Ways to Make Extra Money

Sell Something You Don't Need Online It goes without saying, but the internet offers a wealth of ways to sell your stuff and pocket some cash. You can sell just about anything: clothes, toys, furniture, books, DVDs, records, electronics, art, ...
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Learn Stuff for Free

Khan Academy -- Non-profit educational website covering everything from math to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice Open Yale Courses -- Provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by Yale University distinguished teachers ...
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Free or Cheap Stuff

Here are some of the best ways to find free/cheap stuff: Groupon, LivingSocial, ThefreeSite.com, StartSampling, and Free Stuff Channel: Websites dedicated to helping users find giveaways, services, perks, samples, trials, and other promotional items. Kids Meal Deals: Search kids meal deals and kids eat ...
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Budget Travel

10 Upgrade Tips Participate in a Frequent Flier program Talk to the right people -- from the agent on the phone to the desk agent and be polite. Be personable, pleasant or share information or even a nightmare experience which ...
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5 Easy Ways to Budget Money

Managing your finances is really challenging especially in the age of sky-high demands for both your money and your time. However, despite these demands, it is important to know how to budget money to secure financial stability for you and ...
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Services for Children

Administration for Children and Families http://www.acf.hhs.gov/ Responsible for federal programs which promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. CHILD CARE Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/occ State child care assistance programs are funded through ...
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Get On Your Feet Programs

NATIONAL & MULTI-CITY United Way 1-800-725-5314 United Way provides free services to people throughout the nation. Staff will talk with you over the phone and provide job information and job referrals. United Way also works with agencies that provide job ...
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Resources for Women and Single Mothers

Access for Women - New York City College of Technology www.citytech.cuny.edu/academics/continuinged/ 718-552-1131 This program provides women with support services to assist them in entering non-traditional technical fields/trades. They focus on upgrading math skills, providing prevocational and vocational training programs and ...
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Resources for Children and At Risk Youth

NATIONAL/ MULTI-CITY Job Corps www.jobcorps.gov/ 1-800-733-JOBS The nation's largest and most comprehensive residential, education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16-24. Job Corps operates 118 primarily residential Job Corps centers located across the country and in Puerto Rico ...
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Housing Resources

Mercy Housing https://www.mercyhousing.org/ A national nonprofit organization. Mercy Housing is one of the nation’s largest affordable housing organizations. We participate in the development, preservation, management and/or financing of affordable, program-enriched housing across the country. Mercy Housing serves a variety of ...
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Crisis Resources

211 – United Way Airs http://www.211us.org/ 2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number that, where available, connects people with important community services and essential human services like training, employment, food pantries, help for an aging parent, addiction prevention programs ...
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Expert Advice on Keeping Your Health Care Costs Down

(BPT) - No matter your age, you can help keep your body healthy and your money out of the health care system by eating right, exercising and avoiding habits that contribute to chronic illness. Having the appropriate insurance may also ...
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Health Care Resources

Children's Health Insurance Program CHIP is a program administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children. The program was designed to cover uninsured children in ...
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Free Services

BenefitsCheckUp.org Helps seniors find health care benefits available to them CDC.gov Information on free or low cost colorectal cancer screening Enfamil.com Free goodies for new mothers and their babies InsureKidsNow.gov Info on state programs for free or low cost health ...
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Health Resources

American Well 75 State Street, 26th Floor Boston, MA 02109 Phone: 617-204-3500 Fax: 617-261-0200 American Well provides a setting where consumers and physicians come together online, to acquire and provide convenient and immediate healthcare services. American Well supports health plans ...
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You Can Learn How to Code For Free

Understanding how to code can open up a world of jobs and opportunities to people who may have been shut out before. If you’re thinking, yes it sounds nice but …is it possible to find free classes? How do I even get started? Well, we’ve found a few resources that can get you coding for free from virtually anywhere.


MIT Open CourseWare

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MIT offers a web-based publication of virtually all course content for free including coding classes.



Udacity

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Coding classes are one of many college courses offered by Stanford University and available online for free.



The Code Player

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Playing code like a video, Code Player helps people to learn front end technologies easier.



Coursera

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Free online courses from over 80 top universities and organizations



CodeAcademy

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Learn to code interactively for free. One of the few online education platforms dedicated solely to coding.



Khan Academy

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Khan Academy is a renowned, one-stop site offering free courses to anyone across the globe.



HTML5 Rocks

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HTML5 is a learning resource for web developers



Computer Clubhouse

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Located in 20 countries, Computer Clubhouses have provided young people from underserved communities with opportunities to develop skills, confidence and their own ideas through the use of technology for over 20 years.



General Assembly

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General Assembly offers a variety of coding courses at their campuses across the globe.



ScratchJr

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A collaboration between The MIT Media Lab and Tufts University recently released, ScratchJr is a free iPad app that helps children 5-8 learn how to code.