Manage Your Money

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Want to manage your finances and prepare for the future?

NVME’s professional staff can help!

  • Explore budgeting tools and skills
  • Learn how to reduce your debt and improve your credit
  • Create a personal financial plan

Classes include:

  • Budgeting, building savings, and understanding credit and debt
  • My Money Works, an in-depth money management class

Additional resources include:

  • Matched savings programs
  • Student loan repayment counseling
  • Free tax filing assistance in partnership with CA$H Maine

Get started by scheduling an individual coaching session or browse through the current Manage Your Money classes below to find one that’s right for you. Use the filters to search for online or in-person classes, day or evening sessions, or specific topics.

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14
January

My Money Works (Online)

My Money Works (Online)

Date: January 14, 2025Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmClass Delivery: OnlineClass Instructor: Lisa Archer

This interactive five-session class with our professional staff will help you gain the skills and confidence you need to stretch your money, pay your bills, reduce debt, save, plan for retirement, and set personal financial goals to achieve greater financial stability.

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February

Budgeting Basics (Online)

Budgeting Basics (Online)

Date: February 12, 2025Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmClass Delivery: OnlineClass Instructor: Lisa Archer

Having a sense of your overall financial situation can assist you in creating and using a budget. In this one-hour interactive workshop with our professional staff, we will explore building a budget that works for you.

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February

Let's Talk About Credit (Online)

Let's Talk About Credit (Online)

Date: February 19, 2025Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmClass Delivery: OnlineClass Instructor: Lisa Archer

Learn how to reduce your debt, improve your credit, and maintain a good credit score in this one-hour workshop. Our professional staff will help you create your own step-by-step plan to pay down your debt.

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February

My Money Works (Online)

My Money Works (Online)

Date: February 25, 2025Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 amClass Delivery: OnlineClass Instructor: Lisa Sweet

This interactive five-session class with our professional staff will help you gain the skills and confidence you need to stretch your money, pay your bills, reduce debt, save, plan for retirement, and set personal financial goals to achieve greater financial stability.

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Don’t Know Where to Start?

The budgeting skills I learned helped me expedite the saving process. I learned, I stuck with the process, and I became a new homeowner!

— Jeff (Old Town)

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Earn the UMS Financial Literacy Micro-Credential

UMS Financial Literacy - Level 1 badgeUMS Financial Literacy - Level 2 badgeUMS Financial Literacy - Level 3 badgebadge for University of Maine System Financial Literacy Micro-Credential

  • Boost your financial skills and gain recognition from the University of Maine System (UMS)
  • Complete training in financial practices including budgeting, credit and debt, savings and net worth
  • Create an action plan based on your financial goals
  • Training includes three levels of instruction and assessment; earn digital badges as you learn
  • Complete level one at your own pace; levels two and three combine interactive learning and individual coaching
  • Cost is free
  • The UMS Financial Literacy Micro-Credential fulfills an eligibility requirement for the New Ventures Maine GEN Scholarship and Rainy Day Savings Account programs

Explore all three levels of the UMS Financial Literacy Micro-Credential pathway to learn more.

To sign up, fill out and submit the registration form.

If you have questions, contact Kelley Glidden, NVME Workforce Development Manager, at 207-621-3436 or kelley.glidden@maine.edu.

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