Wealth-Building
Resource Guide
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK INTRODUCTION
OF DALLAS The following resources can be used to learn more about building per-
Eleventh District sonal wealth. The list includes sources of information on financial liter-
Northern Louisiana, acy, saving and investing, and budget and debt management. This
Southern New Mexico guide is not intended to be all-inclusive; there are many additional
and Texas national, state and local resources that can provide additional informa-
tion on building wealth for a more secure financial future.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
American Savings Education Federal Consumer
ELECTRONIC Council Information Center
TRANSFER ACCOUNT 2121 K St., N.W., Suite 600 “Looking for the Best Mortgage:
Washington, DC 20037-1896 Shop, Compare, Negotiate”
The Electronic Transfer Account, (202) 775-9130 .O.
P Box 600
or ETAsm, allows you to have your www.asec.org Cumberland, MD 21501-0600
(800) 688-9889
federal benefit, wage, salary and
Choose to Save® www.consumer.gov
retirement payments deposited Education Program www.pueblo.gsa.gov
directly into your bank account Employee Benefit Research
— automatically, electronically Institute/American Savings Financial Services
Education Council Education Coalition
and safely. Open a low-cost ETA
2121 K St., N.W., Suite 600 “Helping People in Your
at a federally insured bank, credit Washington, DC 20037-1896 Community Understand Basic
union, or savings and loan. (202) 775-9130 Financial Services”
Financial institutions offering www.choosetosave.org Financial Management Service,
U.S. Treasury
the ETA have decals in their win-
Consumer Federation of America 401 14th Street, S.W., Room 304D
dows or lobbies identifying them 1424 16th St., N.W., Suite 604 Washington, DC 20227
as certified ETA providers. To Washington, DC 20036 (202) 874-6908 or
find an ETA provider in your (202) 387-6121 fax: (202) 874-7321
www.consumerfed.org susan.alvarez@fms.treas.gov
area, visit the ETA web site,
www.eta-find.gov, or call toll-free, Fannie Mae Board of Governors
(888) 382-3311. For the hearing 3900 Wisconsin Ave., N.W. of the Federal Reserve System
impaired, the TDD number is Washington, DC 20016-2899 20th & C Streets, N.W.
(202) 752-7000 Washington, DC 20551
(877) 326-5833.
www.fanniemae.com (202) 785-6032
www.homepath.com www.fms.treas.gov/eft/educ/
educmain.html
Freddie Mac SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT Texas Tomorrow Fund
8200 Jones Branch Drive INFORMATION (College Investment Fund)
McLean, VA 22102-3110 208 E. 10th St., Suite 206
(703) 903-2000 Austin, TX 78701
Corporation for Enterprise
www.freddiemac.com (800) 445-4723
Development
www.texastomorrowfund.com
“What Are Individual Development
Jump$tart Coalition
Accounts?”
for Personal Financial Literacy U.S. Department of the Treasury
777 N. Capitol St., N.E., Suite 410
919 18th St., N.W., Third Floor Bureau of the Public Debt
Washington, DC 20002
Washington, DC 20006 999 E St., N.W.
(202) 408-9788
(202) 466-8610 Washington, DC 20239-0001
www.cfed.org
www.jumpstartcoalition.org (202) 874-4000
www.treasurydirect.gov
Federal Trade Commission
National Community
Sixth Street & Pennsylvania
Reinvestment Coalition Financial U.S. Securities and Exchange
Avenue, N.W.
Literacy Campaign Commission
Washington, DC 20580
3300 Lyons Ave., Suite 203A Office of Investor Education
(202) 326-1000
Houston, TX 77020 and Assistance
www.ftc.gov
(713) 672-9110 450 Fifth St., N.W.
www.ncrc.org Washington, DC 20549
National Association of Securities
(800) 732-0330
Dealers, Inc. (NASDAQ)
National Council www.sec.gov
1735 K St., N.W.
on Economic Education
Washington, DC 20006-1500
1140 Avenue of the Americas
(800) 289-9999 BUDGET AND DEBT
New York, NY 10036
www.investor.nasd.com
(212) 730-7007 MANAGEMENT
www.nationalcouncil.org
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
1800 K St., N.W., Suite 1100 American Consumer Credit
National Endowment for Financial Counseling, Inc.
Washington, DC 20006
Education (NEFE) 24 Crescent St.
(212) 656-3000
5299 DTC Blvd., Suite 1300 Waltham, MA 02453
www.nyse.com
Englewood, CO 80111-3334 (800) 769-3571
(303) 224-3510 www.consumercredit.com
Securities Industry Association
www.nefe.org
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10271 Credit Bureau of Greater
(212) 618-1500 Shreveport
www.sia.com 620 Crockett St.
Shreveport, LA 71101
Standard & Poors (318) 222-4701
55 Water St.
New York, NY 10041 Credit Counseling
(212) 438-2000 Centers of America
www.standardpoor.com 888 S. Greenville Ave.
www.personalwealth.com Richardson, TX 75081
(972) 235-5222
Myvesta (formerly Debt Consumer Credit Consumer Credit
Counselors of America) Counseling Service Counseling Service
“Facts for Consumers: 1065 S. Main St. Corsicana Southland Building
Choosing and Using Credit Cards” Las Cruces, NM 88005-2974 200 N. 13th St., Suite 208
6 Taft Court, Suite 200 (505) 527-2585 Corsicana, TX 75110
Rockville, MD 20850 (903) 874-2227
(800) 680-3328 www.cccs.net
www.myvesta.org Texas
Consumer Credit
National Foundation Consumer Credit Counseling Counseling Service
for Consumer Credit Service of Abilene, Texas, Inc. of Greater Dallas, Inc.
