Outreach & Training
Consumer Action’s multilingual and multicultural Community Outreach Managers counsel consumers, offer technical advice, conduct train-the-trainer workshops and presentations at community events and national conferences and provide expert analysis and commentary to English, Spanish and Chinese media on a variety of consumer issues. Aware that the best way to reach vulnerable consumer populations is to work with trusted community entities, Consumer Action’s outreach staff leverages our national network of nearly 7,000 community-based organizations by providing… Read More »
Our Events
News and photos about Consumer Action's recent activities and events.
- Webinars explain new cross-border credit reporting tool (Apr 05, 2018)
Consumer Action and Nova Credit Inc., a cross-border credit reporting agency, join forces to co-host two webinars on May 9… - Consumer Action, Albert to host financial technology webinars (Feb 27, 2018)
Albert Genius is the first financial service of its kind – a team of human financial experts at your fingertips.… - Webinars teach CBO partners how to help clients deal with debt collectors (Aug 04, 2017)
Consumer Action and the Consumer Relations Consortium (CRC) cohosted two June debt collection webinars for Consumer Action’s network partners and… - Debt collection trainings a big success (Jun 05, 2017)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reported that in in 2016 it handled a whopping 88,000 debt collection complaints from… - Consumer Action, FICO co-host credit, financial counseling webinars (Mar 05, 2017)
FICO® Score Open Access for Credit & Financial Counseling is a valuable program that enables credit and financial counseling providers… - Consumer Empowerment Conference a huge success (Jan 05, 2017)
- Debt collection resources empower those who owe (Dec 05, 2016)
Every year, millions of people must deal with the consequences of delinquent debt. To help these consumers understand their rights… - Financial and retirement planning at your doorstep (Sep 05, 2016)
Consumer Action and the non-profit National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) have joined forces to offer an ongoing webinar series… - Coast-to-coast trainings on IP transition and prepaid cards (Mar 31, 2016)
Consumer Action's Linda Williams and Nelson Santiago recently traveled from coast to coast conducting trainings and workshops to educate community-based… - Consumer Action held Prepaid Card training sessions in San Diego (Mar 29, 2016)
Consumer Action recently held a community training for nonprofits in San Diego for our "Choosing a prepaid card" project sponsored by Visa… - MoneyWi$e webinars teach about credit and identity theft (Oct 05, 2015)
Two informative web-based trainings developed by Consumer Action under its Moneywi$e financial literacy partnership sponsored by Capital One recently provided… - Consumer Action hosts community financial inclusion trainings (Jun 05, 2015)
The Checking and Savings Accounts: A wise choice educational module is designed to… - Five and counting for Consumer Action’s National Conference (Jan 05, 2015)
Now in its fifth year, the Consumer Action National Consumer Empowerment Conference is a hub for community activists who… - Serving America's servicemembers, military families and veterans (Dec 05, 2014)
Last July, Consumer Action announced it was joining forces with the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE),… - Helping servicemembers and vets protect their finances (Sep 05, 2014)
Consumer Action has just launched a new suite of educational materials designed to enable servicemembers and veterans to recognize…
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