Once you are out of college and you have a job or are unemployed it can seem that outstanding student loan debts will never get repaid but there is help with student loan payments from a variety of sources if you know where to look. The Federal government just released a new program to help people pay back their student loans at a fraction of the cost no more than 15% of their income, if they qualify. It is called the IBR or Income-Based Repayment program and it is helping students from all walks of life get their federal student loan debts under control.

The IBR is great ways to get help with student loan debt and get them paid, and eventually have a portion of them forgiven. For simplicity sake, the IBR or Income-Based Repayment plan allows you to first consolidate their federal student loans in order to qualify for the program. They must also make on time payments for a certain period of time before they can apply for the IBR. The IBR will require documentation of income and payments toward the student loan and once that is done, you will only be required to pay approximately 15% of your income if it is on the low income scale.

Also if you work in the public service sector such as for the government or a non-profit organization there are benefits of the IBR you will be able to take advantage of with your student loan payments such as eventual forgiveness of the debt. You must have at least 10 years of eligible payments on your student loan to qualify for this benefit. » Read more: Help With Student Loan Payments