W P S Educational Services

This firm claims to offer educational seminars and related materials on obtaining government grants and loans, or starting a business. The cost of the seminar is $895. We advise careful consideration if you are thinking about responding to ads for "free" grant money. Our experience with similar offers has been that companies placing government grant ads have no affiliation with the government, but rather, are third parties attempting to capitalize on information that can be obtained for free from government agencies or websites. For example, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), diseminates information upon request and via their website, on grants and loans entitled, "The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance". You can obtain the information for free by calling the DHHS local office, or visiting their website at www.aspe.os.dhhs.gov. Government grants are not designed to provide a means for you to pay your bills or have extra spending money. Generally, obtaining a grant is a complicated process requiring documentation and research, and are primarily for education, research, and business purposes. Although foundations may exist whose requirements are based on personal preference, the vast majority requires applicants to meet very specific guidelines they have established to even qualify.