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Yup right now it’s hard to even get a job
If you’re at risk of losing your housing and your kids live with you, try getting a hold of HUD and TANF for immediate financial assistance. Apply for LIHEAP if you haven’t already and get referrals for state-specific support.
@Mary I wish DoorDash in my area was able to support a family. But it’s not. I’ve tried twice now and only made $30 in 5 hours. And I’ve also been a deliver driver for dominos in the past and I made more delivering there. Right now I work at Target and they have been very accommodating to my schedule since my separation from my kids dad. But what I make is just not enough and my children are to small to take dashing or I would start early in the morning on my days off and work all Day and see how that worked out but it’s just not doable
How old are your kids? I worked at my daughter’s preschool until she started kindergarten and now I’m looking into getting back to be a nanny like I use to be, it’s not easy and mentally draining most of the time. There are things I would only have enough money to buy what my daughter needed and I was left eating little and not to mention I have been wearing the same clothes for years now. It’s very hard but it can change for the better also. Look into being a nanny or working at your kids school.
@Stacey 🇵🇸 I’ve already applied for TANF, it’s just waiting to see if I get approved for anything. I already have WIC and SNAP. I’ve tried to get electrical assistance and it’s only a 5% discount so it’s basically not even a discount. Like a few cents. And they won’t cover the previous balance. I applied for welfare and the worker is still figuring all of that out. I just do not know what I am going to do long term. And as far as TANF goes, they want my to do some 20hr a week volunteer BS as if I have the time for that between appointments for my children and everything else so I don’t even know if I’d be able to keep it if I did get approved for it because I don’t have 20hrs a week to give to them. If I did I’d be at my job rather than begging the government to pay my bills. 🫠
@Kayla I have a 6 and 2 year old, and then an 8mo old. And as far as working at my kids school I cant because I have an open case with DCS because of my kids dad’s abuse, and starving our baby. They basically said that I was at fault to because I didn’t leave him and I allowed him to be abusive. Even though I was stuck. So I got slapped on the central abuse/neglect list at DCS office and I can’t work with children or vulnerable adults ever again unless I get it expunged and then it’s 7 years. So basically this man ruined my life, and I’m a shitty mother because he moved me 1000 miles away from my family and friends to where I knew no one and then treated me and his children like trash and then we both get blamed because I’m trapped and don’t know what to do, and I was scared to leave him. But then when I finally leave it’s to late because all dcs could say is that I have no valid excuse because I could have asked for help. But yeah I can’t work with kids even though I’d never
Yeah with DoorDash you need to work up to 100 deliveries before you really earn anything at Platium Level. My kids are young too. My oldest is 6 years old and my youngest is 21 months old. So, I get it.
^ever hurt a child.
@Mo 🧚🏽♂️✨ Doula what do you do from home?
Call center work - it’s tough but I make due
@Mo 🧚🏽♂️✨ Doula I would love to find remote work but I don’t ever know what is a scam and what isn’t and I don’t want to fill out applications and give my info to some wack job.
I was going to suggest working at a daycare but I see that’s not an option. What about going back to school to be a CNA? Not sure if you would be temporarily disqualified from that as well. I’m sure you could get some sort of financial aid. What about cleaning houses? I recently started cleaning my friends air bnb and I usually bring 1 or both of my kids. I also recently became an independent travel agent.
@Jasmine I couldn’t be a CNA because patients are considered vulnerable adults.
I am completely a single Mother with not a lot money! You can do this! Most of the time I feel so misunderstood and like the world is against me! My kids have no Dad. Im a Mother and Father! I don't forsee things changing. I have no relationship at all with any family members. You're not alone. I take surveys online for extra money and I try to find the work from home jobs. I recently got in touch with a previous employer and they hired me back on. I'm waiting for the schedule to be posted after the holiday. I don't do daycare so that makes things even harder. Idk if I could work 2 jobs and all. I've given up a lot being a Mom including trying to finish school,etc.
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@Jasmine definitely a good suggestion and a goal of mine one day. It's a short commitment for learning, training, and certification. You can also make your own schedule.
@Jasmine I also think cleaning is good for a Mom. The pay was inconsistent, but I recently did this also and it was kind friendly. My merchandising jobs are often kid friendly also.
@Brittany what do you do with merchandising?
@Brittany I honestly feel so defeated right now. The mental/emotional and financial abuse from their dad was so much that it’s still affecting us even after I kicked him out and I’m having to attend so many appointments and meetings for the open DCS case for my son because they took him because their dad wasn’t feeding him while I was at work because he’d rather play a video game. So now I’m working on reunification while their dad thinks $120 every few weeks is efficient and benefits the kids. And he thinks I should just take him back. I could never. I’m originally from TN where all my friends and family still are and he moved me all the way to NH to be with his family and his family goes back and forth as to if they want to be helpful or not. Right now they are in their helpful season but i don’t hold on that permanency because they are wishy-washy. My friends don’t get it, even though one of them was in a similar situation with her abusive baby daddy. She still had family as
@incognito I read more of your background and again you're not alone. We have some differences, but I have a story to go with also and I can't wait to overcome it all. It eats me up everyday! I'm doing everything I can to get through it and get over it!
^support and she can’t comprehend that that is the reason she was able to escape so easily because she had the support to do so. So everything she has suggested isn’t helpful and then she gets cranky when I “shoot down her ideas”. I just don’t know what to do anymore and I can’t give up because my baby will never come home if I do that and all that I want right now is for my baby to be home with me and I can’t have that until I have financial stability and stable housing. I don’t have long to get my shit together before the state puts him up for adoption and i can’t handle that. And the state can’t comprehend that they are the reason I can’t work more hours right now because I’m having to accommodate my work schedule for their stupid meetings.
@incognito My daughter has lived with my Mother for almost 2 years! 😭 I'm so grateful. She was one of my suggestions and she took her in. I got into an altercation with a stranger and was told I endangered my daughter's safety. I visit my daughter at a visitation center that I also pay for. I successfully completed my case plan a bit ago and my case was closed. I have to petition the court for reunification. I want to do it soon,but I have a baby on the way I've been focusing on since my daughter is in a good place. I don't know if I'm comfortable having her here it's just so small. I had to take my Mother to court since she hasn't been allowing me to see her in almost 6 months since I've been pregnant. It's all so hard and I worry more about my daughter. If I feel so bad imagine how she feels. Getting a place for me and my daughter and my new baby depends on money I don't have and I don't know where to get. I just try to stay hopeful. I have a voucher for a security deposit and I hope someone take it.
@incognito ^ I totally understand! I was heartbroken the state tried to adopt my daughter out eventually also, but thankfully and believe it or not my Mom didn't want that for me. She and I don't get along at all. I really hope it all works out for you! 💖 I miss my daughter so much. I'll be seeing her next month at least weekly for 50 minutes at the place I'm paying since my parents aren't helping anymore. I've been on my own since I went to college at 17. I think I had disconnected before then. I just couldn't relate to my family. They weren't what I needed and I couldn't accept what they offered.
@incog omg I’m so sorry, what a pain!!
I know how you feel. I homeschool through a local school district. Neither of my kids are in daycare. I do DoorDash as I can to support us. So, I get it