Category Archive: For Non-Profit

Aug
26

$5,000 Grants for First-Time Military Buyers

Veteran Grants

$5,000 Down Payment & Closing Costs Assistance Funds Available to Most DOD Personnel. According to Realtor.org active duty personnel, veterans, retired members of the military, and employees of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security are eligible to apply for up to $5,000 in down payment and closing costs in the …

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Feb
02

Military Families Can Still Qualify for the $8,000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

Big Savings extended to military families overseas, there’s still time. This bill’s extension for military families, and active-duty servicemembers currently living overseas, is April 30, 2011 — one year longer than civilian home owners’ extension —  and will also help financially strapped military personnel by making mortgage payments tax deductible. The new law extends the …

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Jan
27

Ask not what your community can do for you but what you can do for your community

kids

Remember that old saying it takes a village to raise a child? It seems that some municipalities are moving back to this ideology as a direct result from governmental deficits. Cites like Camden NJ, Anchorage OH, Harrisburg, PA, and Oakland, CA, just to name a few, are implementing community based outreach programs to fill in …

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