PRESS RELEASE

Dallas - April 30, 2010 - Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas (CCCS of Greater Dallas), a non-profit provider of credit and housing counseling and financial education, announces the local finalists of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling's 2010 National Be Money Wi$e Poster Contest. This year's contest theme was, "Smart Money Choices = A Brighter Future."

CCCS of Greater Dallas chose local elementary finalists Carlos Pena and Marquis Rollins, fifth graders from John Neely Bryan Elementary in Dallas; middle school finalist Abbey Williams, a seventh grader from Valley View Middle School in Valley View; and high school finalist Katie Dodge, a twelfth grader at the Frisco ISD Career & Technical Education Center. The local winners receive a $25 Target gift card and an NFCC poster contest T-shirt. The entries were submitted into the national contest as the CCCS of Greater Dallas' finalists.

"We are so proud of our local winners," said Todd Mark, vice president of education for CCCS of Greater Dallas. "We hope the poster contest helped the children learn more about developing smart and responsible skills at an early age. We know the younger individuals understand financial literacy, the better chance they have at becoming successful and happy adults."

Students from public or private schools, as well as home-schooled children, were invited to enter the contest. Entries were judged on expression of the theme, artistic style and creativity.

CCCS of Greater Dallas supports the contest because it helps promote the importance of wise money management for people of all ages and encourages the importance of early financial education for America's youth.

For more information on how to get involved in next year's NFCC Be Money Wi$e Poster Contest or for ways CCCS of Greater Dallas can help contribute to area youth financial education, please call 1-800-249-2227 or visit www.cccs.net.

About CCCS of Greater Dallas
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas, Inc. is a nonprofit, community based credit counseling and debt management service. Established in 1974, CCCS of Greater Dallas and its affiliate offices provide financial education and counseling to consumers in-person, by phone, or Internet through their 24 locations in four states. CCCS of Greater Dallas is a HUD approved housing counselor and serves as one of eight counseling agencies supporting the 888-995-HOPE Hotline. The agency is also a member of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), the nation's largest and longest serving national non-profit credit counseling network. To learn more about CCCS of Greater Dallas' free seminars or the agency's services, visit www.cccs.net.

About NFCC
The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), founded in 1951, is the nation's largest and longest serving national nonprofit credit counseling organization. The NFCC's mission is to promote the national agenda for financially responsible behavior and build capacity for its members to deliver the highest quality financial education and counseling services. NFCC Members annually help more than three million consumers through close to 850 community-based offices nationwide. For free and affordable confidential advice through a reputable NFCC member, call1-800-388-2227, (en Español 1-800-682-9832) or visit www.nfcc.org.