Renee Turning Heart, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, started a successful business with the help of a lending program aimed at low-income entrepreneurs.

Turning Heart lost her job and turned to quilts to make ends meet. But she found herself at a dead end when banks kept rejecting her for loans.

That's when Trickle Up, a New York-based organization, stepped in to help Turning Heart get off the ground and establish a credit history. Turning Heart now makes as much as $1,200 a month from selling quilts and has found a new job at the tribe's business center.

Get the Story:
A Helping Hand (The Wall Street Journal 11/29)

Relevant Links:
Trickle Up - http://www.trickleup.org