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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October

Let's Talk About Credit (Online)

Let's Talk About Credit (Online)

Date: October 23, 2024Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmClass Delivery: OnlineClass Instructor: Tom Grogan

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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October

Build Your Savings (Online)

Build Your Savings (Online)

Date: October 30, 2024Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmClass Delivery: OnlineClass Instructor: Tom Grogan

Setting money aside helps you plan for the future and reach your goals. While saving can be challenging, taking small steps can make a difference. Learn more from our professional staff in this one-hour workshop.

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November

My Money Works (Online)

My Money Works (Online)

Date: November 5, 2024Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmClass Delivery: OnlineClass Instructor: Kelley Glidden

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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December

My Money Works (Online)

My Money Works (Online)

Date: December 2, 2024Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 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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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)

Celebrating Your Wins

Participants in our programs accomplish all kinds of personal, work, and financial success, big and small. Here are recent stories of people from all across Maine who are reaching their goals.

Michelle Coad: A Clear Plan

When I retired in the spring of 2024, I wanted to rebuild my equestrian training and horse boarding business in a new location. I took a number of classes offered by New Ventures Maine, including Business Basics, where I developed my mission statement, identified my...

Sally Lehtinen: Dreams Do Come True
My treasured vision was to see the Swiss Alps, which had been on my bucket list since I saw “The Sound of Music” when I was six years old. I vowed that I would go there one day. Miraculously, my dream came true! I traveled to Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Prague...
Craig Reimer: A Path to Success
I connected with New Ventures Maine and took the My Money Works class. I was able to fix my credit; I purchased a newer, safe, reliable minivan with the help of a Family Development Account, for which NVME walked me through the process; and, we found a nice house to ren...

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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