But a church friend referred her to the Ways to Work program at Affordable Housing Resources, which offers low interest loans of up to $6000 to help working ... view the article and video (1:59 minutes plus advertisement)
Wheels for Work program has transportation options
The Daily News Online
Rochester, NY,USA
Posted: October, 2009
Recently, CFS's Wheels for Work and Ways to Work programs merged their funding so the two programs could more effectively serve clients... view story
San Mateo County program lends way to work
The San Francisco Examiner
San Mateo, CA,USA
Posted: September, 2009
With this in mind, the nonprofit Family Service Agency of San Mateo County launched Ways to Work in 1997. The program provides low-interest car loans to ...... view story
'Ways to Work' helps low-income San Mateo County parents buy cars
The San Francisco Chronicle
San Mateo, CA,USA
Posted: September, 2009
Since 1997, the Family Service Agency of San Mateo County has helped low-income parents buy cars so they can get to work.
Shobna Dhewant, director of the Ways to Work Loan Program, e-mailed me recently to say the goal is to help low-income families, who might otherwise have trouble obtaining financing, get car loans of up to $4,000, payable over two years at a fixed rate of 4 percent. The program will also pay up to $500 for the first six months of insurance.
To qualify an applicant must be a low-income parent who lives and/or works in San Mateo County, can demonstrate the ability to repay and has not had a bankruptcy or repossession within the last 12 months.
Other conditions or exceptions may apply. For toll-free information in English or Spanish call 1-877-939-5363 extension 4100, or email waystowork@fssm.org.
KGO Television produced and wrote a heart-warming segment about how the program helped one single-mom improve her family's lot.
The program in San Mateo is an offshoot of Ways to Work, Inc., a Community Development Financial Institution based in Milwaukee that sponsors similar efforts nationwide. Dhewant said the Peninsula program is the only one of its kind in California. Details about how to join the program are available on the national organization's Web site.
Resource available for low-income county families
San Jose Mercury News
San Mateo, CA,USA
Posted: September, 2009
The Ways to Work Family Loan Program is a proven, innovative program that provides small, short-term, low-interest loans to assist low-income San Mateo ... view story
The Family Alliance
A New Name, A New Century
Lynchburg Living
Lynchburg , VA,USA
Posted: July/August, 2009
For a moment, imagine you're a woman with a wonderful husband and two children who you adore. Although you and your husband work hard every day, you don't have enough money to buy a car. ... view story (pages 60 through 63)
Family Services of Greater Houston
NBC Affiliate
Houston, TX,USA
Posted: July, 2009
Client testimonial from the Ways to Work office in Houston. view the video (1:49 min)
Health Care, Child Care and Automobile Loans Available for Those Struggling
OregonLive.com
Portland,OR,USA
Posted: May, 2009
By Paige Parker, The Oregonian
A nonprofit that makes car loans to low-income parents who must drive to work has increased the maximum amount clients can borrow. Portland's Ways to Work ... view story
Pinellas Ways to Work Helps People be Self-sufficient by Funding Transportation
TampaBay.com
St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Posted: April, 2009
By Demorris A. Lee
Times Staff Writer
So the Clearwater single mother turned to Ways to Work, a program that provides low-interest car loans to working parents with less than stellar credit ... view story
Family Program Ways to Work Offers Workers Low-interest
Auto Loans
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Posted: March, 2009
By Rick Willis, Tribune-Review
When the transmission in Amaka Hurst's 1996 Chevy Lumina went out two years ago, she worried how she would get by ... view story
Ways to Work Program Helps With Transportation Needs
WISN.com ABC 12
Milwaukee, WI,USA
Posted: March, 2009
There is help available for those who need help in getting a vehicle to get to work ... view story
Ways to Work Offers More Than Transportation
Quad-City Business Journal
Moline,IL,USA
Posted: March, 2009
By Doug Schorpp
Bill Steinhauser says the Ways to Work program is effective and statistics back that up ... view story
Grant Helps Jobless Get Back to Work
Business First of Buffalo
Buffalo,NY,USA
Posted: January, 2009
By Tracey Drury
A Buffalo nonprofit agency has received a $320,000 grant to expand a program that helps individuals get back to work ... view story
