Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Closed on Family Days/Federal Holidays
101 Falcon Parkway
Schriever SFB, CO 80912
Personal Financial Management
The Personal Financial Readiness assists you and your family in building and maintaining your financial readiness. Certified Financial Counselors provide free assistance in achieving your personal financial goals.
Services
Just a few of the services offered:
- Budgeting, Money Management and expense tracking
- Saving and Investing
- Debt Reduction
- Credit Score Improvement
- Home/Car Buying strategies
- Consumer Protection / Identity Theft
- Thrift Savings Plan & much more!
Additional resources are available including, referrals to community agencies to help meet financial needs.
Air Force Aid Society
AFAS is the OFFICIAL CHARITY of the Air Force. AFAS helps relieve the financial stressors Air Force and Space Force members and their families can experience. Through their emergency assistance, community and education programs, AFAS has provided more than $215 million in direct support to the community. AFAS has implemented NEW assistance programs in order to meet the continually changing needs of our community.
Bundles for Babies
This program is designed to teach soon to be and new parents basic parenting skills, as well as financial skills to help them budget for their new baby – from birth to college. Participants will receive a $100 gift card voucher from Air Force Aid Society.
Child Care for PCS
The AFAS will pay for up to 20 hours of childcare per child for PCSing active duty members and their families. The member can be PCSing in or out of the base and member will use of the Family Child Care Program either on Schriever SFB or Peterson SFB. To receive the certificate, the member will need to bring a copy of their orders to the M&FRC.
Give Parents a Break
The AFAS recognizes that military families are subject to unique stresses due to the nature of military life – deployments, remote tours of duty, extended working hours, etc. Families are often separated from spouses as well as from extended family members who might otherwise offer support. In an effort to help these families.
General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program
Recognizing that higher education costs were rising while more restrictive needs tests were limiting access to loan programs, the Society created an Education Grant Program in 1988. This program provides $2,000 education grants to eligible applicants for assisting in the payment of tuition, books and fees, or other direct education expenses. Applications are accepted Jan -Apr each year. Visit AFAS.ORG for more information and to apply.
Contact the M&FRC to schedule an appointment or register for a class at 719.567.3920.
Resources
Annual Credit Reports
Annual Credit Reports – get your free credit reports once a year from each credit reporting agency
FEEA
FEEA – a nonprofit that provides emergency financial assistance and scholarships to civilian federal employees and their families. They also have a for-profit subsidiary, FEEA Childcare Services, which administers childcare subsidiary programs on behalf of a number of federal agencies.
PowerPay
PowerPay – PowerPay will give you the tools to develop a personalized, self-directed debt elimination plan, while showing how quickly you can become debt free, and how much you can save in interest costs by following your debt reduction plan
Save and Invest
Save and Invest – SaveAndInvest.org, a project of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, is a free, unbiased resource dedicated to your financial health. Through easy-to-use tools and resources, SaveAndInvest.org helps you make informed financial decisions—and arms you with the information you need to protect yourself from investment fraud.
Car Buying Sources of Help
The USAF-Car Buying Sources of Help handout is a useful resource used to help you during your car buying ventures.
Military One Source
Learn financial basics and set financial goals by using information, tools and resources available on Military OneSource.
Thrift Savings Plan link
The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is a retirement savings and investment plan for federal government employees and uniformed services members, including the Ready Reserve.
MilSpouse Money Mission
Military Spouse Money Mission was created by financial professionals to help military spouses lead their families to empowered financial futures.
Helping Hand EL Paso Community Resources
The Helping Hands El Paso County Community Resources guide is a list of services available in El Paso County. The guide is maintained by the Pikes Peak Library District.
Mint
Mint – A website and smartphone app that allows you to manage your money, pay your bills and track your credit score all in one place.
Colorado Works
Colorado Works – Colorado Works is Colorado’s version of the Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and provides cash assistance to low-income families in need. This is the result of welfare reform and represents a new approach to helping families escape from poverty.
Need Help Paying My Bills
Need Help Paying My Bills – a site with various types of needs and agencies or resources to assist with the need
WIC (Women, Infant, Children)
WIC (Women, Infant, Children) – WIC provides qualifying women and children with supplemental food, education on nutrition topics, and referrals to community programs.
Office of Financial Readiness
The Office of Financial Readiness, in collaboration with the services, federal partners and non-federal entities, provides programs, policy, education, advocacy and program oversight required for service members and families to achieve personal financial readiness in support of mission readiness.
Military Consumer Resources
Wherever you are on your financial journey, you can prepare yourself to make informed financial decisions with these Military Consumer Resources.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is designed to forgive qualifying federal direct loans of borrowers who have made 120 qualifying payments, while working for a qualifying public service employer.
Take the Well-Being Assessment
With the Department of Defense Financial Well-Being Assessment, you’re only 12 questions away from finding out where you stand.
Understanding your Leave and Earnings Statement (LES)
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