Grants/Scholarships/Fellowships
You may be eligible for 2 forms of assistance.
Forms of Assistance without Online Applications
Rural Housing: Housing Repair Loans and Grants
Show DetailsProgram Description
The Rural Housing Repair Loans and Grants program provides loans and grants to very low-income homeowners to repair, improve, modernize, or to remove health and safety hazards in their rural dwellings. Loans are arranged for up to 20 years at one percent interest. Grants may be arranged for recipients who are 62 years of age or older and can be used only to pay for repairs and improvements to remove health and safety hazards. Loan/grant combinations may be arranged for applicants who can repay part of the cost. Very low income for this program is defined as below 50 percent of the area median income.General Program Requirements
The Rural Housing: Housing Repair Loans and Grants program provides loans and grants to very low-income homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize their dwellings or to remove health and safety hazards. Furthermore, you must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who lives in a rural area.Application Process
To apply for a loan or grant online go to http://www.sc.egov.usda.gov, or you may contact your State's Rural Development field office using this office locator tool:http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app
Program Contact Information
For more information about the housing repair loan program, visit:
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/
If you are 62 years or older, you may qualify for a housing repair grant. For more information about this program, visit:http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/ More on Rural Development Housing & Community Facilities Programs:http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/common/program_info.htm#SFH
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/
If you are 62 years or older, you may qualify for a housing repair grant. For more information about this program, visit:http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/ More on Rural Development Housing & Community Facilities Programs:http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/common/program_info.htm#SFH
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides grant funds to States and Territories to assist families in any manner that is reasonably calculated to accomplish the purposes of this program. The purposes are: assisting needy families to care for their children in their own homes; reducing dependency of needy parents by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; preventing out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and encouraging the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.General Program Requirements
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be either pregnant or responsible for a child under 19 years of age. Also the applicant must be a U.S. national, citizen, legal alien, or permanent resident; have low or very low income; and be under-employed (working for very low wages), unemployed or about to become unemployed.Each State and Territory decides the benefits it will provide. Each State and Territory also establishes the specific eligibility criteria that must be met to receive financial assistance payments or other types of benefits and services. Thus, you must check with the TANF agency in the area where you reside to learn whether you are eligible to receive financial assistance or other TANF benefits and services.
Application Process
For application information from your state, click here:http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/programs/tanf
Program Contact Information
More information about this program is available at: http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/tanf/index.html