What kind of help do you need?
- Adult education classes
- Affordable housing
- Alternative health & medicine
- Blind / low vision
- Business finance help
- Choosing a career
- Citizenship
- Community Resources for Children
- Consumer information
- Crime victim
- Deaf / hard of hearing
- Debt & credit counseling
- Developmental disabilities
- Disabilities
- Doctors, health care facilities & insurance
- Drug information
- Elder care
- Emergency assistance
- Employment for the disabled
- English classes
- ESOL classes
- Financial aid for school
- Financial help for artists
- Financial help for individuals
- Financial help for writers
- Find a lawyer
- Food, financial assistance
- GED classes
- Grants for individuals
- Health Conditions, Disorders & Diseases
- Home care assistance
- Home Purchase & Affordable Housing
- Home repair
- Homelessness
- Immigration
- Información para inmigrantes (español)
- Job hunting
- Job preparation
- Legal forms
- Literacy Agencies
- Medical bills, financial assistance
- Medical care assistance
- Medical tests & surgery
- Nutrition
- Pets - Pima Animal Care Center
- Preparation for GED
- Rent, financial assistance
- Scholarships
- Utilities, financial assistance
- Veterans
- Visas
Community Focus
Local Guides - Financial Help for Individuals
Many people come to the library to research ways to get funding for various reasons. We've compiled these lists of agencies, organizations, and resources you might want to turn to in your time of need.
Grants for Individuals
- See the following notebooks on the 3rd floor of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library, in the Grants Collection:
- Where Can I Find Information on Grants to Individuals?
- The Myth of Free Money
- See Foundation Center's site for Individual Grantseekers - includes free info and tutorials.
- See Grants for Individuals
- See No Free Money, an article written by an Ohio librarian, to find out more about popular myths about free money and the real skinny.
Below is a list of possible sources of funding and financial help for individuals in the Tucson area. While it is not exhaustive, it deals with some of the most frequently asked questions about aid to individuals. Please be aware that:
- Foundations, under most circumstances, do not give grants to individuals.
- While there are billions in various government programs, most are not given directly to individuals, but to nonprofits and local and state governments.
- In both the public and private sectors, giving to individuals tends to be very local, and so directories with a national range have limited value.
What Help Do You Need?
- Business Assistance - Check Business Info Center for more information
- Community Services for People who are Homeless
- Debt and Credit Counseling (Personal Finance)
- General Aid from Federal, State & Local Government
- Financial Aid, Scholarships, and Grants to Individuals - See also: Reference and Teen sections at your library for scholarship directories.
- Financial Help for Artists and Writers
- Financial Help with Home Expenses: Food
- Financial Help with Home Expenses: Home Purchase
- Financial Help with Home Expenses: Home Repair
- Financial Help with Home Expenses: Rent and Utilities
- Medical and Home Care Assistance