Before I got remarried I was a single mom with my 2 oldest children, my only children at the time. I worked 2 jobs while trying to raise them by myself, and was able to get a grant for school. They are now 16 and 12, but at the time they were only 8 and 4. I had a regular 9-5 job while they were in school and worked a second job every other weekend when they would stay at their dads house.

While I was looking on line I wanted to see if a local school had classes that I could sign up for. I was tired of working so hard but not spending any time with my kids. I want to be able to take care of them and have time to spend with them. I began my search for a grant in hopes of finding some way to help me achieve this. There is plenty of help out there, and much to my surprise more times then not, the sites I would find wanted me to pay them for their assistance.

After looking for a while I found that I wasn’t required to pay at all for this information. It is all free right there for everyone! They have a website available for you to fill the application out on and it has instructions for you to follow. So step by step for free you can be filling out your application and be on your way to getting that grant you need for school.

Some of the process was intimidating to me. It asked me for information that I had no idea what it was or how to get it. They need a code for each school you are interested in. I had decided to go to a community college so that if I was able to get a grant it would cover the entire cost of it. The last thing I want is a loan to have to pay back. I had to call the school and ask one of their office workers what code I need and they were able to tell me. They knew exactly what I was talking about so what seemed so intimidating was not really all that bad at all.

So all on my own I was able to find the application and start filling out the form, and even submit it to the site. They sent my application results directly to the school for me so that when I was approved all I had to do from there was register for my classes.

You can do it. Whether your a single mom, or single dad! You can get a grant for school for free, it’s all here for us.

Learn more about full grants for school. Stop by Kathryn Stovall’s site where you can find out all about grants for college.