hello, I am in the katrina effected area and due to the storm  i need to find money to start my bus.(crsc.571)
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Hi, \n\nyou should direct tyour question to the SCORE offices.  They are up to date on any grant money that may be available to start a community outreach housing program.  Good Luck
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Call your local Crisis Hotline. They will be able to guide you.
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My car was just stolen too. I had to pay the motherfuckers 650.00. which is total bullshit. Anyways call the :THE VINE. Its a victims line. They may be able to help you out. I went out to get my car 4 times before they would let it go. Because it was out of my county, I had to get 2 releases which didn't cost anything. It was more of a pain than anything. Meanwhile my car sat stripped . Not to mention the tow company took my battery and a few other items. So the faster you get the money the better. But do try the vine. Best of luck I feel for you.
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You will find a lot of help in your search by visiting score.org.  This is a group of retired executives who volunteer their time to help small businesses and sm. bus. wanna be's.  They have a great website.  Try it out.\n\nHope this helps,\nGood luck.
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If it is for business purposes, which I would imagine that a dump truck would be, then I would suggest a business loan from a local bank.  Compare that to financing from the company that is selling the truck.
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work get a job\nsell you car for gas money
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You don't ding dong you have to show up at the Medicaid Office, and wait in line to make an appointment. You will then be issued a counselor that will evaluate your case. It is a process to see if you qualify. Otherwise if your starving go to the Salvation Army, or St.Vincents DePauw. These are Catholics that provide help. Conservatives wont help you, they don't even have any programs. The Red Cross is also Catholic. They were the only ones that showed up at Hurricane Katrina. Go figure HUH!!!!
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AS A VICTIM OF FEMA AND THE RED CROSS AS WELL AS KATRINA THE BEST THING THATS HAPPENED IS THE PRIVATE VOLUNTEER GROUPS!  HERE ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST THEY ARE DOING MIRACLES!  WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO!  BUT WITHOUT JUST THE DONATED HELP WE WOULD BE DEAD!\n\nFORGET ANY FORMAL HELP!  THE GOVERNMENT HELP IS REBUILDING THE ROADS AND BRIDGES AND INTRASTRUCTURE!  BUT PERSONAL HOMES ARE FROM VOLUNTEER HELP ALONE!\n\nON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST RIGHT NOW THERE IS A YAHOO GROUP COORDINATING ALL THE DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES, IT IS LISTED BELOW!\n\nTHEY NEED ANY HELP YOU CAN FURNISH CONTACT THEM!\n\n\nAPS\n\nKatrinaVolunteersHancockCounty@yahoogroups.com
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Red Cross is a good one to contribute to. I helped out doing insurance adjusting when they had the hurricanes down there. We drove from Minnesota to help the best we could and it seemed like there wasn't enough time in the day. I put in 16-20 hour days helping. It was all I could do. Your heart is in the right place. I admire you for that.
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Go to busiest intersection in your city, take off you clothes, and start collecting money from drivers.....For one day if you need the  money THAT BAD trust it will work.  They wouldn't want to leave that intersection and you'll make quick cash!!!!
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i am from the hurricane area and there is big bucks to be made here..... the more workers the better..... it still looks like hell here..... i dont know that fema is looking but you can come here yourself and do it or you can find someone to work with..... i know people that live here and started to do this work and are now just short of 1 million dollars in their accounts....but those are the money hungry peeps..... so i dont know... you can volunteer or you can charge... which ever way the people will be thankfull... the waiting periods are so long right now....
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Try this:\n\nhttp://www.nationalcity.com/personal/onlineservices/onlinebanking/default.asp
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You can contact your public assistance office, The good will, the salvation army, or catholic services may help. Been down the same road you are now. Good luck! Also if you call the power company, most times they will be willing to set up payment arrangements.
