So, y’all know I have a crapload of student loan debt, right? Apparently my mother was talking about it at a luncheon she was at yesterday as I received a phone call from her, then she passed the phone over to her cousin, C. C has a graduate degree and probably a fair amount of loan debt. She told me about “some program” where you work for “the government” for about a year or “helping someone run a farm in West Virginia” and they forgive your debt. I was only somewhat intrigued as she wasn’t really clear and, well, I was too busy to Google it at that moment.
But hours later I did and discovered that one of the programs she was talking about was AmeriCorps. They have so many options all across the country of things to do to help people out. The loan forgiveness part is still unclear, but how cool! I figure if I look in area with heavy snowfall, I could find out if I really did want to live in such a climate. Steve is more of a “let’s stay here for another year” then figure things out kinda guy. Maybe it just means traveling to places with snow to satisfy that cold weather itch. I just don’t know.
Yeah, I do realize this blog is all over the place, but thanks for reading!
I don’t think there is any way to get your debt entirely relieved. I looked at Americorps (as well as City Year), and they give you money toward your debt, but they don’t forgive it. Right now the only forgiveness program I know of is the 10 year plan if you work in public interest. (That also has an income based payment program.) Even the Peace Corps doesn’t fully pay them off. 🙁