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Consumer Credit and Budget Counseling, Inc. d/b/a National Foundation for Debt Management and Warrior Support Services may be reached at 866-799-2122, New Jersey office:
299 South Shore Road, Marmora, NJ 08223.

National Foundation for Debt Management
14104 58th Street North, Clearwater, FL 33760
phone: 800.344.5153 , 727.254.5353

Consumer Credit and Budget Counseling, Inc. d/b/a National Foundation for Debt Management is licensed through NMLS under Unique Identifier # 983706 and status can be verified at https://www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org/. States licensed through NMLS include: AL, CT, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MD, MN, MS, NY, OR, PA, and VT. Each state may assign an additional license number in addition to the NMLS Unique Identifier.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU TO CONSIDER

  1. Debt-management plans are not right for all individuals, and you may ask us to provide information about other ways, including bankruptcy, to deal with your debts.
  2. Using a debt-management plan may hurt your credit rating or credit scores.
  3. We may receive compensation for our services from your creditors.

NFDM is a member of the Better Business Bureau of West Florida and is licensed/ registered in most states. To search NFDM’s status in any state, select from the list below:

State:Web Site Link
AKhttps://www.commerce.alaska.gov/cbp/main/search/entities
ALhttp://sos.alabama.gov/government-records/business-entity-records
ARhttp://www.sos.arkansas.gov/corps/search_all.php
CAhttps://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/
COhttps://coag.gov/office-sections/consumer-protection/consumer-credit-unit/debt-management/
CThttps://portal.ct.gov/DOB/Consumer-Credit-Licenses/Consumer-Credit-Licenses/Debt-Adjusters-Licensed-in-Connecticut
D.C.https://dcra.dc.gov/page/professional-license-lookupsearch
DEhttps://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx
FLhttp://dos.myflorida.com/
A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.” Charity #CH39141 Division’s toll free number: 1-800-HELP-FLA (435-7352), and the Division’s website:
http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Consumer-Resources
GAhttps://verify.sos.ga.gov/verification/Search.aspx?facility=Y
HIhttps://cca.hawaii.gov/businesscheck/
IAhttp://www.idob.state.ia.us/
IDhttps://www.finance.idaho.gov
ILhttp://www.idfpr.com/DFI/CCD/ccd_licensees.asp
INhhttp://www.in.gov/dfi/index.htm
KShttp://www.osbckansas.org   License CSO.0019045
KYhttps://app.sos.ky.gov/ftsearch/
LAhttps://coraweb.sos.la.gov/CommercialSearch/CommercialSearch.aspx
MAhttp://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx
MDhttp://www.dllr.state.md.us/finance
By entering into an agreement with the Debt Management Services Provider, the consumer authorizes any financial institution in which the licensee has established a trust account for deposit of the consumer’s funds, to disclose to the Commissioner any financial records relating to the trust account during the course of any investigation or examination of the licensee by the Commissioner. The Commissioner of Financial Regulation for the State of Maryland will accept any questions and complaints from Maryland residents regarding Consumer Credit & Budget Counseling, Inc., d/b/a National Foundation for Debt Management (License #14-70) at 500 North Calvert Street, Room 402, Baltimore, MD 21202, phone 1-888-784-0136.
MEhttp://www.maine.gov/sos/
MNhttps://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/Search
MOhttps://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BESearch.aspx?SearchType=0
MShttps://corp.sos.ms.gov/corp/portal/c/page/corpBusinessIdSearch/portal.aspx
MThttps://dojmt.gov/consumer/debt-relief/
NChttps://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/search/by_title/_Business_Registration
NDhttp://www.state.nd.us/sec/
NEhttp://www.sos.ne.gov/licensing/debt.html
NJhttp://www.state.nj.us/dobi/division_consumers/finance/counselors.html
NMhttp://www.sos.state.nm.us
NVhttp://nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/corpsearch.aspx
NYhttp://www.dfs.ny.gov/banking/budgetplanner.htm
OHhttp://www.state.oh.us/sos
OKhttps://www.sos.ok.gov/
ORhttps://dfr.oregon.gov/help/complaints-licenses/Pages/check-license.aspx
PAhttps://www.corporations.pa.gov/Search/corpsearch
SChttps://consumer.sc.gov/licensee-lookup
SDhttps://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/FilingSearch.aspx
TNhttp://verify.tn.gov//
TXhttps://www.sos.state.tx.us/index.html
UThttp://consumerprotection.utah.gov/consumerinfo/lists.html?list=DMS
VThttps://dfr.vermont.gov/consumers/verify-license
VAhttp://www.scc.virginia.gov/bfi/reg_inst/credit.aspx
Consumer Credit and Budget Counseling, Inc. is licensed by the Virginia State Corporation Commission under license number DC-34.
WAhttp://www.secstate.wa.gov/
WIhttp://www.wdfi.org/fi/lfs/
WVhttp://www.sos.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx
WYhttp://soswy.state.wy.us/