Grants And Loans
Create Your Family Tree
Tracing your family history has been made much easier with the creation of the American Immigration Family History Center at Ellis Island. Once you get to the website at www.ellisisland.org, all you need to do is create a user name and password, then you can conduct passenger searches. By typing in a last name, you will find all the names from ship passenger logs that matched. The passenger’s name, country of origin, age, and date of arrival are shown to help you create your family tree. You can then purchase the ship logs online. It couldn’t be easier!
Visit: www.ellisisland.org
Get A 7500 Grant To Fix Up Your Home
…. if you are over 62 years of age and don’t live in a big city. It’s called the Section 504 program run by the Rural Housing Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Be sure to read the small print. It says loans and GRANTS.
Visit: www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/ProgramBriefs/brief_repairloan.htm
Here’s Money To Build Or Fix Up Apartment Buildings
from the state of Missouri if you are a for-profit or non-profit. They can be apartments for the rich but you have to be interested in building apartments for middle income or lower income people.
Visit: www.mhdc.com/rental_production/prod_and_preservation.htm
Get 5000 To Send Your Child To A Private K 12 School
There are now over 100 programs around the country offering money to families that want to send their children to a private kindergarten, grade school or high school. Here is a list to get started at
Visit: www.childrenfirstamerica.org/programs/programsindex.htm
Free Report On How To Beat A Speeding Ticket
Even the most elaborate of modern technology isn’t always 100% perfect all of the time. The report Police Traffic Radar, published in 1980, is still accurate and shows that all police radar tracking devices are not accurate all of the time. Such evidence can be helpful in the defense of your case. The laboratory also has information regarding alcohol breath testing devices, including Breath Alcohol Sampling Simulator for Qualification Testing of Breath Alcohol Measurement Devices. Both publications are free. Contact: Office of Law Enforcement Standards, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr., Building 225, Room A-323, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Visit: www.eeel.nist.gov/oles/oles_reports_publications.html
25000 at 0 To Improve Your Home
that’s what homeowners living in Michigan can get! But that’s not the only place in the country that offers money like this. See what kind of goodies your local government offers at
Don’t Hire Anyone To Collect Your Past Child Support
……. because the same people who brought you Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom will liberate your child support for free. learn how private child support collection agencies can be big rip offs.
Visit: www.childsupport-aces.org/
10000 to 250000 For Wind or Solar Power Projects
or any other kind of renewable energy project can that can benefit a small town.
Up to 10000 for Sports Enthusiasts
Balance Bar awards four-month grants of $500 to $10,000 to sports enthusiasts, amateur athletes and teams who enthusiastically pursue their passions and push themselves physically and mentally to achieve them. Any activity that enables a person to enhance their physical health while pursuing a passion that enriches their lives is appropriate for the BALANCE BAR Grant. Contact: Balance Bar Company Contributions Program, 800 Westchester Avenue, Rye Brook, NY 10573.Application address for Balance Grants: c/o Grants Program, Hunter PR, 5th Fl., 41 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010.
No Down Payment and 3 Interest Loans
if you use your sweat-equity as a down payment. You can use your labor to work on your new house as your down payment if you live in Sacramento, California . See Self-Help Builder Assistance program, California Housing Finance Agency
Money To Build Rental Units In Small Towns
(10.438) Section 538 Rural Housing Guaranteed Loans
Visit: www.rurdev.usda.gov/
Scholarships For Early Care Educators and Providers
SCHOLARSHIPS is a statewide program that provides financial support for early care and education professionals so that they may expand their education in order to give high quality care to children in Georgia. The program provides scholarships for GED or remedial classes; technical colleges or other public or private accredited institutions to earn credit in early care and education or child development programs. Programs from a CDA through a Masters are eligible. The program also provides for a support stipend to go toward the cost of books, travel, school materials, and other similar expenses. Scholarships for Masters programs have a maximum of $1,000 per academic year. Early care and education directors, teachers, administrators, owners, and staff that work a minimum of 25 hours per week in a registered family child care home or child care center are eligible to apply. Applicants must also apply for Hope and Pell grants. SCHOLARSHIPS are awarded on a first come, first serve basis. For more information, Smart Start Georgia, 175 Twinnett Dr., Suite 370, Lawrenceville, GA 30045; 888-405-2238; 770-339-5199/5208
Visit: www.smartstartga.org
Get All Your Grant Questions Answered On October 18
I’ll be in Baltimore, live, to answer all your questions in a friendly small group at a ridiculously low price. Sign up now and save even more.
