Housing & Financial Education Center 114 19th Street Rock Island, IL 61201 (309) 788-6311

GROWTH's Housing & Financial Education Center, located at 114 19th Street, Rock Island, IL advances GROWTH’s efforts to reach under-served people throughout the region with innovative housing and financial education resources while providing excellent customer service. 

The mission of the Center is to provide fair and equal access to critical housing resources for under-served populations in an effort to promote wealth-building opportunities.
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Housing Programs
Through the Housing and Financial Education Center, GROWTH is able to provide enhanced access to its programs and financial services that include the following programs:

• Homebuyer Downpayment Assistance
• Homeowner Rehabilitation Assistance Programs
• Financial Education & Literacy Counseling
• Foreclosure Prevention & Intervention

Foreclosure Prevention 
​GROWTH was recently awarded Foreclosure Prevention Program Funds that provides enhanced counseling services for those that are at risk of foreclosure. Foreclosure Prevention Program funds are used to increase GROWTH’s capacity to provide foreclosure prevention outreach and housing counseling, specifically assisting in the following areas:

• Pre-purchase home ownership counseling
• Post-purchase home ownership counseling
• Foreclosure education
• Foreclosure prevention outreach programs

GROWTH has a HUD certified housing counselor on staff to assist anyone in need of financial education, housing counseling, and foreclosure prevention services. GROWTH has offers pre-purchase and post-purchase counseling, foreclosure prevention/ intervention counseling, owner-occupied rehabilitation programs, purchase-rehabilitation programs and other down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

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Pre-purchase & Post purchase housing counseling

Through the Housing and Financial Education Center, GROWTH is able to provide enhanced access to its programs and financial services, such as pre-purchase counseling for those considering purchasing a home, and post purchase counseling. GROWTH is a HUD certified counseling agency. 

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foreclosure prevention 

GROWTH was recently awarded Foreclosure Prevention Program Funds that provides enhanced counseling services for those that are at risk of foreclosure. Foreclosure Prevention Program funds are used to increase GROWTH’s capacity to provide foreclosure prevention outreach and housing counseling to those who are facing foreclosure. 
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FINANCIAL LITERACY 

GROWTH offers Financial Education and Literacy Training to help individuals follow the signs to financial success. Some of the topics we discuss are  money management principals, understanding your credit, preparing for home-ownership or rental, and personalized goal setting. 

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