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Car Repair Assistance in Texas

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:09:13 +0000

If your car failed an emissions check, you may qualify for $600 in repair assistance through the AirCheck Texas program. There are participating counties and income requirements, and you can find all those details on the website!

Free Cars and Assistance With Auto Expenses

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:27 +0000

Charity Cars, Inc., is a 501-C-3 non-profit charity. They provide FREE vehicles as well as financial assistance for tag/title/registration fees, automobile repairs, preventative maintenance items like oil changes, hoses, belts, batteries, brakes, tires, automotive warranty coverage, roadside assistance memberships, and the down-payment for auto insurance or even the down-payment for a new or used vehicle!

They can assist with just about anything automotive related as long as the applicant has completed the application, qualifies, and has made the effort to help themselves and others by spreading the word about FREE Charity Cars.

They award vehicles all across America, even Hawaii and Alaska.

Go to Free Charity Cars to apply

Gasoline Grants

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:53:50 +0000

Check this out! Free Gas USA, Inc. is accepting applications for their gasoline grant program. Grants range from $50 to $1,200 and applications are accepted throughout the year, and only one application is required for the year. Applications must be submitted along with a letter from a church or other social service agency verifying your need.

Gasoline grants are awarded based on the level of need, as well as the amount of support that Free Gas USA, Inc. receives from donors, corporate sponsors and other funding resources.

Go to their website for the application form

Grants for Truck APUs

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:15:51 +0000

I’ve noticed a lot of folks land here at Momma Knows Money looking for APU grants. I found the “Truckers Guide to APU Financing” which was put together by Cummins. It has an easy to read state-by-state listing of loan and grant programs for APUs. So I hope this helps! I can’t vouch that all the sources listed still have funding, but it looks like an excellent starting point.

Go to the Truckers Guide to APU Financing

APU Rebate Program for Truckers

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:16:45 +0000

Here’s a program funded by the recent stimulus package. Tennessee motor carriers can apply for Idle Smart grant rebates to help pay for clean diesel technology for their long-haul trucks. The Idle Smart grant rebates will cover up to 50 percent of the costs of idle reduction technologies, such as auxiliary power units (maximum of $4,000 per truck).

This grant is available to small trucking companies and to independent owner-operators.

Go to the Official State of Tennessee website for more information – this link goes straight to the page with the grant information

Cash for Clunkers Information

admin — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:01:51 +0000

Now that this program has been out for a week or so, let’s take a look at it. This is a federal government program . First of all, of course the government was concerned about running through the initial billion dollar funding within the first week – HELLO?!?! They’re giving away money, of course they’re going to run out. Did they think nobody would show up for a free $4,500?? Who was in charge of running the budget projections on this project? Jeez, no wonder the economy is in turmoil. So now it looks like they’re in the process of approving another 2 billion in funding to continue this obviously popular program.

ANYWAY, the program isn’t quite as simple as showing up with a junky car and driving off with a new one. There are rules of course, so let’s look at the basics to see if you qualify:

Your vehicle must be less than 25 years old on the trade-in date
Only purchase or lease of new vehicles qualify
Generally, trade-in vehicles must get 18 or less MPG (some very large pick-up trucks and cargo vans have different requirements)
Trade-in vehicles must be registered and insured continuously for the full year preceding the trade-in
You don’t need a voucher, dealers will apply a credit at purchase
Program runs through Nov 1, 2009 or when the funds are exhausted, whichever comes first.
The program requires the scrapping of your eligible trade-in vehicle, and that the dealer disclose to you an estimate of the scrap value of your trade-in. The scrap value, however minimal, will be in addition to the rebate, and not in place of the rebate.

And another thing to know, you have to have owned the vehicle for at least one year. You should also be sure that you can really afford the new or leased car. Just because you’re getting a big discount doesn’t mean this might be the best decision for you. Be informed and think it through!!

Go to the CARS website for more information

UPDATE: This government program is ending on Monday, August 24, 2009. No more Cash for Clunkers after that date….