Low income assistance programs

People looking for general financial assistance.
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Hi,
Since you have multiple needs, and that area is so rural/limited in resources, did you try the Salvation Army in Fort Royal for help? As they address all that - food, rent, etc.
Also since you have a mental challenge / issues, maybe the Social Services in Warren County (link here https://www.warrencountyva.gov/388/Social-Services) will be a good option for you.
Tasi Fish wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 11:05 am Hello,
I am living in Front Royal and my income is very low, and I need help with paying my rent and utilities and getting food. I need help finding employment, as well. I need help with mental health, as well.
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Hello,
I am living in Front Royal and my income is very low, and I need help with paying my rent and utilities and getting food. I need help finding employment, as well. I need help with mental health, as well.
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Hi all,
Almost the entire site lists low-income assistance programs. Please use it. Use the search bar. Read for programs in your area and region, and here is more information on help for low-income families. https://www.needhelppayingbills.com/htm ... grams.html
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lucylew wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:03 pm Hello my name is Andrenique and including me have a family of 9 that is in need from low-income assistance programs.
Hi all, including Andrenique,
There are many areas covered here, including Milwaukee, TN, Houston, Smyra beach and others. For a list of various programs for the low-income and households in, or near, poverty levels look here. Also look into making much better financial decisions, as the examples here (9 kids, etc.) are horrible decisions for said kids and society. That said, look here for low income resources. https://www.needhelppayingbills.com/htm ... grams.html
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Hello my name is Andrenique and including me have a family of 9 that is in need from low-income assistance programs. We have been homeless since July 2022 and we're still waiting on housing help. I am on rapid rehousing waiting list for low income people. We have been since May of this year. My family have been getting help then we're back to square one. Losing majority of our property, selling valuables to make ends meet and also items that were dear to us. My children are needing a place to call home. If someone can please help us out it would be greatly appreciated.
We have a go fund me trying to get help.
Please help us.
We're currently in Houston Texas
Thank you
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Hello, I’m a single mom of twins and live on a low income. I’m 24 years old and I attend school and trying to work full time. I been trying to get help on several occasions but was unsuccessful. If you guys can help me get on a rental assistance program or low rent vouchers programs will help me out a lot. Right now I and my two children are currently staying with my god parents.
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The department of Labor in Tennessee? They normally help with employment needs...not low income financial aid programs. Here is more information on them. http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html ... ogram.html
We would suggesst instead trying a pantry for food. Then a charity for the other phone, heat, telephone assistance you need.

Sushi wrote:I'm working on a resume and am going to the Department of Labor to see what they can help me with.
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I need 900 dollars at the moment to cover lot rent, phone, electric and heat and some food for myself and my cat. I'm 57 years old, considered to be low income, and am working on trying to find work. I've been out of the work force for a year. I'm working on a resume and am going to the Department of Labor to see what they can help me with. I've been working on trying to raise the money by selling my stuff.
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Of you have zero credit then yes, it will be difficult to get an apartment. Think about it from a landlord's perspective....they need some assurance (other than your word) that you will pay the rent. A credit check shows how likely you are to do this based on past history, which is the best predictor of future behavior. So try non-profit credit counseling as well in Lincoln Nebraska, and locate other emergency aid. http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html ... e_pr2.html
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I'm 33 years old and live in Cleveland Ohio, like the rest of America I'm struggling. 3 years ago I got custody of my daughter who is now 10. She hasn't seen or talked to her mother in 5 years. She is a happy girl gets great grades in school and is an inspiration to me. but it's getting harder and harder to look her in the eyes and tell her that we can't do this or we can't do that because we have no money. I've never received child support I've never received any type of government assistance state assistance or even a hand at all in raising her. also in the past few years I began paying around $500 child support for a child which I've never seen although I've never received or was offered it for my daughter.
