Pennsylvania assistance

[Capture]

Hello,
My name is Victoria, and I reside in Pennsylvania state. I am currently facing eviction at the end of August if I do not come up with $3500 for rent. I also need food and my landlord requires utilities to be paid with the rent as included. I am a recent college graduate with a few job interviews scheduled for next week. If I am unable to keep my apartment, my daughter, my spouse, and I, along with my brother, will be out on the street. I have called every local agency in my county, and nobody has called me back. I am unsure what I can do at this point, except hope that I get a job soon. Any and all help with finding resources is greatly appreciated.

[Admin - Jon McNamara]

Sorry to hear of your cancer. You sound like a warrior...willing to volunteer, took many proper financial steps even while sick. Medical bills can be very expensive as you say, and some insurance companies "play games" with people. But there are some assistance programs to try in Scranton, and here is a list. http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html ... nce_p.html
Maybe the tax department can offer you a payment plan, or maybe you can find some other relief too. Also, look into free transportation to the doctor, as many communities have volunteers who drive the sick to a provider.

Hello
I am from Scranton PA.
In 2012 I got breast cancer stage 3C and it had spread to lymph nodes under my arm, after more than a year of chemo and other treatments, I have developed an array of after chemo medical conditions preventing me from going back to work right now. During the first year or two I used credit cards to pay house taxes and other bills racking up an unbelievable about of debt which I'm paying through Freedom Debt Relief.
From after effects of chemo I still have a hard thinking ahead. As of right now I owe my house taxes which add up to a bill that I cannot pay at this due to only getting 1,100 a month from Social Security. My taxes are 2900 without the 10% penalty I will also be charged. I'm a 49 year old single woman with nobody to help me with this major problem and this city has no tax abatement program and didn't offer me any help but to pay the bill. This city of Scranton Pennsylvania has put houses up for sale fast in the past for back taxes of only a year behind. I'm scared to death of being homeless with all the medical conditions I currently. I have even put off getting my car fixed and inspected which leaves me no way to get doctor appointments unless someone will give me a ride I have only one friend for that and no money for a bus at this time either.
When I was able to work none of these things were ever a problem! Please help me save my home. Maybe someone will hired me in this medical condition as I'm not afraid to work just don't know what I can do with all the health issues. Had I been thinking more clearly I would have skipped a few months paying off my other debts to save for my taxes! If there is anything or place I can go for help please let me know!
I'm even willing to volunteer my time to help others as I have in the past work at the soup kitchen, and packed food boxes for the needy which I'm now one of! Myself!
Thank You for taking time to read.
This very long plea for help!! May The Lord be you?

[Karen]

I'm currently a student of Laurel tech in meadville PA. My mother and I are currently doing what we can to make it by but we are not making enough between me going to school and not being able to find a job that will form to my schedule and my mother working all day from home we are not making it.
I have asked about financial aid but there's nothing they can do and my mother makes to much money for us to apply for food stamps or other Aid. I need help and am turning to this site because I just don't know what to do...giving up school is not an option but neither is being homeless.
I'm in fear for my career and my mothers well being. I'm 21 years old and already at my wits-end with being told NO! If there is any way someone can co-ordinate with me on these matters please get a hold of me ASAP.

[Sheerhan]

I am exhausted. I contacted everybody I can think of. I live near Andorra. Basically everybody I call is saying they cannot support my area code being I am considered a non-poverty level, low income citizen which means I basically don't live in a bad neighborhood such as North Philly where most of the criminals are but however they got it wrong.
I am very low income. I have 4 children and it's very hard to keep up with all my bills. My main priority is just keeping light and heat and hot water for them however I hear of all these programs that help with closing assistance for school and free backpacks and jackets. I was not entitled to any of that. I had to call around so many places just to get jackets for my children for children for jackets would cost me over $100 and then choose which I desperately need is $100 even on clearance for four children.
When you have that many children it just keeps adding up plus I need have two children that are in diapers which is 10 times harder so if there is any way you can help my family or lead me in a direction I would appreciate it. Everybody's been giving me false information and send me two referrals. I have no idea where I can get a referral or whatever referral is I reached out to a Catholic Church just so I can get food because I was evicted a week before Christmas with which left me with nothing but what I can bring in my car.
All my furniture is brand new. I had to leave everything behind. The father of my children never told me that he did not pay the rent. I have 5 days’ notice to get out. I was clueless and stand as anybody would was. So please if you can find me furniture, clothing for my children and more I would really appreciate it. I'm also in need of other items for my 2 year old and my 3 year old such as diapers and white bees and other little stuff but basically I'm looking for a kitchen table and lamps and a couch. I also am in need of a full size bed if there's any way you can assist my family, please contact me.

