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First of all I just got finished posting to my blog about the MULTITUDE of grants that are available to artists who were affected by hurricane Katrina.  I suggest that you take a look at that blog entry of mine.

http://grantbasics101.blogspot.com

I have also listed a number of financial aid information that was being provided to those affected by hurricane Katrina on my grants-related page at:

http://members.aol.com/Roseb441702/grelated.htm

Exactly what type of poetry "business" are you talking about?  Are you saying that you want to be a professional poetry writer and earn an income from it?  Is this the work that you want to do at home?

There have been writers - including poets - who have received grant money before and there are still grant programs like that that are still available.  I have posted before about how the writer who authored the "Harry Potter" books had received a writing-related grant during the beginnings of her writing career.

You have to get on the internet and start looking for these grant programs because they are out there.  I can understand you being hesitant about wanting to pay money when you are not even sure of a company and goodness knows that there are a lot of grant scams out there.  But if you want to make sure that you won't get "taken" the best way is to find the information yourself.  How do you think that these companies get this information in the first place - they look for it and that is exactly what you have to do.

As a matter of fact I just got some information in about how inmates who are incarcerated have been getting government money to take online courses!  Now if inmates can find out about this money - why can't OTHER people?

One thing that you should know about grant "hunting" is that the kinds of grants that you apply for will depend on the kind of business that you want to start.  There is just not a grant program for someone that wants to start a business of their own.  It will depend on the KIND of business that it is that you want to start.

Now there are some states that offer grant programs for those that want to start their own business so the best thing for you to do is to check out your own state's website to see if they have such programs available in your own state.

There are some grant programs for those that want to start their own business that are being offered by entities other than the government like foundations and organizations but they too have their eligibility requirements and they are not all the same.  For instance there is a grant program for those who are minorities who want to start their own business.  That grant award is $20,000 and they award more than one grant!  Previous grant recipients include those who started their own catering business and another who started her own film company.

Over 90% of the grant information that I have found has been from the internet and since you have access the internet would be the very best place to start.  A lot of these organizations that have grant programs have an online web presence including information on how you can contact them.  Some of them even allow email access!