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I'm a FEMA employee(responding to this question on behalf of my daughter), and I see situations like this all the time: it does appear that New Orleans residents are receiving more help/support than other Katrina survivors; however, I would simply encourage you to contact FEMA, by phone, and request a FEMA trailer -- if you haven't already -- ask for rental assitance -- if you're not already getting it (starting the process is a relatively simple process, and ideally, you can have a check, averaging $2,358, for your first 3 rental months, within 14 days (this can possibly continue for 18 months of rent coverage). Also, if you had personal property losses (the contents of your home -- renter or owner), you can/should be compensated by FEMA for it. If for some reason you received nothing, appeal FEMA's decision for another chance to be awarded something. Writing a brief appeal letter and asking for a reconsideration is your most effective tool to address any decision FEMA makes that you are not pleased with.  Also, there are other programs -- such as HUD's "Disaster Voucher Program" -- that can assist you in achieving your goal of getting back to MS, re-gaining employment, and getting back on your feet.  More than anything, know this, despite what you've heard, FEMA really does try to help and really can help! When you call us up and get a phone representative who is insensitive to your struggle, unwilling to spend the necessary time on helping you get the help you need, rude or rushed -- simply shorten the call with that person and call back until you get someone who really wants to help you! We have many resource phone numbers that can help -- other than FEMA -- ask for them when you call us -- make us give them to you.  Please know that we can help, and some of us, many of us take our work/mission at FEMA very seriously, and we won't rest until we know that we have truly done our best, and all that we can do, to assist families like yours get re-established! I trust, hope and pray that you and yours will find yourselves in the place you want to be real soon!
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Yes, you have to fill out a form declaring what items you lost in the storm, and how much you paid for them.  Then you will be refunded for the sales tax you paid on those items.\nhttp://www.rev.state.la.us/sections/katrina/1051(9_05)F.pdf
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List your income.  Then subtract necessary expenses - shelter (rent/mortgage, utilities - gas, water, electricity, not cell phone, satellite, internet), food, clothing, transportation (gas, insurance, NOT auto loan), and emergency fund savings (more on this later).  Do you have money left over?  If yes, go on.  If no, you need to get a second job or do something (yard sale, eBay) to get more money.\n\nNext subtract discretionary expenses - life insurance (needed if you have dependents, not so important if you don't), auto repairs (oil changes, registration), home maintenance and repairs (if you own), cable/satellite, internet, cell phone.  Do you still have money?  Then keep going.  If no, is there anything you can cross off this list (cell phone, internet)?  Now do you have money left?  If so, keep going.\n\nFinally we get to debts - auto loans, credit cards.  List these in order from SMALLEST BALANCE to largest.  Put the minimum on everything except the smallest, and everything you have left on the smallest.  If you get to this point and the money's gone, you need to start making some calls.  Start with the credit cards - see if you can work out a deal for smaller payments or skipping payments for two months.  You may have to talk to a manager, but if you call before they start calling you, they're much more likely to work with you because it shows you WANT to pay.  Don't let them tell you what you need to pay - only YOU know what you can afford.\n\nDo you have an auto loan?  Could you sell the car, pay off the loan and get something CHEAP with the money left over, or are you upside down?  Either way, consider selling the car.  If you're upside down, paying off a part is easier than paying off the whole thing.\n\nAbout that emergency fund in savings - ALWAYS have money in savings for emergencies (like getting fired).  Bad things WILL happen (especially when you're down), so it's better to be prepared for them.\n\nI hope this helps.  If I can be of any more assistance, let me know.
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[You say you live in New Orleans and had to make office repairs, so my response below assumes that you were affected by the Hurricanes this past year.]\n\nYour FAFSA results are likely going to reflect your mother's income (a) before she made the necessary repairs to her office and (b) before your friends, um, sabotaged her financial security and your academic future.\n\nSchools are keenly aware of the effect that Katrina/Rita had on families in your area.  They understand that the losses that occurred during that time aren't going to be reflected on your 2005 tax returns (which is what you must refer to when filing the FAFSA), making most LA residents look more wealthy than they have become.  When you have applied for Financial Aid -- or while you are doing so -- write the school's Financial Aid Office a letter detailing both your past and your current financial circumstances. If your mother's savings have been depleted, say by how much. If her income has decreased dramatically, say that too (and quantify). The more information a Financial Aid Office has, the more equipped they are to increase your aid or grant an appeal for scholarship.\n\nThere are now a bunch of scholarships out there for students who were affected by the hurricanes.  A simple Yahoo! search for "hurricane katrina scholarship" yielded several legitimate ones when I checked.  Try www.fastweb.com, www.scholarship101.com, or check your high school (I recommend the library as well, but I don't know if there would be any books recent enough to list those specific kinds of scholarships... check the library anyway for other kinds, though).  You might want to get your FAFSA issue resolved first in the event that a scholarship organzation wants the results....