Tutorial: Meet One-on-One with a Financial Counselor

Friday, 1/31/2025
9:00 - 5:00
Study Room 441
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400
Register

Make an appointment for free, confidential basic financial guidance for anyone living, working or receiving services in San Francisco regardless of citizenship status. Coaches are fluent in Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin with additional translation services as requested. Counseling sessions are in-person or virtual. On Fridays, only remote sessions are available from 9am - 12 pm.
 

Learn to: 

  • Establish or improve your credit score  
  • Increase your savings
  • Open a safe and affordable bank account   
  • Assess your public benefit options 
  • Navigate any changes in your income or expenses   
  • Communicate with loan servicers and debt collectors
  • Manage and reduce your debt  
  • Investing and retirement advice is not provided 

 

San Francisco Financial Counseling (previously Smart Money Coaching) is provided by the Office of Financial Empowerment

 

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Personal Finance

Get expert help in managing your finances and learn how to make well-informed financial decisions about spending, saving, taxes, investing, retirement, estate planning and more.

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

Attending Programs

All programs are drop-in (no registration necessary) unless otherwise noted. All SFPL locations are wheelchair accessible. For accommodations (such as ASL), call (415) 557-4557 or contact accessibility@sfpl.org. Requesting at least 3 business days in advance will help ensure availability.

This program will be conducted in English unless otherwise noted.

Notice: This event may be filmed or photographed. By participating in this event, you consent to have your likeness used for the Library’s archival purposes and promotional materials. If you do not want to be photographed, please inform a staff person or the photographer. A sticker will be provided to help identify you so that we can avoid capturing your image.

Public Notice and Disclaimer

This program uses a third-party website link. By clicking on the third-party website link, you will leave SFPL's website and enter a website not operated by SFPL. This service may collect personally identifying information about you, such as name, username, email address, and password. This service will treat the information it collects about you pursuant to its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of each third-party website or service that you visit or use, including those third parties with whom you interact through our Library services. For more information about these third-party links, please see the section of SFPL’s Privacy Policy describing Links to Other Sites.

The views and opinions expressed in programs presented by groups unaffiliated with SFPL do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SFPL or the City.