I have a letter frm a govt agency stating that i should call a number and see if  qualified for a govt grant?
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I honestly DOUBT that a government agency would go around sending letters to people begging them to apply for grants. US Federal Government simply does not do that. \n\nThe letter you received is likely from a scammer -- organizations out to scam people of their money asking them to pay a certain fee in exchange of information about grants. \n\nOne thing to understand is that there are hardly any grants for individuals. Government is NOT giving away money for whatever purpose a person wants -- health, education, personal or starting a business. People who fall prey to this myth are always swindled or scammed out of their money. \n\nGovernment grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. Most 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\nYou 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, or any-purpose grants.\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.\n\n\nHere is an EXAMPLE of this modus operandi and how the Yahoo Answers member was scammed:\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AkGIpPtsl8qGUVpY.svMFwUjzKIX?qid=1006041408147\n\nI strongly suggest you throw to the trash that letter if you want to hold on to your money.
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get ahold of the government to see what help THEY have for you... you may just be on your own with this
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Sounds like something from a SCAM letter. I used to get them but when I started sending them to the Federal Government they stop coming.
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I know what you're going though, I would call information on phone, someone must know. good luck
60622
Contact the financial aid office.
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Yes its a scam go to bottom of letter and show full headers and rebrt it to abuse at the internet service it is coming from.\nGo to www.fraudaid.com to see what you can do
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Call your department of public aid...often they offer assistance for low income individuals/ families
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I believe so. Talk to the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you're worried.
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Well, I would call up wherever it was you sent the papers to and find out what is going on.  You've got to go to the source for an answer on this one and see what the hold up is.
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Go to www.grants.gov to see if there are any grants for federal funding for which you may be eligible.
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Ask at your local embassy
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Call the IRS and ask.
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if you have to ask, you probably are. if your worried about it, call the agency you are worried about and ask. They'll let you know!
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Well I believe you would have to contact them directly. Good luck
738021
Not sure, call them and ask them.
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The Federal Government does.  Chat up your congressman and apply for a grant.
990727
You might want to send a certified letter to the company asking that question.