Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are partnering to offer interest-free loans of up to $10,000 for individuals and families to support relocation costs to another state because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, policies, and climate in their current state of residence.
Applicants do not have to be Jewish and can be moving from any state in the U.S. to any state in the U.S. (but not outside of the country).
To qualify, applicants must meet the following requirements:
Applicants may still be considered for approval if they have current employment but no guarantor, or if they have a qualified guarantor but are not currently employed, provided there is sufficient overall ability to support repayment.
Initial funding for this program is provided by the Jewish LGBTQ Donor Network.
To begin the application process, fill out this screening form. HFLS staff will reply within a few days.
To learn more details about the terms of the loan, visit HFLS’s site.
If you have additional questions, reach out to Eddie Ramos-Kleinman at [email protected].
“From Inauguration Day on, we have received so many calls and emails and texts from trans people and from people with trans kids who suddenly feared not being able to access the health care that they know they need for themselves or their kids to stay alive. There were lots of panicked calls, particularly from parents,” [Idit] Klein said. “David [Rosen] and I reconvened and quickly agreed, ‘We have to make this happen.’”
“Ci and her family were able to relocate from Alabama with the help of Move to Thrive… Ci found a job in finance at the local Conservative synagogue, which she says embraces all kinds of diversity. ‘I think the saving point really has been finding this position within our local shul, and being able to experience that love and that connection within our own people, that we had wanted for so long, but had no access whatsoever,’ she said.”
“Move to Thrive came from one organization, Keshet, not a big organization, and another, Hebrew Free Loan Society. We’re not talking about the Gates Foundation or Mackenzie Scott. I read this and I thought: “Why are we not seeing more of this from bigger players”?”
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