We live in a 1 bedroom apartment that for the last 5 years I've been sleeping on the couch so my daughter can have a bedroom. And as bad as it sounds I also drive her to school and I drive to work everyday in a vehicle that to be honest I don't have insurance on. Not because I don't want to simply because I can afford it. I'm struggling to keep the lights on in our apartment. Like right now where they are to be shut off Thursday of I can't figure something out and there's rarely ever much food here. I've been told many times That I make too much money to get any type of assistance but I do not make enough to get by. I work on cars paint cars trade and sell cars and do my Art on the side to try and make ends meet and even that's not doing anything now with the way to the economy is no 1 is buying anything.
I'm sorry to ramble on or make the sound like a sob story because honestly that's not my style. I work hard for a living! I guess my question to you is how is it someone like myself who's trying to do the right thing, doesn't drink doesn't do drugs goes to work everyday works as many hours as I possibly can and am trying to raise a little girl by myself. How is it that someone like me is constantly struggling to survive and people I know don't work and go out and have a great time all the time. How are they able to get benefits and have their cabinets an refrigerators full of food buy flat screen TVs and rims for their car and I can't get car insurance . I don't understand how this is fair.
I want my daughter to live in a life better than the one that I was raised in. I want her to have her own room and perhaps a yard And for a change. Not worry about her father not eating.
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I am on SSI, been searching for apartments in Lincoln Nebraska. Nearly all the listings for affordable apartments do a credit check and then ask for a co-signer. I have no credit, and can't get anyone to co-sign for me. I have documentation for proof income. I am currently bouncing from sofa to sofa.
This is not a cry for help, but a honest chance to regain my independence back. would you please contact me if you have any valuable information or resources that will aid me into getting my life back on track? Thank you very much and have a good day.
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That is quite a list of needs. We do have extensive information on financial assistance in Milwaukee, including for much of what you listed. While of course transportation is very rare, there are resources for medical needs (such as free clinics), job training for the unemployed, legal aid for dealing with disability claims and much more. Find a listing of assistance programs in Milwaukee.
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that is quite a list of needs. Your best point of contact, say for one stop shopping, is the community action agency. There is on in every single county in Ohio. They can help you apply for low income energy assistance, homeless prevention, and even government benefits such as SSDI. While there is no one term solution, they may have suggestions. Read community action in Ohio programs.
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I am in need of severe help in paying rent along with my electricity bill. My electricity bill is around $323 & my rent is $485 & I was only able to pay her $130. I was directed to you through the needhelppayingbills website. I lost one job and was moved to on-call only at my other job, so I haven't been called at all. My boyfriend has a drywall job, but only makes $8.50 & is $1000 behind in child support. I just need directed in the right direction, please. Thank you. Again, I am in dire need of help.
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Right now, my fiancé and I are struggling to make ends meet due to lack of employment opportunities. We are both employed, but neither job is providing enough hours to cover our bills. His 2 year old son is with us 1/2 of the time, and we are afraid that if we can not pay our current bills, we will lose the time we have with him. We need to pay the other half of our rent, and pay the car payment in order to be caught up. I get paid on Friday, but I know that it will not be enough to cover bills. I don’t want to ask for help, but I know that God is looking out for us and will help us one way or another. Please get back to me as soon as possible. Thank you.
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I am currently in Lutheran Hospital. I am on SSDI, low income and in the red every month. I am a current student at a local graduate school. I have to go to court to appeal the child support order that was issued in July 2013. The money I receive for my children from disability is going to the children's father now that he has custody. I do not have enough to see them for the allotted time given. I do not have enough to pay monthly expenses. I will have the electric shut off this month due to insufficient funds and balance for Ohio Edison. Please help. My car needed over 1,000 worth of work in December and still needs over 800 more. It is a 2004 Jeep Cherokee. I owe my Mother and Friend over 800 dollars. I live in Ohio. Again, I am currently in Lutheran Hospital. I also enrolled in 9 credits and have completed over 61 credits so far. Please help.
