Want to open a new checking or savings account and do it right?
Have you been denied opening an account?
Having trouble managing your present account and being charged a lot of fees?
Come to 
This program will qualify you to obtain or better manage checking account services. Join over 200 Jacksonville residents who have graduated from Get Checking and are saving over $200 per year by using mainstream banking instead of paycheck cashers and money orders. See what Jacksonville participants say about their Get Checking experience.
Having an account is:
*Safer
*More Convenient
*Less expensive
*A way to access other financial services, like car and home loans
You will learn:
*How to choose an account that is right for you, including low-cost checking options and how to avoid costly fees
*How to balance your checking account
*How your account relationship can help you establish credit and access other services.
Click here for the GET CHECKING brochure. Click here for a schedule of classes through 2008. Print the brochure and mail the tear off registration form with the registration fee. Register at least three days prior to the class. Order your ChexSystems report (1-800-428-9623) and your TeleCheck report (1-800-835-3243) and bring them to class. Because this program is now a part of the US Treasury Dept. Financial Access Pilot for Jacksonville, it is FREE until Dec. 31, 2009.
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Class Schedule
Location: Duval County Extension, 1010 N McDuff Ave
Jacksonville, FL 32254 (yellow brick building on northwest corner of Commonwealth and McDuff, 1.5 miles north of I-10)
| Date |
Time |
| Wednesday, September 10, 2008 |
9:30am - 4:30pm |
| Saturday, September 27, 2008 |
9:30am - 4:30pm |
| Wednesday, October 8, 2008 |
9:30am - 4:30pm |
| Wednesdays, October 22 & 29, 2008 |
5:30am - 8:30pm |
| Saturday, November 15, 2008 |
9:30am - 4:30pm |
|
Wednesdays, December 3 & 10 |
5:30am - 8:30pm |
Financial Institution Partners
Community First Credit Union, 904-354-8537
Everbank, 904-350-7523
Fifth Third Bank, 904-899-5589
Florida Telco Credit Union, 904-723-6300
HealthAmerica Credit Union, 904-296-1292
Jax Federal Credit Union, 904-475-8000
Regions Bank, 281-7675
SunTrust, 1-800-suntrust
VyStar Credit Union, 904-777-6000
Promotional Partners
Family Foundations, 904-396-4846
Real Sense Prosperity Campaign, 904-940-0296
Florida Dept. of Financial Services, Jacksonville, 904-798-5817
Educational Partner & Program Coordinator
Anita McKinney
Duval County Extension Educator
1010 N. McDuff Ave. (Map)
Jacksonville, FL 32254
904-387-8850