[Pardone]

I'm writing on behalf of my uncle. He lives in Pennsylvania, and was recently wrongfully terminated from his factory job for being unable to get to work after a snow storm. He applied for unemployment 10/24/16. His unemployment status has been approved; however, funds have not yet been released to him.
During this period he has been unable to keep up with payment on any of his bills. He has made attempts to make payment arrangements, but has fallen very behind and is now scheduled for disconnection.
Can someone please put me in touch with available resources that might be available to lend assistance/relief to my uncle?
Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.

[Train]

Hello
I am from Scranton PA.
In 2012 I got breast cancer stage 3C and it had spread to lymph nodes under my arm, after more than a year of chemo and other treatments, I have developed an array of after chemo medical conditions preventing me from going back to work right now. During the first year or two I used credit cards to pay house taxes and other bills racking up an unbelievable about of debt which I'm paying through Freedom Debt Relief.
From after effects of chemo I still have a hard thinking ahead. As of right now I owe my house taxes which add up to a bill that I cannot pay at this due to only getting 1,100 a month from Social Security. My taxes are 2900 without the 10% penalty I will also be charged. I'm a 49 year old single woman with nobody to help me with this major problem and this city has no tax abatement program and didn't offer me any help but to pay the bill. This city of Scranton Pennsylvania has put houses up for sale fast in the past for back taxes of only a year behind. I'm scared to death of being homeless with all the medical conditions I currently. I have even put off getting my car fixed and inspected which leaves me no way to get doctor appointments unless someone will give me a ride I have only one friend for that and no money for a bus at this time either.
When I was able to work none of these things were ever a problem! Please help me save my home. Maybe someone will hired me in this medical condition as I'm not afraid to work just don't know what I can do with all the health issues. Had I been thinking more clearly I would have skipped a few months paying off my other debts to save for my taxes! If there is anything or place I can go for help please let me know!
I'm even willing to volunteer my time to help others as I have in the past work at the soup kitchen, and packed food boxes for the needy which I'm now one of! Myself!
Thank You for taking time to read.
This very long plea for help!! May The Lord be you?

[Marjory]

To Whom It May Concern, I currently live in Newtown Pennsylvania. I have been living here with my two children and now X boyfriend for three years. He had just decided last week that he was moving out. Now leaving me and my two children.
He has been supporting me for the last three years as well as my children. He refused to let me work because he would not watch my youngest son. He was our sole provider. I will have a house I can live in but I cannot afford the rent. Can you please give me any information on rent assistance for single mothers? Thank You.

[Admin - Jon McNamara]

How do you owe over $700 in utilities? That must be multiple months that have not gone paid. We doubt any agencies in Pittsburgh will pay that much, but you can try. Also, that is a long list of debts and other needs you have. But you can try one of the programs in the county. http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html ... tance.html

Utilities totaling $728.16 that need to be paid immediately. Recently unemployed in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and have not received unemployment insurance yet. This is my #1 concern. Need help with moving expenses as I have to move out by June 31.
Need any help with credit card debt, car payment, and car insurance. I don't know where to go to get assistance in Pennsylvania, but if this is not where I should be, please advise other programs. Thank you.

[Bruce_scott]

Utilities totaling $728.16 that need to be paid immediately. Recently unemployed in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and have not received unemployment insurance yet. This is my #1 concern. Need help with moving expenses as I have to move out by June 31.
Need any help with credit card debt, car payment, and car insurance. I don't know where to go to get assistance in Pennsylvania, but if this is not where I should be, please advise other programs. Thank you.

[Admin - Jon McNamara]

Did the friend try applying for disability since he had a seizure? Since it sounds like he won't/can't work, charities in Allegheny county will be very unlikely to help him. As the assistance would need to be "never ending" if he can't become self-sufficient. So the options are limited. But try these agencies in the Pittsburgh region. http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html ... tance.html

[Asbutterfly]

I have a friend in Allegheny county of PA. His wife left him, he lost his home. He had a Grand Mal Seizure & lost his driver’s license & his job. 2 days ago he hit rock bottom & I had to take him to a mental health center. He has no money. He has a 10 year old son. He is about to lose his rental, has no money for food, etc. He would not ask for this help himself. How can I find him help?

