For that they will need some kind of micro loan and Ms Crawley says she will need help to ease her off benefits and hopefully into her own business.

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As our organization grows, we hope to establish our own micro-loan program that will benefit the homeless participants as a crucial first-step in escaping homelessness.

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Why, he asks, can a woman in Bangladesh get a micro-loan more readily than the average frontline employee at a global 1000 company can get a small amount of money for something experimental?

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The Act includes student loan forgiveness programs, expanded access to micro-loans, and increased investment in entrepreneurship education.

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