S Services Provided on Sliding Scale/Reduced Fee Basis
$ Cost for Services
SP Spanish-Speaking Staff or Volunteers (Se habla Español)
TTY Teletypewriter for the Hearing-Impaired
Action Center, City of Fort Worth 817-871-8888
TTY 817-871-8856 Action Center, City of Plano (www.planotx.org) 972-941-7000 Dial 311 (Formerly Action Center, City of Dallas) (www.dallascityhall.org) 24 hrs/311
Provides information on all city services and responds to complaints
about city ordinance violations. (F SP)
Better Business Bureau of Fort Worth (www.fwbbb.org) 817-332-7585 Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. (www.dallas.bbb.org) 214-220-2000
Assists consumers in determining the reliability of local businesses and charities; mediates and arbitrates disputes between businesses and customers. (F SP)
City of Arlington Code Enforcement (www.ci.arlington.tx.us) 817-459-5979 City of Dallas Code Compliance (www.dallascityhall.com) 24 hrs/311 City of Denton Code Enforcement (www.cityofdenton.com) 940-349-7819 City of Fort Worth Code Compliance Division (www.fortworthgov.org) 817-871-6320 City of Irving Code Enforcement (www.ci.irving.tx.us) 972-721-2461 City of Mesquite Code Compliance (www.ci.mesquite.tx.us) 972-216-6276 City of Richardson Code Enforcement (www.cor.net) 972-744-4166 City of Plano Property Standards Department (www.planotx.org) 972-941-7124
Assists residents with code or nuisance violations in their neighborhoods. (F
SP)
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Arlington (www.cccs.net) 817-461-2227 Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas (www.cccs.net) 214-638-2227 Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Fort Worth (www.cccsfw.org) 800-374-2227 Consumer Credit Counseling Service of North Central Texas (www.cccsnct.org)
800-856-0257
Provides counseling and advice on money management and budgeting to families and individuals with debt problems. (F SP)
Federal Trade Commission Consumer Line 877-382-4357
Information concerning problems with collection agencies, credit bureaus, automobiles, telephone sales and more. (F SP) (www.ftc.gov)
Internal Revenue Service 800-829-1040
Provides information and assistance to individuals and families on filing federal income tax returns. (F) (www.irs.gov)
SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives Association)
Dallas (www.dallas-score-22.org) 214-987-9491
Fort Worth (www.fwbac.com) 817-871-6002
Provides counseling for new or existing business owners with any business problems. (F SP)
