U.S. Gov Grant's?

Question

Are there any true U.S. Government Grant's for those with disabilities.If so are they hard to obtain.

Answer 1

I would strongly advise AGAINST going to any sites that end with a .com or .net as the government has never authorized the private sector to process grants (most are scammers). Go only to a .GOV website as that means it is a government website

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 FREE 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 your purposes.

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.

Go to CFDA.gov http://www.cfda.gov --> click on Search for Assistance Programs (HTML) --> Browse the catalog by Beneficiary --> select HANDICAPPED

There are a number of grants you can find for the disabled, from books for the blind to automobiles and adaptive vehicles for disabled veterans.

Note though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. 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. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants.

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

Answer 2

Try freegovernmentgrants.com, there may be some info there on disability grants.