Government Grants For Women?

Please find me a government grant to buy the business of my dreams.?

• I am a wife and a mother of a 14 year old daughter. I am writing because I am in dire need of some help. I would like to first tell you about myself, and then discuss what I am looking for. I have always been a very organized and hardworking woman. I have held jobs since the age of 14. I had no problems balancing work, school, and sports all through growing up. After school, I took a course for Certified Nurses Aide at Fox Hospital, and was hired there. I worked at the hospital for 10 years. After that, I left that job to take another at a NYS University. I worked there for almost 7 years. Approximately 2.5 years ago I had to come forward about being sexually assaulted and tortured by my boss there. Four other women that he did it to also came forward to tell there stories. I had not said anything before this, because I needed this job and nobody would believe me. I tried to reach out a couple times, dropping hints, and the response was that he couldn’t do something like that. So, I just bottled everything up inside, but when I had to talk about everything that happened to me, I completely broke down. I tried to stay there but the retaliation was to much to handle. People did not believe that he did what he did and treated me very badly. I ended up resigning my position and spiraling me even further down, I went into therapy and had to be medicated and treated for Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Severe depression, and disassociation syndrome. I was no longer the same person. My daughter lost the mother that she knew. I was always the mom who was out playing with the kids, coaching softball, our house was where all the neighborhood kids came to hang out, and eat, and swim, and etc. Now, I could barely get out of bed, and rarely would go outside. We ended up losing our home, our cars, our whole life. We had to go bankrupt, and that was just discharged in January of this year. About a year and a half ago, I was approved to receive Social Security Disability, which is what I have for income now. My daughter had become depressed seeing what this all did to me, and even more when we had to move and now live in trailer that is in bad shape. She had to leave all her friends, and the life that she had known since she was 2 years old. Now she is suffering from depression and anxiety, and hates herself, hates her life, just hates everything. This is not fair to her, and I have to do something about it, so that she can have her mom back, and I can have my daughter back. This leads me into why I am writing you. For the past 4 months I have been searching for government grants. I see commercials all the time about how there is government money out there for people who need it. I have researched the internet, and spent time in the library and reading books about grants, to having no luck finding them. Most things I find are just leading me into a scam. I have the opportunity right now to buy a small diner and home combo , back in the town that we all miss. I have always wanted to run my own business, and right now, I know that I will never be able to work for anyone else, because I trust no one. I am ready to get off the disability and run my own business with my family. I also plan on adding on to the diner building to make a small movie area and game area, so that the neighborhood kids have something to do, and somewhere to go, instead of walking the street. The dilemma that I face is that nobody will give me a loan, because of bankruptcy and my income. Nobody wants to listen to my story and give me a chance. That is the reason for me looking for government grants. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me and my family, and I really want this. The diner and the home are both turnkey. The diner needs some rennovations and some new equipment, but other than that its ready to go and so am I. I have calculated out needing a total of 200,000 dollars to make this happen. What I am asking you for is either for information that will give me a guaranteed grant, or to possibly take a chance on me yourself. I have done a lot of reading, and I see that there are people out there that are willing to help people. I guess they are called philanthropists. I am grateful for them and all I am asking for is some help and some compassion, so that my family and I can get our lives back. This opportunity will not be available for very long, so I need to act on this asap. Please contact me as soon as you can and let me know what kind of help you can give to me. Writing this letter was very hard for me, because I take pride in doing things for myself, but I have no choices here, and I need immediate help.

• Answer:

  Go to HTTP://HYPERLINK "http://www.grants.gov/" grants.gov/ and follow the instructions. You will find that unless you are a nonprofit, in basic research or daycare, there are no grants for a small business. Some cities offer grants to small businesses if they will locate in the downtown area or want to upgrade their store front, for the purposes of building up downtown traffic. Check with your City Hall for details. Private foundations offer grants. You can get a list of most US Foundations and private grant sources at HTTP://www.foundations.org/