Micro finance is the supply of loans and other financial services to those who do not have access to typical banking services. Kiva is a non-profit organization working to alleviate poverty by connecting people through micro lending. Kiva partners with a worldwide network of local micro finance institutions. In June 2009 Kiva launched a pilot program to begin offering loans in the United States. Microloan USA follows some of the first U.S. entrepreneurs who received these loans and shows that when it comes to changing people's lives, every dollar counts.