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Removing Barriers to Reentry: Legal Financial Obligations

Time: Webinar—1 hour

Training Purpose
1. To offer an overview of the barriers to reentry and the resources available.
2. Introduce legal financial obligations (LFO’s) and an overview of relief criteria.

By the end of the training, you will be able to:
1. Identify types of LFO’s and resources for removing barriers to successful
community reentry in Washington state.
2. Know where to find resources for addressing LFO’s, including expired LFO’s
and criteria for relief.
3. Identify legal resources to assist clients.

“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the
dissemination of truth.” ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

An Overview of Medical Debt

CEU Credit Pending
Time: Webinar—1 hour

Training Purpose:
The workshop offers an overview of Medical Debt and strategies for mitigating
debt and the resources available to provide you with:

1. An overview of the financial impact on individuals and families with medical
debt issues.
2. Provide an understanding of how medical debt is different from other forms
of debt.

By the end of the training, you will be able to:
1. Address medical debt during financial education classes and 1:1 coaching and
counseling sessions.
2. Explain charity care and financial assistance offered at local hospitals.
3. Provide resources for your clients who need medical financial assistance, have
concerns about billing, and have debt collectors calling.
4. Understand the debt collection practice for medical debt.

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