FFELP student loans are federally backed student loans originally funded by private lenders. The FFEL Program ended in 2010, but you may still be repaying them.
Refugee resettlement agencies are scrambling after the Trump administration halted their federally funded work. It’s unclear how they’ll continue supporting refugees already in the United States. Religious organizations shoulder the bulk of U.S. refugee resettlement work. “P...
This may seem like an obvious one, but first time home buyers are often surprised to find out just how much they'll need for a down payment to buy a house. For those who are unable to save the necessary 5 to 20 percent needed to qualify for most conventional mortgages, there is a ...
I work for a not-for-profit public transit system that provides federally mandated specialized transportation service for the elderly and individuals with disabilities. We are also subsidized by the federal government, our state and the localities we serve. We also provide transit to students. The...
The Homestead Act of 1862 awarded 160 acres of federally owned land to anyone who farmed it for five years and paid a small fee. — Tim Marshall 75 I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid the same fare...
This changed in the years after IDEA federally required public schools to allow students with disabilities to attend, something that doesn’t just benefit students with disabilities. It also normalizes having friends with a range of abilities as students work and play with classmates who only a ...
Law enforcement courses have moved away from a local community focus to a federally dominated model of complete social control. Most training I have attended over the past two years have been sponsored by Department of Homeland Security (DHS), namely the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)...
Federally funded student aid programs generally reduce benefits by $1 for every $1 that recipients earn. Do these programs represent government purchases or transfer payments? Are they automatic stabilizers? Suppose the government may introduce another policy like a cash grant combined with a labor i...
Money Market Mutual Funds: (a) allow check writing (b) are typically federally insured. (c) have stated maturity dates. (d) are offered by banks, S&Ls, and credit unions. (e) all of these Interest paid on deposits and borr...
That, however, is not the case: Instead, federally funded family-planning services are under siege like never before. Title X, the only federal grant program devoted solely to family planning and related preventive health services, offers its services (including birth control) to more than 5 ...