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San Diego, CA - Annual
continuing education requirements are a fact of life for
many professionals who hold state licenses for teaching or
nursing and also for selling insurance and securities.
Continuing education units (CEUs) are also required of
people who have earned a professional designation, such as
RFC - Registered Financial Consultant, which is overseen
by the International Association of Registered Financial
Consultants (IARFC). The IARFC is to financial planners,
what the Society of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs)
are to their members. CEUs are required by these
professional organizations from the members in order to
maintain their designations and be able to display them
after their name on business cards and letterheads.
The San Diego based, award winning, Institute of Consumer
Financial Education, has certification, credit and
budgeting education programs that are accepted for
continuing education units by a variety of professional
organizations nationwide. Among the numerous professional
organizations are the IARFC, for Certified financial
planners, (CFPs), the CFP Board of Standards and
Practices, the National Association of Certified Credit
Counselors (NACCC), and the Association for Counseling and
Planning Education (AFCPE) to mention a few. Applications
are pending before many other state and national groups.
The ICFE's Certification Programs accepted for CEUs:
• Certified Credit Report Reviewer
• Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist
• Certified Personal Finance Instructor for the ICFE's The
Money Instruction Book
Credit and Financial Education Programs available through the ICFE
accepted for CEUs:
• Credit When Credit Is Due
• Guide To Budgeting
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About the ICFE:
About the
ICFE:
The Institute of Consumer Financial Education (ICFE), founded in 1982 by the
late Loren Dunton (creator of the “certified financial planner” (CFP)
designation) and it is dedicated to helping consumers of all ages to improve
their spending, increase savings and use credit more wisely. The ICFE trains and
certifies Personal Finance Instructors for its own curriculum. It also trains
and certifies Credit Report Reviewers and Identity Theft Prevention Specialists.
The ICFE is an award winning, nonprofit, consumer education organization that
has helped millions of people through its education programs and resources. It
publishes the Do-It-Yourself Credit File correction Guide, now in its 16th
printing and has distributed over one million “Credit/Debit Card Warning Labels”
and “Credit/Debit Card Sleeves” world wide.
The ICFE became an official partner with the Department of Defense/Financial
Readiness Campaign in June of 2004.
The ICFE is also a partner in the national Jump$tart Coalition for Financial
Literacy and the California Jump$tart chapter. The ICFE staff is also active
with San Diego Saves, an offshoot of America Saves, and the California Student
Debt Resource Awareness Project (CASDRAP) (studentdebthelp.org).
The ICFE’s on-line help for consumers who spend too much was featured in PARADE
Magazine in the Intelligence Report section. The money helps and tips are from
“The Money Instruction Book,” a course in personal finance, positioned to become
among the premier programs in the new bankruptcy and debtor education
initiatives.
The ICFE Web site at:
http://www.icfe.info helps consumers with mending spending, learning about
the proper use of credit, budget and expense guidelines, how to set up and
implement a spending-plan and also how to access financial education courses and
videos and how to teach children about money. Other ICFE services include a free
eNewsletter, and an online resource center of financial education learning
tools, including videos, books, software and personal finance courses.
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