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Do you wish you had a better understanding regarding your social security and Medicare benefits? Do you want to make sure you're getting the most out of your benefits? Join us to learn how!

Sarah Blondin discovered her love of assisting others through training in the financial services sector. Her main priorities are developing relationships with individuals and helping them understand how money works and how to make it work best for them.

Brianna Henward is a graduate of Cornell University for Business and a local health insurance and medicare advisor, a new mom and caretaker for her adult, special needs sister.

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Knowing Your Number

with Anthony Corsino, Old Orchard Beach/Saco Adult Education

May
5

May 5th to 12th, 2025

The Key to a Comfortable Retirement

How much will you need? Learn how to calculate the amount of money you need to retire comfortably, based on your unique lifestyle and financial situation. Get step-by-step guidance through the process of determining your retirement "number." Gain a clear understanding of your current financial position and what's required to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Through engaging exercises, take stock of your income, expenses, and savings, and develop a personalized plan for reaching your retirement goals. Leave feeling empowered and motivated to take actionable steps towards securing your financial future. Please bring a notebook/pen and a calculator.

Anthony Corsino, owner of Zen Financial Planning, LLC in Andover, MA, holds a BS from Bentley, a Certificate in Financial Planning from BU, and other designations and certificates from The American College of Financial Services, The College for Financial Planning, and Villanova. He teaches financial planners nationwide in multiple university programs and serves as a subject matter expert at BU, Regis College, and through Greene Consulting, which partners with several universities, including UNH and James Madison.

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Tax Planning for Retirees

with Anthony Corsino, Old Orchard Beach/Saco Adult Education

Apr
15

April 15th, 2025

What Folks Near, At, or In Retirement Need To Know

Retirement doesn't mean escaping taxes–in fact, it's one of the top challenges you'll face as you plan for the future, and understanding them is essential to preserving your income throughout your retirement. In this workshop, we will uncover critical tax issues that can erode your retirement savings and discuss practical strategies to protect your wealth. Understanding how taxes will impact your income is essential to preserving your money throughout your retirement. You'll learn about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs), how to calculate them, and how they impact your taxes. Also, how Social Security, pensions, dividends, and interest affect your taxes. We'll even cover strategies such as Roth IRA conversions, tax loss harvesting, and how a step-up in tax basis and Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) can work to your advantage. By the end, you'll have knowledge and actionable strategies to consider that may help preserve your assets, maximize tax efficiency, and make your retirement dollars last. Please bring a notebook/pen and a calculator.

Anthony Corsino, owner of Zen Financial Planning, LLC in Andover, MA, holds a BS from Bentley, a Certificate in Financial Planning from BU, and other designations and certificates from The American College of Financial Services, The College for Financial Planning, and Villanova. He teaches financial planners nationwide in multiple university programs and serves as a subject matter expert at BU, Regis College, and through Greene Consulting, which partners with several universities, including UNH and James Madison.

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The entire process of purchasing a home is covered in this ME hoMEworks course, including making the decision, setting a budget for homeownership, improving credit, getting a mortgage approval, working with a realtor, inspections, insurance, the closing process, energy efficiency, and avoiding predatory lenders. Learn about closing costs and down payment assistance programs available for first-time homebuyers, veterans, and others. Attendees will earn a Certificate of Completion required by USDA, ME State Housing Authority, and other mortgage lenders. Free individualized counseling is offered after the class. Please have pen and paper available.

Preregistration required, with registration closing at noon on 5/15.

You must reply to the email that will be sent to you from YCCAC to complete registration and receive the Zoom link.

Register the person you are buying your house with at the same time you do and receive a $10 refund.

Lee Sullivan is the Homebuyer Education Coordinator at York County Community Action Corp. In addition to experiencing the homebuying process multiple times, she is certified by hoMEworks, HUD, and the USDA RD Direct mortgage program.

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Phishing, Smishing, Vishing, OH MY!

with Elaine Abbott, MSAD #37 Adult & Community Education

Mar
14

March 14th, 2025

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Participants should haveprevious knowledge of the basics of frauds and scams as content coversphishing, vishing, smishing, skimming, shimming, and e-pickpocketing.Participants learn to take a more alert and proactive approach whether inthe digital or real world.

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You will learn how to hide data, split and freeze a window, create ranges, understand the name manager, learn additional functions, copy and paste special, sort data, and learn the power of filters. Some examples of using Microsoft Excel as a practical tool include the amortization table, 20 top functions companies want their employees to know, and pivot tables. 

This is a live online class using ZOOM.