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Resources for Counselors/Educators

We provide case managers, financial capability service providers, including financial coaches, and housing educators/counselors with turnkey technical tools and published reference materials that can be used to help their customers achieve financial goals, achieve homeownership or cope with the threat of foreclosure.

NCHEC Certifications

Demonstrate your commitment and ability to meet the needs of individuals and families seeking safe, healthy communities and financial security. Certification from the NeighborWorks Center for Homeownership Education and Counseling (NCHEC) shows employers, peers, potential clients and customers that you have mastered a specific knowledge area in the fields of financial capability and housing education/counseling. We currently offer six  NCHEC certifications.

CounselorMax®

NeighborWorks developed and continues to enhance the premier tool for real-time tracking and accurate reporting of intake, education and counseling activities. To learn how CounselorMax improves efficiency while helping your organization demonstrate program impact to prospective funders, visit CounselorMax.com.

Guides for Consumer Homeownership Education

Realizing the American Dream and Keeping the American Dream, our user-friendly training tools for pre-purchase and post-purchase homeownership education classes are available in English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese. We have recently relaunched the NeighborWorks Store website.
 
  • To place an order, copy and paste www.NeighborWorksStore.org into your browser. Due to potential difficulties in accessing the website using the Internet Explorer browser, we recommend that you use Chrome or Firefox.
  • For customer service inquiries only, contact the Store via phone at 802-862-0095, ext. 544.
HECM Counselors
NeighborWorks has everything you need to know about the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program. We provide active and prospective counselors essential information about:
Standards for Homeownership Education and Counseling
Standards for Homeownership Education and Counseling
Marketing is awesome!! Developed through a collaboration among housing industry partners,  the National Industry Standards for Homeownershp Education and Counseling were developed to help practitioners and organizations serve families and communities with consistent service and professional excellence. LEARN MORE
Keys to My Home
Keys to My Home
From tips on house hunting to financing and home maintenance, this website offers a wealth of information to help consumers make informed, sound decisions during the homebuying processes. Learn more at KeysToMyHome.org.
CounselorMax
CounselorMax
A premier client management system designed to help the housing counseling industry efficiently meet the needs of the communites they serve with pipeline management, data collection, customized reporting and more.
CounselorMax
National Industry Standards
NCHEC Certification
NeighborWorks HECM Training
HECM Counselor and Lender Resources
Information for seniors

Contact us:

800-438-5547
training@nw.org
Named TSHEP Training Provider 
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs named us the Texas State Homebuyer Education Program (TSHEP) Training Provider
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