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Ok SO! I've been down here for 6 months already.. husband is an ET and he FINALLY graduated A - school on the 29th of Oct. Our car payment, student loans, comcast bill, phone bill, etc is very overwhelming.. and it leaves us with very little money for groceries. It's just rough right now. I guess it could be worse, but it's bad enough to the point where I need at LEAST a part-time job. I certainly don't have the money to pay 100% out of pocket to daycares or home childcare providers.. I don't really like the idea of working 8 hours a day, not seeing my kids, only for 2 dollars an hour because I'm giving most of my paycheck away that I need.
So I looked online for childcare assistance and it seems as if the program down here isn't being funded I guess.. not enough money. When I talked to a lady at the child care center on base, she told me to call my husband's commanding officer and explain our situation.. but I'm not sure how to go about it all. So it lead me to come here once again for advice from my awesome & helfpul Nuke wives.
So if anyone can help me out, let me know!
Thanks!!
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Permalink Reply by cpmom on
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Kristen:
I have a newly married son in GC right now and they also struggle with the money. I was talking with my husband last night and he said you may be able to call your student loan holders and apply for a deferment or reduced payment. May not pan out but worth maybe looking into.... -
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My daughter was able to defer her loans last year and will qualify again this year due to getting her college degree but unable to find a job! Give it a try....it may help you get on your feet.
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Permalink Reply by navymom88 on
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my son is in power school now and he deferred his student loans, he went to an office there and they helped him, i would mention to some of the other sailors in his class, and they may be able to steer him in the right direction, but YES it can be done.
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Permalink Reply by NicksMom-Nuke-MM- ELT Training on
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But if you do defer them ask about the interest still accruing on them. They may continue to add interest and you will end up paying back more.
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Permalink Reply by Kristen (Greg, Nuke ET3's Wife) on
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Thanks everyone for the help!! I'll talk to Greg about it and see if he can talk to someone about all of that :)
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Hey there! I just saw your post so hopefully this information can still be helpful....have you heard of the Civil Service Members Relief Act (or something like that) What you do is you send a letter, your husband can get a copy of what it needs to say from his SLPO or whoever is in-charge of his class and you send it to the companies that you owe. What the letter says is that he joined the military on such and such date and it asks to lower his interest rate to 6% from the day that he joined. Companies are not required to lower it but most of them usually do. It is for debts that he has so if it is only in your name it wouldn't work. This helped my husband and I out a lot so hopefully it can help you or anyone else out that needs it!!
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Thank you!!!! Yeah, that'll definitely help! I know we got his car loan down to 6% but I'm not sure about the student loans. I'll be sure to let him know asap when he gets home!
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Permalink Reply by NF Mom on
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Student loans were added to the 6% program recently ( much information available is outdated and indicates it does not apply to student loans), even one of the student loan servicers notified my son that he qualified, of course that loan only went down from 6.84 to 6%.
The six percent cap is only useful for NON-Subsidized Student Loans of military members and for other Student Loans where the Active Duty Deferral does not apply.
Subsidized student loans ( as opposed to non-subsidized ) are deffered for active duty and the interest paid by the U.S. government during the deferral period. In other words they go to zero interest rate from the service members point of view and they have no payments due during active duty while we are in a war.
The six percent program ONLY applies to loans, and money owed at the time the military member entered active duty. Not useful for student loans unless the Active Duty deferral does not apply.
The student loan deferral and 6% program are totally different programs and have different eligibility and rules. It pays to be thoroughly educated on both programs.
Really three different programs, Active Duty Student Loan Deferral, Hardship Student Loan Deferral, and the 6% interest rate cap of monies owed at the time the member entered active duty.
More than worth investing the time needed to thouroughly understand when you are eligible for each.
Non-Student Loans where you incurred the obligation after entering active duty, are, of course, not eligible for any of theses programs.
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