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ADVANTAGE CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE, INC.
AWARDED $10,000 GRANT FOR CLIENT RESOURCE DIRECTORY

Directory will provide clients with information on available Community resources

(PITTSBURGH, PA) - Advantage Credit Counseling Service, Inc. was awarded a $10,000 grant from Bank of America to produce a client resource directory. The directory will include contact information for assistance programs Agency clients may be eligible for.

Agency staff will compile and develop the directory. Counselors will be able to refer to it when a client expresses a certain need is not being met.

Advantage CCS President and CEO, Stephen J. Piotrowski said, “The resource directory will be a valuable tool for our clients and our counselors. Our counselors will be able to better connect clients with the assistance they need.”

Shawn Murray, Agency Relationship Manager for Bank of America said, “Bank of America is dedicated to its commitment to credit counseling and consumer education within our communities. Providing support to organizations like Advantage Credit Counseling Service, which maintains their dedication to service by constantly improving the quality of financial education and counseling, is critical to Bank of America's strategy.

Advantage CCS is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit credit counseling agency. Headquartered on Pittsburgh’s Southside, Advantage CCS operates an additional six locations across Central and Western Pennsylvania. Advantage CCS is a member of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling and accredited by the Council on Accreditation.

Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.

About Advantage Credit Counseling Service

Since 1968, Advantage Credit Counseling Service, Inc. (ACCS) has been educating and counseling consumers about budgeting, personal financial management and the responsible use of credit. ACCS’s services help to financially empower individuals, bettering their lives; increasing family stability; improving workplace performance; and ultimately benefiting the entire community. ACCS has nine locations in Western and Central Pennsylvania, and offers financial education workshops, credit counseling, housing counseling, and bankruptcy counseling in numerous other states. For more information on additional services, class schedules, and States serviced please visit www.advantageccs.org or call 1-866-699-2227.

Advantage Credit Counseling Service, Inc. is an accredited member of the NFCC and AICCCA; and member in good standing of the Better Business Bureau.

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