{"id":1116,"date":"2008-06-18T09:32:05","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T09:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2008\/06\/18\/ways-to-work-finds-ways-to-pay\/"},"modified":"2008-06-18T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2008-06-18T09:32:05","slug":"ways-to-work-finds-ways-to-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/ways-to-work-finds-ways-to-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u0080\u0098Ways to Work\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Finds Ways to Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting low interest loans for car payments can be hard to do, especially without good credit history.&nbsp; The Ways to Work program from the Bethany Home for Children and Families in Moline helps make getting these loans possible. <\/p>\n<p> &ldquo;The clients served are not able to get a loan at a bank or credit union before our program,&rdquo; Pat Mckillip, loan coordinator for the Ways to Work program, said. &ldquo;Without credit, banks and credit unions don&rsquo;t want to take a chance.&rdquo;<br \/>  <!--more--> <br \/> The Ways to Work Program has a mission to help lower income families find ways to pay off car loans.&nbsp; The maximum amount for each loan is $4,000 and funding is made possible through a grant from the Department of Transportation.<\/p><div id=\"holaa-1437737391\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-300&#215;250-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-300x250-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p> In order to receive the loans, a few requirements must be met. The client must be the parent of a child under 18 and be employed at least 3 months before applying for the loan. They must also live in Rock Island, Mercer or Henry county and work 20 or more hours per week, to name a few of the necessary qualifications. <\/p>\n<p> &ldquo;The program started to assist women who came off welfare,&rdquo; Mckillip said. &ldquo;They expressed a concern for affordable credit for cars to get to work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> Today, married couples as well as single fathers can apply for the car loans. The Ways to Work program requires the client to attend a financial literacy class in order to understand how to manage their own finance and be able to get their own credit.<\/p>\n<p> &ldquo;Clients have gotten loans on their own after the program,&rdquo; Mckillip added.<br \/> Approximately 450 loans have been given out locally with only a 5 percent default rate with payments.&nbsp; Most clients have been able to work out ways to pay off car loans and improve their credit history through the Ways to Work program.<\/p><div id=\"holaa-2415769754\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/hhs.iowa.gov\/health-prevention\/diabetes-prevention-management\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Diabetes Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Diabetes-Spanish-300x250-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p> As for the future, the program is hoping to expand into Iowa and reach a more diverse population. It would also like to build loan volume.<\/p>\n<p> Bethany Home operates nearly two dozen other programs including adoption and intervention services.<br \/> For more information about receiving a car loan or other services, visit the Bethany Home for Children and Families at 1830 6th Ave. in Moline or call 309-736-6635. <\/p><div id=\"holaa-202554311\" class=\"holaa-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/progressiowa.org\/2023\/08\/take-action-with-progress-iowa\/?utm_source=news&#038;utm_medium=site&#038;utm_campaign=2026&#038;utm_id=News\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Progress Iowa Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Progress-Iowa-Spanish-300x250-1.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"holaa-124920266\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/progressiowa.org\/2023\/08\/take-action-with-progress-iowa\/?utm_source=news&#038;utm_medium=site&#038;utm_campaign=2026&#038;utm_id=News\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Progress Iowa Spanish 300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Progress-Iowa-Spanish-300x250-1.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting low interest loans for car payments can be hard to do, especially without good credit history.&nbsp; The Ways to Work program from the Bethany Home for Children and Families [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}