Financial Readiness
Counseling, planning, and the certification route for spouses who want to do this work.
A budget survives a move or it does not, and the difference is usually settled weeks before anybody packs.
Money questions a move makes harder: what happens to a budget when one income stops for six months, which benefits travel and which do not, and what to do first when the orders arrive.
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AFCPE Find an Accredited Financial Counselor, and the route to becoming one
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FINRA Investor Education Foundation Free financial capability tools, education and research
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FINRA Foundation Fellowship Qualifying Military Spouses earn the AFC certification at no cost
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Military OneSource Free financial counseling, by phone or video
About all of it: what members share here is experience and general information, not professional advice. Money, housing, health, immigration and federal employment all turn on facts particular to you, and the right person to weigh those is a licensed professional who knows your situation. Organizations named or linked anywhere on this site are shared for your information and are not endorsements.
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