Are there really grants available to help pay your bills?
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It's called the county welfare department.
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There are tons of institutions that can help. Do a search for Grants, and you will find them. Some specialized for the kind of business you want to open, or for your town etc.\n\nAnd yeah... spellcheck your grant requests...
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I would check on line first to see if there were any thing there for free to at least help out some.  Sometimes there are clinics that will work with you on payments as well.
83939
Yes, There are grants and student loans available for what ever kind of education you want.
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It seems you are looking for financial assistance (not assistant!).
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It is hard to find grants to start a business or for personal finance. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nNonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.\n\nEven if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.\n\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html... \n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\n\nMost of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program \n\nGrants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs \n\nFor private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don't have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.
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No. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for personal purposes such as paying back student loans. There are several grants available for the disabled, but none of them are for paying student loans.\n\nNonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.\n\nEven if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for your type of purpose.\n\nMost of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program \n\nGrants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs \n\nFor private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices."
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Try the website below. I would have to say out of all the free money grant websites out there this has got to be the most honest and legit. \n\n\nJust remember you can't scam someone who isn't either greedy or stupid.\n\nOh, and by the way, Sam C below is a spammer. Every answer he gives is identical and aimed at getting people to go to this website to make extra money. Sounds like a scam. look at the rest of his answers in his profile.
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see if you can go on a subsidy...if at all possible
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There are, such as grant money for learning a trade like contracting, or whatever field of intrest to you. Just go to your local library or bookstore and ask them where the government grant books are located.
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I can give u some $. I think that's great idea. Many people try to get grants to build a home health care, but it's hard to supply all the stuff needed for a health care.
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you should never have to pay for a grant~! go to fastweb.net and fill out the questionaire, find grants and scholarships that you are eligible for
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The Government has created a portal to help individuals who need benefits because of life events. Visit http://www.govbenefits.gov\n\nUse the drop down button\nDO YOU NEED BENEFITS BECAUSE OF A LIFE EVENT?\nChoose the life situation best applicable to you and then see if you qualify for the available government assistance.\n\nForget grant money - there's hardly any money for individuals. Go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) and Grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. But you'd be hard pressed to find any grant that would support individuals.\n\nTo check for available housing grants, go to HUD http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm\n\n\nhttp://www.cfda.gov\nhttp://www.grants.gov\nhttp://gtionline.fdncenter.org\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants.htm\nhttp://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html
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I don't know but if there is federal money available, you'll be able to find it at www.grants.gov.
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well you might be able to get nice loans, But I don't think there is free money, unless you count wellfare and unemployment and stuff like that.\n\nWhatever you do, don't buy those stupid books that that hippie with the question marks all over his suit sells on T.V. There are other ways to find out about the opportunities.
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Yes there are.  Just go to www.fastweb.com.  It's a wonderful site that caters just to students looking for grants and scholarships.  You just check the boxes that apply to you and the web site generated them and alerts you of the scholarships that best fit to you!
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The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance has all federal government grants and contracts.  Unfortunately, it's not easy to read and sort through.  But the money is free if you can figure out how to apply for it.  I think they make it difficult on purpose to discourage people from applying: