Nashville Financial Empowerment Center

Nashville Financial Empowerment Centers provide free, professional financial counseling to Nashvillians citywide.

Nashville’s Centers can help Davidson County residents reduce debt and build assets through free, one-on-one financial counseling incorporated into existing services offered in the city.

Nashvillians can directly call the United Way 2-1-1 Helpline to make an appointment, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Nashville Financial Empowerment Center is a program of the Office of Mayor Karl Dean in partnership with the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville. The program is funded by a grant from the Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Fund, a project of Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Counselors will operate out of the Foster Street Center in east Nashville and in south Nashville at the Casa Azafran Community Center, which serves as the headquarters of Conexion Americas and other organizations. Counselors at Casa Azafran are bi-lingual and can serve Spanish-speaking clients.

Satellite locations are located at Metro Action Commission, Metro Social Services, Nashville Career Advancement Center, and state offices that provide welfare benefits through the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.Walk-in appointments are welcome or appointments can be made by dialing the United Way 2-1-1 Helpline.