Local free car programs

Local state and community free car programs

There are local organizations that will help people get a car, truck, van or auto for free. In general, any free car needs to be used to get a job or interview in the local area, attend long term training or allow someone to keep an existing job. The free vehicles available in your state, county or city will not be for recreational purposes but only for employment needs.

Find free cars and vehicles by state or county near you

Local state and community free car programs:

A list of local places near you for a free car is below.

The fact is cars, whether new or used, are costly. Therefore, instead of providing a vehicle, from time to time some of the non-profits or dealerships will be able to contribute emergency funds to pay for repairs rather than providing the applicant with a free vehicle. As whether a free car is given, or fixes to one, as long as the end result is the family has a way to get to work then the service will be successful.

More details on all these community services are below.

Find free cars and vehicles by state or county near you:

Regional car programs that are free

The terms and conditions of each local program in your area will differ. Some auto dealerships also work with low income families to give them a free car or very cheap auto, or provide affordable financing for one. As car dealerships often have non-profit foundations that help low-income families, vets, or single moms or dads with transportation need.

For example, in general a free car must be used for employment purposes, and veterans, single moms and the unemployed who need a free vehicle for a job may get a car or truck. As a goal is to help the family get off of relying on public assistance to help them pay their bills and rather provide them transportation for work.

Find a list of non-profits, charities and other regional agencies

near you below that provide a free used or new car

to low-income families. Many of them work off of donations from the community. However they do accept applications for free cars from single moms, the working poor, people with little or no money and others. There are national non-profits that provide free cars as well as local charities by state. Regional car programs that are free: C.A.R.S.

Ministry (Christian Automobile Repair Service)

has several parishes around the country. They help clean or service donated vehicles, work to provide free cars to single mothers for work, daycare or childcare needs, have repair programs and more.

C.A.R. Program C/OT, 1139 Franklin Avenue NE, Sauk Rapids MN 56379 phone-320-202-7824 or 1-800 909-9339 or try 507-345-0446

CARS - Community Action Realizing Success, 54 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh, NY. 12901, dial 518-561-6310 Cars Ministry, St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 10390 SW Canyon Rd., Beaverton, Oregon 97005 Phone 1-503-644-9148 C.A.R.S. Ministry of Charleston County SC, Summerville and Mt Pleasant area is at 5421 Riverbluff Parkway, N.

Charleston, SC 29420. Call 843.266.6328. Willow Creek Community Church parish/ministry - 67 E. Algonquin Road, Building G, South Barrington, IL 60010. For information, email [email protected]

Community Action Agencies

help with transportation, offer free car or ride programs, and focus in self-sufficiency as well as long term employment. There are hundreds of these non-profits around the country. Whether a free grant to pay for a car, or referrals or partnerships with auto dealers, the agencies assist. Find more details on

community action assistance programs in your area

Central Vermont Community Action Council (CVCAC), 195 US Route 302-Berlin, Barre, VT 05670, Telephone: (802) 479-1053

Community Action of Greene County, 2 Franklin St, Catskill, NY 12414, phone: 518-943-9205

Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties. Debt and loan counseling, referrals to new or used cars and other aid is at 450 Syndicate Street North, St Paul, MN. 55104, 6516035894

Community Action, Inc., 200 W. Milwaukee St., Janesville, Wisconsin 53548, dial 608-755-2491

Garrett County Community Action, 104 East Center Street, Oakland, MD. 21550, primary telephone: (888) 877-8043 NORWESCAP, 350 Marshall Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865, Telephone: 908-454-7000 x116

Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program, Inc., 149 N Iowa St, Dodgeville, Wisconsin 53533, dial 608-935-2326

Western Dairyland Community Action Agency, 418 Wisconsin Street, Eau Claire, WI 54702, dial 1-800-782-1063 Good News Garage

operates car donation programs in New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Good News Garage is an assistance program created by Lutheran Social Services. The organizations is one of the first nonprofit car donation services that was created in the U.S. The goal is to provide reliable and affordable transportation options, including a free car in their service area, for low income and working poor people.

The non-profit Good News Garage organization also repairs as many donated cars and trucks as possible for free in order to provide them to low-income individuals who need the transportation. All of the vehicles need to be used in order to gain access to medical facilities, employment, shopping, job training or school.

1 Main St., Burlington, Vermont 05401 Phone 1-877-448-3288 Good News Garage Massachusetts, 630 Main St. Sturbridge, Ma 01566 Phone 1-508-347-1277 New Hampshire location of car programs is at 325 Merrill St., Manchester, NH 03103 phone 603-669-6937 Good News Garage Connecticut, 3580 Main St., Hartford, Ct.

