VARIES — check the specific program; not necessarily a cash grant
This entry exists to correct a belief, not to hand you an application. 340B is a price ceiling between drug manufacturers and certain "covered entities" — health centers, some hospitals, and…
VARIES ABLE accounts (529A)Internal Revenue Service / state ABLE programsA tax-advantaged savings account for a person with a disability. Money grows tax-free and comes out tax-free when spent on qualified disability expenses. Its real function for someone on ben…
VARIES Benefits.gov — Benefit Programs FinderBenefits.gov (cross-agency)A finder across hundreds of federal/state benefit programs. What you get VARIES wildly — some are assistance payments, many are services, loans, or tax credits. The tool tells you what you m…
VARIES CRP — Conservation Reserve Program (annual rent on your own land)USDA Farm Service AgencyNot a grant, not a loan, not cost-share — a RENTAL PAYMENT. You take environmentally sensitive acreage out of production, plant resource-conserving cover, and FSA pays you annually for the c…
VARIES CSP — Conservation Stewardship ProgramUSDA Natural Resources Conservation ServiceANNUAL PAYMENTS across your whole operation for stewardship — it pays partly for what you already do, not only for new construction, which makes it different from EQIP. Minimum $4,000 annual…
VARIES Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) — federal program has ENDEDU.S. Department of the TreasuryRead this one before you spend a day on it. The federal Emergency Rental Assistance program is over. Treasury states that the period of performance for ERA2 awards ended on September 30, 202…
VARIES HUD-VASHU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development with the U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsFor veterans experiencing homelessness: a HUD Housing Choice Voucher that helps pay rent on a privately owned apartment or house, PAIRED with a VA case manager who provides clinical support …
VARIES LIHWAP (Low Income Household Water Assistance Program) — funding ENDEDU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community ServicesLIHWAP paid water and wastewater bills for low-income households and, over its life, reached more than 1.5 million of them. It is finished: HHS states plainly that funding is no longer avail…
VARIES Medicare Prescription Payment PlanCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesThis spreads your out-of-pocket drug costs across the calendar year instead of hitting you with them in January. It is worth knowing about and it is worth reading Medicare's own sentence abo…
VARIES State and county cash assistance (including General Assistance)State and county social services departmentsThere is no federal General Assistance programme. Verified this session: the federal benefits directory at USA.gov lists TANF and describes it as federally funded and state-run, and does not…
VARIES USDA Section 504 Home Repair Loans and GrantsU.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing ServiceTwo different things under one program number, and confusing them is the mistake that matters. The LOAN is money to repair or improve your home that you repay. The GRANT is money you do not …
Not financial or legal advice. Program terms change — verify eligibility, amounts, and deadlines with the administering agency before acting.