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bonds. During that five-year period of 2003-2007, AER's emergency assistance consisted of 91 percent repayable loans and 9 percent direct grants. In 2008, AER gave out $ 5.5 million in emergency grants, $ 65 million in loans, and $ 12 million in scholarships, to a total of 72,000 people. For 2009, AER plans to reduce its total scholarships to $ 8 million.
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level can approve zero-interest loans up to $ 2,000. AER officers at each installation approve grants and loans up to $ 4,000; commanders and senior non-commissioned officers at the garrison level approve grants and loans up to $ 5,000; and anything over $ 5,000 is handled by the AER Headquarters in
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reported that the AER had, between 2003 and 2007, distributed a total of $ 64 million in aid, an average of $ 13 million per year, while adding $ 117 million to its reserves, and reaching total assets of $ 345 million. AER ended 2007 with a $ 296 million in its investment portfolio of stocks and
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expects a baby and who needs financial, medical or post-natal assistance, receives the courteous and understanding assistance from that military agency which believes in caring of its own.
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