The priority of financial assistance grants will always go to the individual(s) with the most limited resources and/or severe set of circumstances. As long as funds are available, assistance can be made to individuals:

• who do not have adequate financial support to meet basic needs;
• who have dangerously low, or non-existent financial reserves;
• who require financial help because of the severity of circumstances; and/or, who can not obtain public, or private support from other organizations because they do not address, or fully fund, the requirement at hand.

Examples might include:

• A widow without SBP and living on social security who suddenly has extraordinary expenses;
• A dependent child of a junior officer requiring sustained medical treatment at another installation and funds are not adequate to maintain two households;
• Medical costs which have destroyed the financial asset base of an individual and the monthly income can not meet needs.

  The corporation's by-laws specify that one-time grants or monthly payments, may be made to qualifying individuals from the funds budgeted each year for this program.

Examples of grants provided since 1992 include the following:

• A self-supporting college student whose funds had been diminished to the point that a grant was needed to help her complete her senior year at Georgia Tech.
• An army widow needing a one-time grant to repair her automobile because of an accident and her inability to work due to her medical situation at the time.
• The widow of a federal employee, GS-13, whose situation immediately following her husband's death required $200 per month for 22 months in order to avoid extensive debt, and permit time to make the necessary financial adjustments for the future.
• A single parent with minimum income who needed funds for her daughter's college education.
• The widow of a navy E-7 who passed away suddenly as a result of a brain aneurysm leaving the family with $20,000 in debt. The corporation was able to provide $2,000 immediate assistance.