CREDENTIALS & AFFILIATIONS
Family Foundations continues to be a proud and successful United Way agency with our affiliation of over 50 years. We are proud of our record of meeting and exceeding our program objectives.
Our organization is accredited by the Council on Accreditation. This voluntary accreditation process assures that we have met a set of nationally established requirements which ensure quality service. Our accreditation provides assurance that the agency is delivering services the community needs, conducts its operations effectively and manages its funds wisely.
We are a member of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. Founded in 1951, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), through its member agencies, sets the national standard for quality credit counseling, debt reduction services, and financial literacy training. As the nation’s largest and longest serving nonprofit credit counseling organization, NFCC has played the key role in providing financial counseling members must be nonprofit, mission-driven and community-based.
Family Foundations is a certified housing counseling agency through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. With this certification, we can delivery pre- and post-purchase housing counseling and education so that potential homeowners are well prepared to purchase a house they desire and can afford. We are also able to deliver foreclosure counseling intervention services, including working with lenders on loan modifications, to assist homeowners who find themselves unable to make their mortgage payments.
Family Foundations is also approved to deliver pre-bankruptcy counseling so that families receive all necessary information and options prior to filing for bankruptcy and post-bankruptcy education so that families can get their lives back on track after filing bankruptcy through our approval by the Executive Office of the U.S. Trustees. For our latest approval letters, please click here Approval Letter 1 , Approval Letter 2
We are a member agency of the Alliance for Children and Families. Through its more than 350 member agencies, the Alliance strengthens the capacity of our sector to serve children and families with the highest quality service.
The Better Business Bureau Code of Business Practices represents sound advertising, selling and customer service practices that enhance customer trust and confidence in business. The Code is built on the eight BBB principles that summarize important elements of creating and maintaining trust in business and Family Foundations is proud that we Build Trust, Advertise Honestly, Tell the Truth, Be Transparent, Honor Promises, Be Responsive, Safeguard Privacy and Embody Integrity.