[Admin - Jon McNamara]

The good news for your sister is there are many places for her to apply at for help in Bucks County. Since she has been there for 30 years she should easily have proof of residency, which they require. For now though, find financial aid in Bucks County and send your sister this information.

[Brice1]

Good morning
It is out of complete and total desperation and as a last resort, that I am once again writing to this office on behalf of my aunt who has been a resident of Bucks County Pennsylvania for close to 30 years. Never before in her life has she had to even thinking about applying to any type of assistance whatsoever, so she is maneuvering in very unfamiliar territory.

[Audrey]

I am looking for anyone who can help me or point me in the direction for help paying my rent in Pittsburgh. My husband and I were recently in the hospital and we took a heavy blow by losing out pay from work and with no health insurance. We are paying everything out of pocket, and our rent is coming due on the 15th. I'd be tremendously grateful for any guidance or assistance, I don't know how to explain to my two young children why we are losing the house because mommy and daddy cant pay the bills. Thank you for any help. God Bless.

[Campbell]

Hello, recently my husband got laid off and he was the only income coming in to pay the bills. We are currently on section 8 in Pennsylvania, but we are behind 1 month for rent. Our monthly portion of the rent is almost $1,100. We had asked for a adjustment in May for the month of June and we did not get one. We are still waiting for our adjustment and it is now July. So we just paid off last months rent and still owing July’s rent. To top it off our landlord is removing our electricity included with rent due to rates going up?
We have four children 19, 15, 12 and 6. It is such a struggle especially since our children are on summer break and majority of my husbands unemployment check goes to groceries and gas. We are looking for some help just to catch us up on our rent and first month/deposit for electricity. Our landlord is being very patient and understanding but I know they need their payment due to their own bills, so I don’t know how long it’ll be before we do get our eviction notice. So PLEASE if there is someone or agency that would be able to help us get back on our feet it would be GREATLY APPRECIATED. Thank you.

[Kathy Jean]

I am $2100 behind on rent and am in desperate need. I have been off the past 2 summers because of arm surgeries. I have done Americorp for 4 years during school year. I only recently got a job as a TSS agent (November) and because I client's attendance, illness, weather, etc. I cannot keep up with regular bills let alone rent. Any help at all greatly appreciated and will be considered a gift from God. I am living on the edge here in Philadelphia and wondering when landlord will say enough is enough and kick me out.

[Androsemom]

I am in Pennsylvania and in Dauphin County. I have called Community Actions and they said because I have a cell phone, TV and Internet that I could pay the oil bill but I need the cell phone to keep in contact with my daughters and my husband.

I need the internet to do my job search and I would like the TV for my grandkids. I just took my husband to the doctors and he is ill right now again and is fighting prostate cancer and now he has to be off work again and this is with no pay.

Just because we have these things and the cell phones are the only phones we have I am being punished. I am really trying to make my bills and no one wants to help. I keep being told that I need to call community actions. I feel like that I am a loser and that I was terminated from my job because I put my family first not my job first (sorry my husband had cancer) and I had a bloody nose. I was suppose to come in to work with a bloody nose which was not a bloody nose but an aneurism that burst. I am an awful loser employee my family needs help and I just don't know what to do. No one wants to help us now. I know why people commit suicide.

[Brewer]

I am 54 and have severe diabetes that has caused my eye site to basically diminish over the last few months. I am currently on short term disability and FMLA but will not have a job after the FMLA runs out.
I haven’t gotten a pay check or short term disability check yet from the state of Pennsylvania and am not going to be able to pay rent, my health insurance, premiums or utilities. I just need some temporary assistance to get back on my feet or until I am able to get social security benefits. Any help is greatly appreciated. I’ve fallen on hard times and cant provide for my family and its been hard to find a new job at my age and with my health the way it is. Thank you.

[Admin - Jon McNamara]

Well, we have information on many other programs to try, and not just churches. While we doubt you can get help with medical bills, there may be some non-profit programs in Pennsylvania for rent, food and those types of living expenses. http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html ... rogra.html

[FamilyHelp]

Me my husband and three kids have been trying hard to get caught up on rent and other costs in Pennsylvania. Medical bills and trying to make sure water and electric is paid has just over come us. Today my landlord said he was writing up a Eviction letter. In the past couple churches helped me with electric and our UCHRA say the have no funds. With no family we are down to nobody to ask for help. If you could please give me info somewhere that may. Thank you god bless.