How to Apply for Free Personal Grants

Free personal grants provide financial assistance to people. Individuals can use this assistance to free up cash for the payments on other debt. The U.S. government does not offer personal grant programs for consumer debt relief. But the government does offer other types of free personal grants. Individuals seldom receive grants from private foundations. There are a few education grants, and the financial aid office at your college can give you the information on these. Private foundation grants more often go to communities, art and education foundations, and medical research.

Things You'll Need

• Birth dates for yourself, your spouse, your ex-spouse, and your children
• Household weekly income
• Household annual income before tax

Instructions

1. Use the questionnaire at GovBenefits.gov to find assistance. All the information given is confidential.

   In your web browser, enter http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal.

2. Under the printed greeting "For your most comprehensive benefit search, take our confidential questionnaire!" choose the "START HERE" button. When the questionnaire is completed, all available programs you are eligible for are displayed.

   Or you may go directly to Step 3 and access only the types of programs you are interested in.

3. Under the heading, "Quick Benefit Search," there is a drop down menu. This is a list of the many benefits program types offered at this site.

   Choose from:
   Career Development Assistance
   Child Care/Child Support
   Counsel/Counseling
   Disability Assistance
   Disaster Relief
   Energy Assistance
   Education/Training
   Food/Nutrition
   Grants/Scholarships/Fellowships
   Housing
   Health Care
   Insurance
   Living Assistance
   Loan/Loan Repayment
   Medicaid/Medicare
   Social Security
   Tax Assistance
   Veteran-Active Duty
   Volunteer Opportunities

4. Choose the heading, or topic, that looks right for you.

5. Click the blue button above the list to the right: "Determine Eligibility."

6. The questionnaire is displayed. Complete the questionnaire.

7. At the end of the questionnaire, a list of programs relating to the heading you chose are displayed. Double click a program in the column "PROGRAMS." The program pop-up explains all the benefits and gives the steps needed to apply.

Resources

• GovBenefits.gov