06120 Phone 1-860-566-5774 Good News Mountaineer Garage (different than above) also provides quality cars to people in West Virginia and surrounding states. The non-profit, which is based in Charleston, WV, repairs about 70% of the cars it receives. The typical car a Good News participant received is 10 to 12 years old and has about 100,000 miles on the odometer.

The main Good News Mountaineer Garage is at 1637 4th Ave, Charleston, WV 25387, dial (866) 448-3227.

Free local cars , or funds to purchase a used vehicle, are offered from: Ways to Work (or a local version). There are multiple local and statewide agencies, some which give interest free loans, cash assistance or free vehicles - each vary in what is offered.

They are listed below. 1212 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD. 21213, Telephone: (410) 534-1366 or 410-685-0525 1515 Avenue J, Council Bluffs, IA 5150. Heartland Family Services run it, and the main telephone: (712) 435-5368 Metropolitan Family Services at 124 NE 181st Ave, Portland, OR 97230, main telephone: (503) 232-0007 Family Services of NE Wisconsin address is 1810 Appleton Road, Menasha, WI.

54952, main phone (920) 739-4226 Heartland Family Services Ways to Work is from 2101 S. 42nd Street, Omaha, NE. 68105-2909, Telephone: (402) 553-3000 Greenleaf Family Center location is 580 Grant St, Akron, OH 44311. Call (330) 376-9494 Penisula Family Services has information on free vehicles and other programs from 24 Second Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401, main telephone: (650) 403-4300 2600 Memorial Ave Ste 201, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501, dial (434) 845-2986 A Bexar County Goodwill Ways to Work program is at 3370 Nacogdoches Rd, San Antonio, TX 78217, dial (210) 924-8581 Ways to Work at the non-profit Family Services., 300 Crooks Street, Green Bay, WI.

54305, dial (920) 436-4360 Avalon Center is at 312 Waller Mill Dr., Williamsburg, VA. 23187, call (757) 258-5022 The Family Tree is at 4540 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy. Building D Ste. B-220, Lafayette, LA 70508, (337) 981-2180

Family Houston has transportation assistance, car programs and more from 4625 Lillian Street, Houston, Texas 77007, main telephone: (713) 867-7774 Family Service of Baton Rouge Ways to Work Inc.

transportation assistance, 4727 Revere Ave, Baton Rouge, LA. 70808, Telephone: (225) 924-0123 x252 Stark County TASC, Inc. is at 624 Market Avenue North, Canton, Ohio 44702, main telephone: (330) 479-1912 Ways to Work Inc in Iowa, includes rides, which has financing for new or used cars, including free ones, is at 819 5th St.

SE, Cedar Rapids, IA. 52406, Telephone: (319) 363-1321 Monroe County and Rochester NY low income families that need a vehicle can try 87 North Clinton Avenue, Rochester, NY. 14604, (585) 546-7220 Ways to Work Inc., also sometimes called Wheels for Work, is from Catholic Charities at 180 E Union St, Newark, NY 14513, call (315) 331-4867 Family Service Association of Bucks County helps the very low-income with free benefits, transportation and more from 4 Cornerstone Drive, Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047, Telephone: (215) 757-6916 Workforce Partnership - Wyandotte County is at 626 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, KS 66101.

Call (913) 279-2600 PRISM helps with cars, transportation and more from 1220 Zane Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55422. Cars and vehicle assistance is for the Twin Cities, and dial (763) 529-1350 Anne Arundel County Department.

of Social Services is based at 80 W. St., Annapolis, Md. 21401. Phone 410-269-4603

Columbia County PA United Way free car programs for the region are from 107 S Market St, Berwick, PA 1860. Phone 570-759-8203

Ways to Work Transportation Program, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta, GA 30334. Call (404) 584-1000 or dial 404-656-0939

Ways to Work, c/o United Way of Bartholomew County, Inc is run from 1304 Hutchins Avenue, Columbus, Indiana 47201. Phone 812-376-3001. Real Services - Combined Community Services partners with Ways to Work. The address is 110E. Prairie St., Warsaw, Indiana 46580. Phone (574) 269-1173

Rockingham Community Action helps with transportation from 4 Cutts St, Portsmouth, NH 03801. Phone 603-431-2911

Ways to Work Program, Central Wisconsin community Action Cou