College life presents unique financial and personal challenges. This guide illuminates the powerful, yet often overlooked, network of campus resources designed to help students overcome financial strain, access vital support, and build resilience. From emergency funds and re-entry programs to free tax prep and childcare aid, learn exactly how to find and utilize the services you deserve.

Food pantries are a community resource, where people come together to support one another through life’s hardest seasons. If you’re...

A Budgeting Guide to Childcare and Education on a Modest Income.

Lower your bills today! This guide reveals 15 areas to call for discounts on utilities, phone, internet, insurance, credit cards, and more. Plus, expert negotiation psychology!

Starting your career after college? Learn how to find entry-level jobs, build financial stability, budget effectively, and secure affordable housing.

How to Adapt Your Grocery Budget Amid Inflation, Tariffs, and Food Shortages

Essential Steps for Recovery, Aid, and Rebuilding After the Wildfire

Your Guide to Affordable Prescriptions, Healthcare Programs, and Support Services Stretch Your Doctor Visits: Make every doctor visit...

I want to go beyond the usual advice like buy less, buy local, choose secondhand, fix and mend, borrow and swap, choose quality over...

This article is part of the Emergency Budget Series  that offers strategies on how to manage money during economic downturns, pandemics,...

This article is part of the Personal Debt Series , where we offer practical strategies to pay off debt, achieve financial freedom, and...

A directory of government and nonprofit support programs and services for food, housing (also homelessness), education, health, debt and legal services.

Payday loans are not your last hope. They are in fact your first step towards hopelessness.