"Without the help of a low interest
loan for a van through the Good Wheels program, we would not have been able
to keep our business running and we would have needed more help from TANF to
pay our bills."
My name is Rebecca. I have been receiving
TANF for my three kids and myself off and on for several years. I just got
married a few months ago and my new husband and I started a cleaning service
with the support of my ASPIRE worker. At first, we used our old car to get
to job sites, but it broke down and couldn't be fixed. When that happened we
started to take taxis to get to our job sites so that we wouldn't lose the
customers we worked so hard to get. We weren't really making any money yet
because we were just beginning and our transportation problems were really
hard on our already very tight budget.
Then my ASPIRE worker told me about the Good
Wheels program. My caseworker offered to make a referral to the program for
me and I gladly accepted. When I talked to the Good Wheels person, I said
that I would take whatever they could offer for a vehicle, but that the best
thing for us would be a van, or something that we could use to carry all of
our bulky equipment and cleaning supplies around with us. The next day they
called me and said they had two vans to show me!
The Good Wheels person helped me test them
out and we ended up with one that was about six years old. It's needed some
repairs but it came under a warranty and the dealership has been great.
Because the van was so inexpensive, our monthly payments are only about
$153. With this help from Good Wheels, we're back on track and looking
forward to being off TANF very soon.
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