Compiles critical services into brochures and packets for use by the public. Emergency Services Brochures list shelters, food resources, and related emergency services information and are available for viewing or download at the Crisis Connections website.   Reentry Assistance Packet offers up-to-date information on resources for anyone currently under supervision by the criminal justice system, including anyone with a sex offense on their record, as well as anyone experiencing a barrier to essential needs due to a prior conviction or record.

Works to provide consumers the information they need to understand the terms of their agreements with financial companies. Also: -  Writes rules, supervises companies and enforces federal consumer financial protection laws -  Restricts unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices within financial companies -  Takes consumer complaints about financial companies -  Promotes financial education -  Monitors financial markets for new risks to consumers -  Enforces laws that outlaw discrimination and other unfair treatment in consumer finance  Provides information on a wide range of topics of interest to consumers dealing with financial companies, including:   -  Paying for college and student loans -  Planning for retirement -  Owning a home -  Protections against credit discrimination -  Trouble paying a mortgage -  Preventing financial exploitation of older adults -  Consumer financial challenges affecting service members and veterans   Receives confidential reports from whistleblowers who have information about companies or individuals that are violating federal consumer financial laws. Provides information on website in several languages; responds to telephone inquiries from consumers.

Promotes awareness and respect for plants, including: -  Inexpensive pruning classes and workshops   -  Pruning educational material, including free pruning guides -  YouTube channel on pruning in English and Spanish   -  Online Adopt-a-Plant list   Coordinates bi-monthly meetings to which the public is invited.