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- Addoption Assistance - "Resources
to help prospective adoptive parents understand the costs involved in
adoption and make it more affordable through grants, loans, employer
benefits, tax credits, and subsidies."
- Boren Awards - Student grants for students that study overseas
- College Student Loans and Grants - "Federal
Student Aid - The U.S. Department of Education provides over $80
billion in grants, loans, and work-study for college or career school
each year." Find other sources for grants and loans on the Education Freebies page.
- Damaged Money - The Treasury Department will exchange mutilated or damaged U.S. currency.
- Disability Resources - "DisabilityInfo.gov
provides quick and easy access to comprehensive information about
disability programs, services, laws and benefits."
- Disaster and Drought Assistance, USDA - "Natural
disaster is a constant threat to America's farmers and ranchers and
rural residents. USDA provides assistance for losses that result from
drought, flood, fire, freeze, tornadoes, pest infestation, and other
calamities."
- Marketing Assistance Programs - "Marketing
assistance programs assist farmers, agribusinesses, and state
agriculture departments by increasing commodity production through
financial assistance, research and promotion, and market stabilization."
- Earned Income Tax credit - "The
Earned Income Tax Credit or the EITC is a refundable federal income tax
credit for low to moderate income working individuals and families."
- Farm Loan Programs - FSA
loans are often provided to beginning farmers who cannot qualify for
conventional loans because they have insufficient financial resources.
- Free Money - Press ctrl + f to search this page for terms like "assistance", "grants", "funding", "loans", etc.
- Government Jobs - Get
a job with the federal or local government. Information for finding
government jobs for people in a variety of situations, including but
not limited to veterans, students, and people on welfare.
- Head Start Program - The
Head Start program provides grants to local public and private
non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide comprehensive child
development services to economically disadvantaged children and
families, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop the
early reading and math skills they need to be successful in school. Head Start Locator
- HUD - Housing and Urban Development. Assistance for buying, owning and renting a house or other place to live.
- Legacy Loans Program - In
order to cleanse bank balance sheets of distressed loans and other
assets and reduce the associated market overhang, the FDIC and Treasury
are launching the Legacy Loans Program.
- Life Line - Lifeline
provides qualified consumers with a discount on monthly charges for
their primary home phone line, even if it’s a cell phone.
- Link-up - Link-Up lowers the cost eligible consumers
pay for setting up new phone service at their home, including cell phone
service.
- Medicaid - Health insurance for low-income individuals. Medicaid is available only
to certain low-income individuals and families who fit into an
eligibility group that is recognized by federal and state law. Medicaid
does not pay money to you; instead, it sends payments directly to your
health care providers.
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- Medicare - Health
insurance for people age 65 and older, people under 65 with certain
disabilities, and people of all ages with end-stage renal disease.
- Native American Benefits - Cultural
Resources, Educational Resources, Legal Resources, Housing, Family and
Health, Tribal Land, Tribal Organization, Tribal Councils, Tribal
Government Websites.
- Nutrition Assistance Programs - Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (formally known as Food Stamps), Farmers'
Market Nutrition Program, Seniors Farmer's Market Nutrition Program,
National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program,
School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program, Team Nutrition, Summer
Food Service Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Food
Assistance for Disaster Relief, Schools/Child Nutrition Commodity
Programs, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, Nutrition
Services Incentive Program, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, The
Emergency Food Assistance Program
- Online Services - Access US government services from your computer. See also Locators to find in-person services near you.
- Reverse Mortgages for Seniors - Reverse
mortgages are becoming popular in America. Reverse mortgages are a
special type of home loan that lets a homeowner convert the equity in
his/her home into cash. They can give older Americans greater financial
security to supplement social security, meet unexpected medical
expenses, make home improvements, and more.
- Runaway Switchboard - Call
1-800-RUNAWAY if you are a teenager who is thinking of running from
home, if you have a friend who has run and is looking for help, or if
you are a runaway ready to go home through our Home Free program.
- Senior Community Service Employment Program - At
SCSEP, we believe that achieving the American Dream is possible for
everyone, regardless of age. Our mission is to promote economic
self-sufficiency for older individuals who are working to achieve this
dream.
- Unemployment Insurance - The
Department of Labor's Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs provide
unemployment benefits to eligible workers who become unemployed through
no fault of their own, and meet certain other eligibility requirements.
- Welfare - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- Vaccines for Children Program - The
VFC program is a federally funded program that provides vaccines at no
cost to children who might not otherwise be vaccinated because of
inability to pay.
- Youth Education and Training Assistance - The
Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
supports a wide variety of programs to ensure that all youth have the
skills and training they need to successfully make the transition to
adulthood and careers. Job Corps, Youth Discretionary Grants, Youth
Formula-Funded Grant Programs, Apprenticeship.
Free Government Services
- Locators - Locate in-person services near you
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