With more families feeling squeezed by rising costs and growing debt, CBS News Philadelphia hosted a live event In Your Corner: A Way Out of Debt to connect viewers with financial counselors.
On Thursday, May 21, we teamed up with nonprofit financial counseling agency Money Management International (MMI) to let viewers live chat with a trained financial counselor to discuss their debt situation and how to get it under control.
Credit counseling can help you build a realistic budget and explore repayment strategies. Counselors can also potentially enroll you in a debt management plan, which can consolidate payments and reduce interest rates.
While the live chat event is over, help is still…