Welcome to the The Government Grant Portal serving West Virginia Small Business Housing Grants, West Virginia Women Business Grants, Student College Grants,West Virginia SBA Minority Grants; We offer the essential guide for Grants in all 50 states. Ready to claim your share of free Government grant, home grants, small business grant, federal grants, or any other type of grants, then here's how you can tap into the billions of free Government tax dollars available for you. Uncle Sam is literally giving away over $1.5 Trillion dollars in free grants in 2007. The great thing is as long as you are over 18 years old and are an American citizen or legal resident with a lawful and legitimate use for these grants - you are eligible. For example, you can get West Virginia Government grants for first time home buyers! Order The Grant Authority Book! These are Federal and State Government grants you can use for a variety of reasons. Government grants, by the way, have been funded by your West Virginia tax dollars. You can use Government grants to get money for school, food and clothing, your church and many other reasons. There are over 24,000 West Virginia State Government grants & National programs and 1500 Federal Government grant programs administered by 57 different Federal agencies. http://www.government-grant.biz/WV-government-grants.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:27:22 -1000 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:25:54 -1000 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.1.8) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com http://government-grant.biz/rss-feed-grant.jpg http://www.government-grant.biz/WV-government-grants.html Welcome to the The Government Grant Portal serving West Virginia Small Business Housing Grants 144 144 CHARLESTON, W.VA. - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi announced today that public housing agencies in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will receive $47,494,003 in funding to help low-income people get job training, employment and homeownership counseling. "This funding will give more low-income adults the opportunity to get job-training that will lead to meaningful employment," said Bernardi. "Studies have shown that this funding has been effective and successful at moving low-income families up the economic ladder." Bernardi announced the grants with Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito in Charleston, where the state of West Virginia will receive $302,930 and the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority will receive $34,041 of these grants to assist local families. "Securing a stable, good-paying job and achieving home ownership are essential parts of the American dream that is often spoken of," said Capito. "It is important that we assist West Virginians in achieving these goals, and I believe this funding will help do so." The funding is from the HUD's Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (HCV/FSS) program that provides grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) to hire FSS program coordinators. FSS coordinators link adults in the HCV program (Section 8) to local organizations that provide job training, childcare, counseling, transportation and job placement. PHAs can also hire homeownership coordinators to help families get homeownership counseling. Participants in the HCV/FSS program sign a contract that stipulates the head of the household will get a job and the family will no longer receive welfare assistance at the end of the five-year term. As the family's income rises, a portion of that increased income is deposited in an interest-bearing escrow account. If the family completes its FSS contract, the family receives the escrow funds that it can use for any purpose, including a down payment on a home, paying educational expenses, starting a business or paying back debts. Bernardi announced the grants at the new home of Amanda Garbett on Macon Street in South Charleston. Earlier this year, Garbett combined a HUD home-buying program with local resources to become a first-time homeowner. "Amanda is building equity for her family's future by becoming a homeowner," said Bernardi, presenting her a plant. "She has joined the ranks of more than 75 million Americans who own their own homes. Homeownership is empowering people here in West Virginia and across America." Garbett used the HCV Homeownership program, which allows first-time homeowners to use an HCV toward monthly homeownership expenses - mortgage payment and utilities. The Garbett family is the 27th West Virginia family - fifth in Charleston - to use a voucher to purchase a home. To date, more than 450 housing agencies have used the HCV Homeownership program to help nearly 5,000 low-income families become first-time homeowners. To prepare for homeownership, Garbettt received housing counseling from Jubilee Housing of the Religious Coalition for Community Renewal. http://www.government-grant.biz/WV-government-grants.html 0FA32843-7FDD-4511-8700-9F310A838408 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:23:59 -1000