Normally the government takes our money. In some cases, however, it hands out cash. Here are 18 ways to get free money from the government.
Ok, full disclosure: this isn’t really a way to find free money from government hardship grants. However, it can help you collect on funds you didn’t even know you were missing.Simply visit unclaimed.org and enter your information to search whether you have money waiting to be returned to you. The National Association of State Treasurers created the site to connect consumers with forgotten funds. These can include insurance reimbursements, apartment deposits, forgotten savings bonds, old utility payment overages or deposits, or paychecks you never cashed.You can search by specifics like your full name and address. Or you can even just browse the results from your last name alone. (I found a few unclaimed health insurance reimbursements for my mom this way, to the total of $400!)
Whoever said “nothing in life comes free” didn’t take into account government programs that help people pay for things like college, day care and a new home. And during the coronavirus outbreak, there is even more assistance available to you. Free money from the government: COVID relief and more The high-priority free money from the government these days is COVID relief. Use Getgovtgrants stimulus check calculator to determine how much COVID relief money you could expect and find a link to track the status of your payment from the U.S. Treasury. Above and beyond pandemic payouts, there are other day-to-day government programs available to those in need. But unlike COVID assistance, you'll have to seek out and apply for these financial boosts. Most of these programs are funded by taxes, so technically you pay something, but it's as close as you’ll get to finding free money from the government. Note that the COVID-19 pandemic may affect the availability of some of these programs.