Losing Sleep Over Bills? CCCS/Atlanta Now Offers 24-hour Assistance

Losing

Sleep Over Bills? CCCS/Atlanta Now Offers 24-hour

Assistance

If you're waking up in the

middle of the night worrying about overdue bills, you can

now pick up the phone and speak with a certified credit

counselor. Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Atlanta

has qualified professionals available to help consumers

24-hours a day.

"We've

expanded our counseling staff to provide services

24-hours a day, seven days a week for consumers who are

experiencing difficulties with their finances," says

Suzanne Boas, president of CCCS/Atlanta. "Money

problems can be very distracting and disruptive. We want

to make sure that consumers receive help immediately."

In

addition to its eleven branch locations, Consumer Credit

Counseling Service began offering telephone counseling

three years ago. Theconvenience and privacy of telephone

assistance has proven extremely popular with consumers.

Telephone counseling now accounts for over 50% of all

counseling appointments scheduled. Internet counseling on

the agency's Web site, www.cccsatlanta.org , was launched

last August.

For

more information about personal finances, contact CCCS.

Consumer Credit Counseling Service is a nonprofit,

community service organization that provides free credit

counseling and offers debt repayment plans for consumers

who are overextended. CCCS negotiates with creditors to

reduce or eliminate interest charges for clients who

repay their creditors through a CCCS Debt Repayment Plan.

Headquartered

in Atlanta, CCCS has offices in Athens, Carrollton,

Decatur, Douglasville, Fayetteville, Gainesville,

Marietta, Norcross, Rome, Toccoa and throughout the

metropolitan Atlanta area. Telephone counseling and

online counseling are available seven days a week. For 24-hour

access to schedule an appointment, call 404-527-7630 in

Atlanta. Outside Atlanta call 1-800-251-CCCS. Consumers

can access CCCS on the Internet at www.cccsatl.org. The

agency's TTY number for the hearing impaired is

770-716-9666.