Visit: www.lesko.com/semjune1
11000 Grant For Downsized Worker to Start A Home Business
Jim Bell was classified as disabled the same year he was downsized out of his job. He always dreamed of starting a home-based business, and began looking through Matthew’s Free Money To Change Your Life book. He found the VESID (Vocational Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities) program, which is part of the New York State Education Department. Jim was awarded an $11,000 grant to help buy inventory, a computer, fax machine, and office supplies. He now sells golf equipment online at www.bellmerchandise.com and www.golferscaddy.com. Buy from Jim. He used my book and got a grant.
Visit: www.golferscaddy.com
No Money? You Can Still Get A House In The Country
through a number of programs offered by U.S. Department of Agriculture for people who have low or moderate incomes.
Visit: www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/sfh/indiv_sfh.htm#Home%20Repair%20Loan%20and%20Grant%20Program%20(Section
Make 82000 And Get A 20 Rental Discount
Some 26 states have something referred to as Circuitbreaker Programs which provide refunds through the state tax system for a portion of rent paid by certain populations. The programs and requirements vary widely by state but it’s purpose is to refund the portion of a person’s yearly rental costs that pay the owner’s property tax. Typically this can be between 15 to 20 percent of annual rent. This information was collected from NLIHC, 1012 Fourteenth Street NW, Suite 610, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202/662-1530, see report ‘State Funded Rental Assistance’. To locate available programs in your area contact your state housing office or social services office, or your local reference librarian who can assist you in finding other organizations who might provide this assistance.
Visit: www.nlihc.org
Free Coloring Books
Teach your kids about the environment in a fun way. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has several coloring books to help you increase your child’s awareness of the Earth and recycling. Titles include: The Adventures of the Garbage Gremlin and Save Our Species, as well as others. For your copies, contact National Service Center for Environmental Publication and Information, P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242; 800-490-9198
Visit: www.epa.gov/kids
Your State Housing Authority Can Help
Every state has offices that will help you buy or fix up real estate.Look for your state housing office for information about all their programs.
Visit: www.govengine.com/
5000 Worth Of Free Health Care For Kids
Make up to $38,657 and get free health care for your kids. Almost every state now has a Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIPS), which extends medical coverage to many children who may not be covered. Contact your state Department of Health to see what version of the CHIPS program is offered in your area; or call a new government hotline to help locate free health care for kids at 877-KIDS-NOW (toll-free 877-543-7669)
Visit: www.insurekidsnow.gov
Don’t Worry About Filling Out A Grant Application
until you know exactly where you are going to apply for the money and what the application looks like. Most government grants for individuals for business, education or housing are not very complicated. But if you do get a complicated application.
Money to Fix Up Your Home After a Disaster
Called Federal Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households and referred to as Program #96.048 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, this program provides grants to individuals and households affected by a disaster to enable them to address their disaster-related housing needs. The money can be used for the following: 1) Temporary Housing, 2) Repair, 3) Replacement, and 4) Permanent Housing Construction. Assistance not used for the specified purpose will be required to be returned. Contact Department of Homeland Security 245 Murray Drive, SW., Washington, DC 20528, 202- 282-8000
Visit: www.dhs.gov
Free Tax Information For Non Profits
5000 to Create Comic Books
The Xeric Foundation offers financial assistance to fully committed, self-publishing comic book creators and qualified charitable and non-profit organizations. The purpose is to assist comic book creators with some of the costs in self-publishing their work. The geographical consideration for comic book artists is the United States and Canada. Organizations must be located in Western Massachusetts. Contact: Xeric Foundation, 351 Pleasant St., PMB 214, Northampton, MA 01060-3900; (413) 585-0671
Visit: www.xericfoundation.com
Serve Your Country AND Slash 10000 Off Your Student Loans
Be on your way to loan forgiveness and buff up at the same time! If you join the Army Reserve or the National Guard after graduation, you can receive up to $10,000 to pay off your student loans. If you’re the sort of person who doesn’t mind the occasional brush with death, ask to be stationed in areas of hostility and you could get even more money! For more information contact the United States Army Reserve Command (USARC), 1401 Deshler Street, S.W., Fort McPherson, GA 30330-2000 (800) 359-8483
12 For A Doctor’s Office Visit
That is all I paid when my family and I were traveling in Prague in the Czech Republic this summer and my son had to see a doctor for an illness. This was not the co-pay, this was the entire cost and we didn’t have to wait. It was great treatment too. The cab ride cost more. I checked the worldwide statistics and it shows that we live a little longer but we have a higher infant mortality rate. What are we doing wrong???
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