grants for convicted felons?

Answer 1

No, there are no federal grants for convicted felons.

You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.

Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently.

Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs

There is a non-profit organization called Prison Entrepreneurship Program which is described as "a Houston-based nonprofit organization that leverages the skills of senior business executives to constructively redirect these talents and equip inmates and former inmates with entrepreneurial training—enabling them to productively re-enter society."

http://prisonentrepreneurship.org/

Answer 2

FAFSA has a separate worksheet for convicted felons to fill out in addition to their application.

Answer 3

gggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In Canada, prisons are like posh hotels - free gourmet meals, gyms, high-speed internet, satellite TV, porno, drugs, and even golf trips.

For murderers and child molesters!

I believe in life in prison, in one 6x6 foot cell, with only water for drink and insects for sustenance. That should do it.