The other day I was talking to a young single mother of three. She came to me for advice, because she was going through some financial hardship. After our long talk, I started thinking that being a single mom in America is very difficult. These single mothers want to be able to take care of their children, keep them going in school and provide a safe haven to live. Doing all this in today’s society is hard, especially with our current inflation. Homes, cars, groceries, gas, and relatively everything is getting more expensive.
So how do single mothers manage pulling in enough money to feed their family and manage to spend time with your kids?
There are various government assistance programs that some single moms are eligible for. They can either be through private organizations or the federal welfare program. These programs are great and can very helpful if you can actually get into them.
How do you know if you qualify for assistance?
The best way to find out is by going to your local welfare office and seeing if you have a low enough income to apply for one of the support programs. A way you can qualify is by having a low enough income. These welfare programs offer you a variety of forms of money. Some will give you stock or bank accounts, things that can be turned into cash for you use. When applying for a welfare program, include the amount of money you make and other hardships you and your family might have gone through.
So what happens if you don’t qualify for a welfare program but are still struggling?
If you can’t qualify for welfare programs then you will have to apply for a grant from the US government. There are about 900 grants from 26 different grant-making agencies that are willing to help you with your hardships. The grants come from the U.S government and the only way you can get your hands on one is by doing something for financial assistance .This usually implies that you might have to do a service project or some other task. Then you can receive the grant.
More Resources
The government isn’t the only place out there that offers grants to people. Schools, private companies, and many non-profit organizations are willing to help single moms through their hardship. These days they are many schools that offer specific scholarships for single moms who are trying to go to college. If you are curious about this type of assistance, you should go and talk to the financial advisor of the school that you would like to go to.
Other organizations that offer help to single moms is sites like Singlemom.com. They offer financial help to single moms in need. Depending on the organization you turn to, they are willing to give out a cash grant every month to deserving single moms. Receiving a grant could help you get through the month, and allow you a little bit of breathing room.
If you get a grant in the future, then make sure you use it for the benefit of the entire family. Misusing a grant or welfare program is not what they are intended for. These financial aids systems are meant for helping single moms who are truly struggling to keep their head above water. Use them correctly.
One Last Note
I know this article is focused on single mothers who are going through financial hardship. But, I just like to acknowledge and praise all the single mothers who have very successful careers and taking great care of their children. Many of us wouldn’t be where we are today if it wasn’t for the sacrifice and hard work that our mothers went through in life.
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Single mothers need all the help they can get as so many work many hours but still make time to look after their children and give them quality time.
There are some strong mothers out there and i think as the world grows more become stronger over the years even in hard times.
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Single Moms On Facebook And MySpace Warned About Pre-Schooler Pix Online —
“Single mothers who put photos of their pre-school kids on their social networking homepages are creating a happy hunting ground for pedophiles.”
The warning comes from Crystal Jacquez, managing editor of Guys and Lies.com, the online back grounding site designed exclusively for women.
“Single mothers almost always do it.” says, Jacquez. “It’s not only incredibly dangerous but worse, most single moms have absolutely no idea that it’s dangerous at all!”
“Think of it,” continues Jacquez, “if you’re one of the tens of thousands of pedophiles with a taste for really young kids, how do you get to them? Children under five or six are just too young to be online.
“So what does this most dangerous form of pedophiles do?” asks Jacquez, “He surfs social networking sites looking for the pages of young single mothers.
Literally, millions of single moms are now on social networks like Facebook and MySpace — and almost all of them proudly show off photos of their kids on their homepages and profiles.
So if you’re a pedophile stalking preschoolers, half an hour of searching out single mothers on social sites and you’ve got a dozen lush candidates – photos and all – just a few key strokes away”.
Not only that, but these predators know that these kids are often protected only by lonely, vulnerable women — women who are looking for men who they hope love children. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY! It’s a pedophile’s dream!
Read this excerpt from a report in the journal American Psychologist, published by the American Psychological Association, regarding pedophiles stalking pre-schoolers on the internet:
“Finding prepubescent victims directly (on the Internet) is quite rare; such offenders use the Internet in other ways. Pedophiles typically get access to preschool victims through online contact with parents”
“If you have pictures of your child on line,” says Jacquez, “don’t be too surprised to get a message like the following from some nice sounding guy”:
“Hey! I just saw your profile on Facebook and you are one great looking lady — and that little girl of yours is just marvelous looking! She looks so bright etc. etc. etc!”
“You’re going to have a new best friend very soon,” she says. “Count on it!”
Who hasn’t heard of Lolita, one of the most famous books in America, in which the pedophile gets access to the prepubescent daughter by courting her divorced mother. You can still see the movie on cable TV with James Mason and Shelley Winters as the grown-ups and Sue Lyon as Lolita.?
Jacquez also cites the following statistic from: Offender Characteristics, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics re. Victim-offender relationships in sexual assault regarding who sexually assaults children under 6 years old.
Who assaults children under 6 years old:
Trusted family members: 48.6%
Strangers: 3.1%
Trusted family acquaintances: 48.3%
“If a pedophile targets your child’s photo on your homepage, trust us,” says Jacquez, “they’ll become a ‘trusted family acquaintance’ soon enough.
“Don’t close down your social network homepages” Jacquez says. “Just get those photos of your kids off them!”
“One thing more thing,” says Jacquez, “when you meet a new guy online, check him out immediately with us at Guys and Lies.com (www.guysandlies.com). Our site is free and was built in order to empower women to check out the backgrounds of guys that they meet online.
“First, check our Child Molesters Section where we access the photos and home addresses of over 360,000 registered sex offenders. Then check him out in our Criminal Records Section. Then check to see if he’s using a phony name. After that, check out all his claims about his background. “There is no way,” she says, “that you can be too careful.”
Guys and Lies also has a special page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/guysandlies, and on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/guysandlies.
Jacquez asks you to please forward this article to single moms you know who have their kid’s photos online..
Contact:
Crystal Jacquez, managing editor
Guys and Lies.com
415 678-8610
crystal@guysandlies.com
http://www.guysandlies.com
It is never easy to be a single parent. I am also a single parent having a 7 year daughter.
I want to suggest one related site for all the assistance for a single parent.
I have searched the internet manytimes for help. but always unsuccessfull, I work hard every day to provide for my three children and sometimes I cannot give them simple things like socks, pencils, paper, even clothes. I am un so much debt and can not pay my bills because they are more than my paycheck. I pray that someone or something happens where I can change my situation.
Six months ago, I had my first child. I am planning to attend University in January but need a little assistance. I’ve heard of programs but seem to have a hard time researching them.
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