There are many grants available to help organizations which provide assistance to single mothers. Education grants for single mothers are available to residents of NY state through TAP.
A grant is not a loan. It is an award of financial assistance from a federal, state, or private agency for a specific, usually public, purpose. It is usually not merely for financial assistance, but it can be. In terms of grants specific for Buffalo, NY, grants for education are available to needy single mothers through the New York State TAP program. Most of the other grants are from federal or private agencies who provide various types of support to needy recipients, including single mothers, or, in most cases, to organizations supporting single mothers.
Categories of Federal Grants
This is a short list of agencies from the federal government which have grants available that would benefit single mothers, or in most cases, organizations supporting single mothers. There are a total of 900 federal grants available from 23 separate agencies.
Business and Commerce
Community Development
Education
Employment, Labor, and Training
Food and Nutrition
Health
Housing
Law, Justice, and Legal Services
Social Services and Income Security
Some specific federal grants:
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office: Office of Public and Indian Housing offers a Family Unification Program (fup) grant for housing that applies to needy families, youth, including single mothers.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services---Children's Health Insurance Program
Housing Grants for Single Mothers
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
The Catalogue Of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Nehemiah Program provides first time home buyers with grants.
Education
This is a list of ways by which single mothers can gain financial assistance for higher education:
- Direct financial assistance from your college
- Federal and state subsidized grants
- Work-study programs
- Support from alumni, local clubs, or religious groups,
- Corporate-sponsored scholarships or tuition-aid programs for employees or for children of employees
Education Grants.com lists a number of places to go for education grants, that apply to single mothers in the Western New York State region.
The New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) helps eligible New York residents pay tuition at approved schools in New York State. An annual TAP grant can be up to $5,000. The grant is partly based on the need of the recipient.
A Pell Grant is a federal grant that is based on the need of the recipient that gives between $400 and $5,350 to eligible applicants.
Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) is also a need-based grant designed for students with the greatest financial need.
For Organizations
Single mothers can benefit from a wide variety of financial assistance.
There are many grants available for non-profit 501(c)3 organizations designed to include or help single mothers.
Some of these are:
W.H.O. Foundation (Women Helping Others) which provides specific grants which positively impact women, including single mothers. http://www.whofoundation.org/WhoWeAre/index.asp
The Mary Kay Foundation gives $20,000 grants to 150 women's shelters.
http://www.mkacf.org/Pages/ShelterGrantProgram.aspx
The Open Meadows Foundation is a grant-making organization for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls, particularly those from vulnerable communities. http://www.openmeadows.org/
Economic aid for individuals
The Mayer Foundation offers economic assistance in the form of $2,500 and $5,000 to individuals and organizations in economic distress. http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/mayer/about.html
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