The number of consumers reaching out for financial counseling services continues to skyrocket in 2009 with requests on housing and bankruptcies hitting unprecedented levels, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling said today.

"In 2006, the NFCC member agencies assisted 1.48 million people and two short years later that number more than doubled to 3.2 million consumers receiving counseling help," said NFCC.

The NFCC, whose membership includes 850 agencies across the U.S., said the counseling aid is covering such areas as debt servicing, foreclosure prevention, bankruptcy pre-filing and pre-discharge education.

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