{"id":361330,"date":"2025-11-07T04:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/361330\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T04:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:00:09","slug":"the-time-to-act-is-now-financial-advisor-gives-advice-to-local-furloughed-workers-whio-tv-7-and-whio-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/361330\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The time to act is now;\u2019 Financial advisor gives advice to local furloughed workers \u2013 WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The government shutdown is on day 37, and is impacting the finances of thousands of people laid off from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Rob Burnette is a financial advisor and the CEO of Outlook Financial Center in Troy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">For federal workers who are going this long without pay, the time to act is now, said Burnette.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\"><b>Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\"><b>TRENDING STORIES:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cIf you haven\u2019t reached out to your creditors, now is the time,\u201d said Burnette. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Many creditors are expecting federal workers to call, and plan to be accommodating to the situation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cMost of the institutions are being pretty accommodating, because they know you\u2019re not making this up. They know you\u2019re not trying to dodge them,\u201d said Burnette.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Day-Air Credit Union is offering short-term, interest-free loans for furloughed workers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Burnette said if you choose a short-term loan, be sure to pay the amount back once the first paycheck comes in. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Furloughed workers could also turn to a family member to help, but make sure there is an expectation to pay that money back. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">For workers who are really in a pinch, looking for a part-time job like ride share or food delivery can help. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cYou need to have somebody keep the cash flow coming in, and quite frankly, it keeps you occupied, so you\u2019re not having that time just to sit home and fret and get depressed,\u201d said Burnette.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The shutdown will end, but it\u2019s all about getting through until leaders in Washington can reach a deal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\"><b>WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The government shutdown is on day 37, and is impacting the finances of thousands of people laid off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":361331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[64,175446,175442,13759,50,175440,175445,255,175444,11547,67,132,68,989,2058,175443,383,175447,175441],"class_list":{"0":"post-361330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-day_ayre_credit_union","10":"tag-miami_county","11":"tag-miami_valley","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-news_center_seven","14":"tag-outlook_financial_center","15":"tag-personal-finance","16":"tag-rob_burnett","17":"tag-troy","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-video","22":"tag-washington","23":"tag-wright_patterson_air_force_base","24":"tag-xavier","25":"tag-xavier_hershovitz","26":"tag-xavier_hershowitz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115506421618033683","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}