Financial Resources
Below you will find resources to help with financial issues such as money and debt management, personal or family budgeting, and financial aid.
Financial Resources
Below you will find resources to help with financial issues such as money and debt management, personal or family budgeting, and financial aid.
FEAP consultants can provide initial assessment and referral to resources related to topics such as:
All UVA employees and their immediate family members.
Contact FEAP for a list of community resources that may be of assistance: 434-243-2643.
UVA Community Credit Union offers a number of services to help with money management, including:
Education Library
A resource for online education materials, including the Home & Family Finance Resource Center and It's a Money Thing program!
Guide to Balancing Your Checkbook
Sooner or later, anyone having a share draft/checking account learns that an essential part of managing a checkbook is balancing it. This is an easy task if kept up-to-date, but a nightmare if not.
Steps to Creating a Budget
Budget Blueprint encourages consumers to develop their own spending plans. This easy-to-use budget work sheet will help you see where your money is going and will help you adjust your spending where needed. The new online format allows you to input expenses and income while listing individual savings goals. It's a quick way to see where you are financially and plan for where you want to be.
Debt Reduction Strategies
Review a list of articles, calculators, videos, and news to learn more about debt reduction strategies.
Effective Strategies for Saving
Review a list of articles, calculators, and news on effective strategies for saving and investing.
Personal Financial Manager
Central Finance is a personal financial management tool designed to allow users of UVA Community Credit Union Online Banking to manage financial accounts including checking, savings, credit cards, loans, and investments attached to multiple financial institutions all in the convenience of one safe and secure online site.
Anyone who lives, works or attends school in the greater Charlottesville area may join.
Phone: 434.964.2001
Or visit the website below for branch locations
UVA COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION WEBSITEPiedmont Housing Alliance counselors can help you in planning out your monthly and yearly income, expenses and savings.
They can also help you understand what is in your credit report. You need to bring a copy of your report from www.annualcreditreport.com to your first appointment or a report and FICO scores can be pulled for you for a fee of $25 per report.
Without any expense to you, a counselor can also help you understand how to build credit.
Fill out and submit the intake form and a counselor will contact you to get started.
Or call: 434.817.2436
PIEDMONT HOUSING ALLIANCE PERSONAL FINANCE RESOURCESHere are helpful articles from the Federal Trade Commission Consumer Information (FTCCI) that may offer assistance:
UVA Community Credit Union offers products and services to help you meet your investment goals. Through Member Wealth Management, a full-service financial advisory program located at UVA Community Credit Union, members are provided with financial management services at no cost or obligation.
Phone: 434.964.2001
Or check the website below for branch locations
UVA COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION WEBSITEThe UVA Employee Assistance Fund (EAF) serves as a resource for UVA Academic employees who experience a financial hardship due to an unexpected and non-recurring need. The EAF can assist eligible employees in meeting basic needs when no other sources of monetary support are available through providing grants and financial counseling to the employee.
UVA employees within the Academic Division and the College at Wise can submit a request for funding from the EAF for help meeting unexpected, one-time basic needs, such as those related to housing, utilities, food, and transportation. These requests can be easily submitted through Workday.
Please read details on applying or donating to the Fund on the EAF website.
If you have questions, contact Stuart Munson, UVA Community Resource Specialist:
Phone: 434.243.3673
Email: scm5rw@virginia.edu
UVA Health Patient Financial Services can help you find financial aid to cover your medical expenses, such as through UVA Financial Aid or the UVA Discount Program. Financial aid services are free.
Eligibility requirements include:
You do not have health insurance or workers’ compensation
You are not negotiating a personal injury settlement with a third party that pertains to the reason you were seen
You do not qualify for any other financial assistance program
Phone: 434.924.8718 or 866.320.9659
Email financialassistance@virginia.edu
UVA HEALTH PATIENT FINANCIAL SERVICES WEBSITEAlliance for Interfaith Ministries (AIM) helps qualified clients stay in their homes and avoid eviction. AIM provides case management to ensure clients receive the wrap-around services necessary to support them through their crisis.
The following criteria must be fulfilled in order to receive AIM Assistance:
To apply for AIM emergency assistance, please fill out the form below and you will be called to discuss your application:
AIM WEBSITEThe Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides eligible families with a monthly cash payment to meet their basic needs. The exact amount provided monthly depends on income.
To be eligible for this program, the child must be:
Virginia's TANF program emphasize personal responsibility. Participants may be provided with services such as job skills training, work experience, job readiness training, child care assistance, transportation, and other work related expenses.
You can apply for TANF and other State of Virginia benefits on the CommonHelp website
or
in person at 1600 Fifth St, Charlottesville where someone can help you fill in the forms.
TANF INFORMATION WEBSITEThe City of Charlottesville is providing grants to help lower and middle income homeowners with paying their property taxes. Homeowners who are behind on their property taxes, or who need help with their taxes, may be able to receive grants of $375 or $525 depending on applicant income.
The funds provided will be applied to the December property tax bill of qualified Charlottesville homeowners once their application is approved by the City.
Among eligibility requirements include:
Call 434.970.3333
PROPERTY TAX ASSISTANCE WEBSITEThe Malcolm Cole Child Development Center (CDC) Scholarship is funded through a generous endowment gifted by Mrs. Cole. The endowment allows for scholarships to be awarded to Medical Center employees who currently have children enrolled at the Malcolm Cole CDC.
Scholarships are offered on a need basis to Full and Part-Time benefits eligible employees to help meet the cost of current tuition. Applications open on July 1st each year.
Eligibility requirements include:
Award are assigned at $500, $750, or $1,000 per year until the annual endowment funding is depleted.
Phone: 434.243.2643
Email: feap@virginia.edu attn: Community Resource Specialist
Here are local resources available to assist in preparing taxes.
The United Way has a limited number of appointments this year and with limited tax situations. All the details are listed at www.cvilletaxaid.org, including a number to call, the process, and a link to make appointments.
They are also offering a new opportunity to file by yourself thanks to a partnership among the national United Way office, the IRS, and TaxSlayer, making it free to use and file online!
Visit www.MyFreeTaxes.com and select “By Myself”. You will enter your contact information to receive an email with the link to the free software. There is also an option if you want to file with assistance.
Cville Tax Aid initially serves those households whose annual household income is less than $57,000, AND, who have basic returns, e.g., no home ownership, no itemizing deductions, no investment income, no IRA distributions, etc.
Please call Cville Tax Aid to determine if you are eligible.
Phone: 434.459.0504
If you have further questions please contact Tameka Anderson at 434.972.1710 or tanderson@unitedwaycville.org.
For general program information please contact Laura Faye Groff, at 434.972.1702 or lfgroff@unitedwaycville.org.
CVILLE TAX AID WEBSITE