monthly payment. - Debt Management: Put together a personal or household budget; receive clarity regarding a current debt situation; compare current debt repayment options with a debt management program; negotiate new agreements with creditors to lower interest rates, stop late or over-limit fees and start reporting payments as on time rather than late; accept a single payment during the month and disperse it to all creditors per their new agreements. Individuals must have a steady income. - Debt Relief: Reorganization or complete forgiveness of an individual's debt that is owed to outside creditors. Debt accrued, is consoldiated into 1, typically smaller, monthly payment and sent to creditors once they accept a proposal. The account wil be closed to further charging and is paid off in an expedited manner. Once an account is paid in full, the overall monthly payment remains the same, and the additional funds are distributed to the next account in line in order to pay the total debt down as quickly as possible. - Military Debt Relief: Credit counseling; reduce interest rates and stop late and over-limit fees; consolidate debt into 1 lower monthly payment; budget counseling; debt management plans; financial education resources; student loan counseling; bankruptcy counseling and education certificates; housing counseling and home ownership preparation education; credit report reviews and analysis. - Student Loan Counseling: Loan forgiveness, discharge, cancellation and guidance