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I NEED HELP WITH LOCATING RESOURCES FOR HELP WITH RENT, ENERGY BILLS, DENTAL CARE, AND MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA. I ONLY GET A SMALL DISABILITY PAYMENT AND MY MOTHER WHO IS TURNING 65, IS STILL WORKING AND HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. BUT LET ME LIVE WITH HER, AND IT PAINS ME DEEPLY TO SEE HER STRUGGLE WITH NO ASSISTANCE FOR HER, AND I GIVE AS MUCH AS I CAN TO HELP. THIS IS A DIRE SITUATION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO END UP DESTITUTE. PLEASE SEND ANY AND ALL RESOURCES POSSIBLE, AND GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU.
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Hello. We desperately need help. I am the primary breadwinner, supporting my husband who has late Stage IV CKD. He is a very short step away from having to go on dialysis. As such, keeping his health insurance coverage is essential to his life. Without coverage, which enables him to see his nephrologist and get medication to control hypertension and Diabetes II (which are what cause his kidney issues), he will die.Up until two years ago, we were able to get by. I was gainfully employed, and we were actually able to save for a rainy day. Two years ago, I tore my ligament and strained my calf. I went on Workers Compensation, thinking I would have a speedy recovery. That was not the case. I got worse. Last year, my Workers Compensation benefits terminated, I applied for Social Security Disability, and was accepted. The amount I am now receiving is not even a quarter of what I was making as a healthy, salaried employee. We are now at the poverty level.
Concurrent with the termination of my Workers Compensation benefits, my employer also terminated my health coverage. I have done without any health coverage since last year, because every dime we have available has had to go to pay my husband's $650 per month COBRA benefit. My own health has seriously declined, and on top of my orthopedic injuries, I am now experiencing disabling bladder, bowel and vision problems. I should be seeing a doctor for these additional health issues, but there is absolutely no money for that. My own life is at risk because we are impoverished.
We are renters, and have no property of value to sell. The security of our tenancy is entirely contingent upon the goodwill of our landlord (we have been lucky thus far), as well as our ability to pay. Right now, my Social Security Disability payment is not even enough to pay our rent, which is actually quite reasonable for where we live. Furthermore, my husband's hospitalization over a year ago for this same illness triggered a mountain of medical debt we have no money to pay, and as a result of those accounts going to collection, my credit has been destroyed. If we were forced to move, we would not be able to secure tenancy anywhere else because of the destruction of my credit.
We are now out of money. We have a 48 hours cutoff notice from our utility company, and have not been able to pay our telephone bill. We have applied for LIHEAP, which is pending, begged the utility company for a reprieve, have gone on food stamps, all in an effort to slow down the hemorrhaging of what little cash we have left, which is now gone.
We need help. The only way I am going to be able to pay this COBRA insurance payment this month is if I sell my wedding ring. I am trying to keep my husband alive. Please help us, if you can.
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I need help for this months bills. My husband was laid off, but was denied unemployment. I tried to get food stamps but made $196.00 to much. I have gone thru our savings and taken a loan against my 401k. I have run out of options, and need help. I have never had to ask for help, but now I do. If you could help me anyway, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Hi, I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin and I am in need of financial help desperately, due to some legal issues that were made more than what they really were the only place I can get employment is McDonald's for $7.75 an hour. I have been unemployed since 2-27-2009 and attending medical school, due to legal issue I cannot get a job in medical field I have been trained for, also any other place I have applied to I get denied due to background check. I barely make enough to live on, me and my husband are separated and not allowed to see each other, he is also unemployed due to an injury at work, so I cannot get help from him, the only vehicle I have is a lease vehicle and the payment is $367.00 a month, DHS will not help me, I have severe migraines daily, PTSD, anxiety, depression and tremors, and sleep disorder that I take medication for, I am behind on my car payments and have tried to find help, if I lose my car then I have no way to work. I am trying everything I can to take care of myself, but I have no insurance and make almost nothing. I really need financial help right now to avoid losing my transportation.
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