8611 Second Ave., Suite 100 241 Pine St., Suite 7A 8737 King George Drive, Suite 200
Silver Spring, MD 20910 Abilene, TX 79601 Dallas, TX 75235-2273
(301) 589-5600 (800) 374-2227 (214) 638-2227
www.nfcc.org www.unitedwayabilene.org (214) 638-2263 (Tel. Counseling)
(800) 249-2227 (Tel. Counseling)
Consumer Credit www.cccs.net
CONSUMER CREDIT Counseling Service
COUNSELING SERVICES 6300 I-40 W., Suite 106 Consumer Credit
Amarillo, TX 79106 Counseling Services
Louisiana (806) 358-2221 of El Paso, Texas
(800) 878-2227 (Tel. Counseling) 6028 Surety Drive, Suite 202
Consumer Credit www.cccs.net El Paso, TX 79905
Counseling Service (915) 774-5000
8575 Business Park Drive Consumer Credit www.ywcaelpaso.org
Shreveport, LA 71105 Counseling Service
(318) 795-0803 201 E. Abram St., Suite 730 Consumer Credit
Arlington, TX 76010 Counseling Service
(817) 461-2227 1320 S. University Drive, Suite 200
New Mexico www.cccs.net Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 732-2227
Consumer Credit Consumer Credit
Counseling Service Counseling Service Consumer Credit
700 First St. 203 N. Prairieville, Suite 104 Counseling Service
Alamogordo, NM 88310-6527 Athens, TX 75751 2200 Market St., Suite 602
(505) 439-1142 (800) 886-2227 Galveston, TX 77558
www.cccs.net (409) 762-2227
Consumer Credit
Counseling Service Consumer Credit Consumer Credit
of Clovis, New Mexico Counseling Service Counseling Services
1800 Sheffield Drive, Suite B 1221 W. Ben White Blvd. of the Gulf Coast Area, Inc.
Clovis, NM 88101 Austin, TX 78704-6668 4600 Gulf Freeway
(505) 763-2227 (512) 447-0711 Houston, TX 77023
www.cccs.net (713) 923-2227
Consumer Credit www.cccsintl.org
Counseling Service
1706 South Padre Island Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78416-1339
(361) 854-4357
Consumer Credit Consumer Credit BOOKS QUOTED
Counseling Service Counseling Service IN PUBLICATION
Las Colinas Business Park 2626 John Ben Shepperd Parkway
4322 N. Belt Line Road, Suite B-207 Odessa, TX 79761
Getting Rich in America:
Irving, TX 75038 (915) 550-8910
8 Simple Rules for Building a
(972) 255-0079
Fortune and a Satisfying Life
www.cccs.net Consumer Credit
Dwight R. Lee and
Counseling Service
Richard B. McKenzie
Consumer Credit Communications Center
1999, Harper Business
Counseling Service 1006 N. Mallard
Hibernia Bank Palestine, TX 75801
It’s About the Money!
222 S. Ragsdale St., Suite 301 (800) 396-2227
The Fourth Movement of the
Jacksonville, TX 75766 www.cccs.net
Freedom Symphony: How to Build
(800) 396-2227
Wealth, Get Access to Capital,
www.cccs.net Consumer Credit
and Achieve Your Financial Dreams
Counseling Service
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Consumer Credit 6851 Citizens Parkway, Suite 100
and Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Counseling Service San Antonio, TX 78229
with Mary Gotschall
5215 McPherson Ave., Suite 101 (210) 979-4300
1999, Times Business/Random
Laredo, TX 78041
House
(956) 791-3328 Consumer Credit
Counseling Service
Consumer Credit Woodgate Centre The Millionaire Next Door:
Counseling Service 1001 E.S.E. Loop 323, Suite 250 The Surprising Secrets of
Longview Bank & Trust Building Tyler, TX 75701 America’s Wealthy
1800 N.W. Loop 281, Suite 201 (903) 581-6691 Thomas J. Stanley
Longview, TX 75604 www.cccs.net and William D. Danko
(903) 297-2900 1996, Longstreet
www.cccs.net Consumer Credit
Counseling Service
Consumer Credit Comerica Bank Building
Counseling Service 820 Ferris Ave., Suite 375
Bank One Building Waxahachie, TX 75165
101 E. Austin, Suite 209 (972) 938-9672
Marshall, TX 75670 www.cccs.net
(800) 577-2227
www.cccs.net Consumer Credit This publication was produced by
Counseling Service the Community Affairs Office of the
Consumer Credit Bank One Tower Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Counseling Services 4245 Kemp, Suite 502
of North Central Texas Wichita Falls, TX 76308 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
901 N. McDonald, Suite 600 (940) 696-2227 Public Affairs Department
McKinney, TX 75069 www.cccs.net 2200 N. Pearl St.
(800) 856-0257 Dallas, TX 75201
www.cccsnct.org (214) 922-5377
(800) 333-4460 ext. 5377
www.dallasfed.org
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