VA Home Loan Guaranty Info, Veterans Homelessness Grant Received, Financial Training, Agriculture Careers, Happy 100 Pets for Patriots, Clickjacking Scams

Don’t forget the home loan part of the GI Bill: Veterans utilized VA Guaranteed Home Loans to the tune of $119 Billion in 2012, according to the RAO Bulletin.  More tidbits from RAO’s Bulletin: VA loans have been used by veterans 20 million times since 1944, banks offer the loans which are then guaranteed by the VA, and there are currently five VA loan guaranty programs:
1. Purchase Loans, for the purchase of a new home
2. Cash-Out Refinance loans, for taking cash equity from your owner-occupied home
3. Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans (IRRRL), for lowering your existing VA mortgage rate. Refer to http://themortgagereports.com/10592/va-streamline-refinance for more info on this.
4. Native American Direct Loan (NADL) program, for purchase, construction or improvement of homes
5. Adapted Housing Grants, for veterans with permanent and total service-connected disability

Catholic Charities received a grant to help Northern Arizona homeless or near-homeless veterans – see more at: https://www.catholiccharitiesaz.org/catholiccharities/donations/servicesforthoseinneed/povertyreduction

Here’s more details on the Financial Empowerment and Navigator Programs at Catholic Charities, which helps clients build a sustainable future for themselves.  Classes are forming throughout Northern Arizona: https://www.catholiccharitiesaz.org/servicesforthoseinneed/refugeeresettlement/ServicesForThoseInNeed/PovertyReduction/FinancialEmpowerment

If you’re interested in a new career in agriculture, or expanding what you already know about food production, here are two sites that might be helpful to you: The Farmer Veteran Coalition at https://www.facebook.com/farmerveterancoalition and Beginning Farmers (who offer tips and events) at http://www.beginningfarmers.org/new-and-young-farmers-upcoming-events/

Happy 100th Life, Pets for Patriots!  See the scoop at: http://blog.petsforpatriots.org/pets-for-patriots-reaches-100-adoptions/

Before you click: check out this new site from the Better Business Bureau that warns you about ‘clickjacking and likejacking’- scams that infiltrate your computer when you hit Like on Facebook, or click on a link offering some contest or prize.  See it at: http://www.bbb.org/scam-stopper/