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WASHINGTON -- With many credit unions hurting, the NCUA's rescue of corporate credit unions and economic woes causing CUNA to announce furloughs and layoffs, this has been an especially challenging time for CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica.

A May 2009 survey conducted by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling reveals that almost half of all American adults, more than 100 million people, no longer believe that homeownership is a realistic way to build wealth.

NuUnion Credit Union's latest billboard ads have got consumers thinking.

As many as 50 Pennsylvania credit union executives are expected to volunteer their services starting next month to serve as financial advisers in a "Get Help Now" program.

Registration is still open for NCUA's Webcast on the agency's program for rescuing the corporate credit unions.

CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica wrote President Obama yesterday to express the group's appreciation for keeping the NCUA as a separate agency in the administration's regulatory restructuring plan.