How do you get financial help for single moms and get information on housing for single moms?

Answer 1

Department of jobs and family service---includes assistance with medical bills, utility bills, cash assistance, food stamps, jobs placement, education, childcare.
Child support will help you go after the absent parent and order support paid.
Low income and government housing is a good place to look for a place to live. Your local phonebook usually has it listed, the dept. of jobs and fam. serv. may have names and numbers.
For utilities, if you qualify to receive medicaid or othe rassistance, the phone company has discounted service called "lifeline", most electric companies do a PIPP program where you only pay a percent of your bill a month, gas companies do a budget plan.
Clip coupons to save money, buy stuff on sale, shop garage sales, goodwill and resale shops for clothes and houshold furnishings, the dollar stores are great places for paper products and cleaning supplies.
Your local church is a good place to ask about help parents and groups.
Friends, family and neighbors may also be able to help.
No matter what, keep your head up and remember that it may be hard, but you will be stronger person because of the struggles you go through. If you need anything else, please e-mail me. I have been in your situation and I know what it can feel like to not know where you are going or what you are doing and just want someone to talk to.

And to cpern....It isn't too much to ask, but unless you know the full situation, please don't judge. I lost my huband suddenly and quite unexpectedly and I am now single and raising two kids on a very tight budget. I work and am still putting myself thru school, but it is hard, especially when people just automatically assume that we irresponsibly got pregnant at a young age and now can't handle it. I am almost 30, have worked 2, if not 3 jobs at a time to provide for myself and my kids, put myself thru school and paid my taxes for many years. These programs are a blessing and for all the money that I have paid into them, you can bet your a** I am going to use them when I need them. I am not lazy, nor am I too proud to use what resources I have to do the best I can in my situation. I do not appreciate the negative and rude comments, whether it is toward me or someone else, who is just doing what they can to live their life.

Answer 2

Well if you mean "Assistance" from the State, then just open-up your, yellow pages, and look up: Family Assistance, or Aid to Families,of Dependants.......I think, or ask your neighbors, where to look in the yellow pages.....For, low housing, look in the Yellow pages for HUD.........Or call information, on your phone, and ask them, if any of those things are in the phone book....Just simply tell the operator, that, your looking for help, for single moms for financial, and for housing...They should know......Had you given more information, as too, where you live, we all could probably help you, better, to find out what its called, where you live..... Are you completely unable, to work? Becuase, they (whoever helps you) are going to want you to work, eventually , and their help, is only temporary......So, be expecting, to have, too go back to work unless, you are pregnant, right now, then I think, if my memory serves me, correctly, you will need to work, once the baby is 1-or2 years, old, I think......Your going to get alot of Viscious, answers from people, who are totally against, women who get food-stamps, etc.....But, what they dont get, or know about, is the part, where the Dad's dont help, and all the financial help, is so you can eventually help, yourself & your children, that its only temperary anyhow........Just ignore, all the mean , responses!! I wouldn't even read, them, if I were you!!Good-Luck, to you, I'm sure, if you asked around, abit, someone, would know something......Just pray about it, God, will make a way,one way,or another.........

Answer 3

The first person responsible for financial assistance would be the father of the child.

Answer 4

it makes me so mad at the people who like to judge others when they have no idea on what the situation is or have never been through anything romotely close to it. i used to be a single mother due to a man who chose alcohol over his family. we had 2 children together and were together for 8 years. i was taking care of both of my children working 2 full time jobs ..waitressing during the day and bartending at night just so i could make ends meet , i was a brownie leader for my daughter girlscout troop and i was a coordinator for her class. i had to drop alot of that stuff becasue i couldnt work and support my childrena t the same time. they never saw me. i thought we had a stable family..he chose alcohol over his family so to all of you people that want to criticize us for working 3x as much as you do to support our children and livlihood...go to hell!!!!! lets see you do it!!

Answer 5

Is it too much to ask singles to not get pregnant unless they have a stable family???

Answer 6

Get a newspaper and look for 'Classifieds'. They always have listings for 'help wanted'. Since you have access to the internet, go to Craigslist.org.

Answer 7

Contact HUD or the Department of Welfare in your state. They can then conntect you to resources for mulitiple programs.

Answer 8

go to your local Department of Human/ Health Services and ask questions.

Answer 9

they shouldnt have got pregnant from the beggining

Answer 10

church, the church can tell you places for help usually