In addition to that pantry, try the SNAP expedited program. It can often be approved in Georgia in as little as 3 days. There are vouchers for buying groceries, etc. http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html ... dited.html
It is basically food stamps with a shorter application process. But it will not pay for any dog items though.
Mr. Aperghis wrote:
NOW BEING HANDICAPPED I CAN'T EVEN MOVE MY STUFF. I BEEN SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR AS I BORROWED A SLEEPING BAG, AND A COUPLE DISHES. I BEEN AT THE FOOD PANTRY AND I ALSO GOT DOGS BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE HEART TO GET RID OF THEM. THATS WHY I COULD NOT FIND A PLACE TO RENT.
IT TOOK 1 1/2 MONTHS, SLEEPING ON THE COACH AT SISTERS IN GEORGIA, I COULD NOT BRING DOGS THERE AS SHES SICK, SO HE KEPT THEM.
I NEED TO FEED THE DOGS TOO, AND THE CATS. BEING DISABLED I WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN. I HAD 8 BACK SURGERYS, THE DOGS HELP ME FROM GOING CRAZY.
Hello, I need help with my gas, electric, and rent. I have recently been diagnosed with depression and I feel behind in all my bills and I don't have any family or friends to help me. I have 2 daughters 4 and 8. I just wanted assistance to get back on my feet and help to learn how to maintain on my own as a single mother.
My address is Mableton GA 30126.
Hi, I'm moving to Blairsville, GA and would like any information on programs that could help me with my rent, utility, and heating costs. I am a disabled person on social security that has a limited income. I walk with a cane and sometimes require a wheelchair. I also require an assistance dog and sometimes need an aide. Thank you so much for your help.
I's easier for me to talk on the phone and write information down than get internet access on my phone right now. Thank you again. God bless.
Sincerely,
There are agencies that cover Lincoln Georgia and the eastern part of the state. But that is some list of needs. Keep trying to work with Georgia power as your pursue other options as well, such as Medicaid which can take time. The list of programs is here. http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html ... e_pro.html
As far as transportation, as an employment or community action agency in your town. Some have car programs, or can tell you where to get some low cost loans....if your credit justifies it.
Bernard1 wrote: I have applied for assistance through my local family connections office in Lincoln GA and they have stated that project share has approved a payment of my electric bill.
I am unemployed been trying to find a job. I have gotten nowhere. I live in an apartment in Hiram GA with my son who is 27 and disabled from a brain tumor previously. We are trying our best but I can't seem to find a job. I need to know where I can get help with food and paying rent. Please let me know something. I feel like I am going crazy. Thanks.
Good Morning,
I live in the State of Georgia. I owe back taxes on my property in the sum of $8,882.94. The taxes are from 2011-2014. I do have a means of paying it, but the problem is that I can't pay it all at once.
I've called the Tax Assessors office for my State in the hopes of getting on some form of payment plan, but Clayton County in the State of Georgia only allow full payment, one year at a time.
I guess you can say I've been blessed to still have my home after not paying my taxes for 3 years, but I realize I can't continue to wonder each day if time will catch up with me and I end up losing my property.
I was thankful to pay 2010 back in February for $3,219.00, and that actually set me back a bit, so now I'm trying to figure out how I can get on some sort of program to pay it off monthly just to show and prove that I am attempting to pay this debt as opposed to ignoring it.
I would greatly appreciate whatever advice or counseling you could provide to assist me on resolving this issue.
If you have multiple needs (but a focus in the bills owed to Georgia Power) try a non-profit community action agency. Then ask them about LIHEAP for those energy bills. But if you income is $200 every 2 weeks, you are in some serious trouble. You need to increase the income, get a job (and there are plenty in Georgia) and take drastic action. Live with a roommate/friends/family too. Good luck.
Hook Paw wrote:Hello, I am a 24 year old single mother to a four year old little boy named. I Have a bi weekly income of $200. We have recently moved in to our own apartment and based on income my rent is $31 per week. I have paid it in full already this month, I went to Georgia Power and paid my light Friday the amount of $44.
I was so excited this was my first time paying my own bill as I have lived with my grandparents since I was 17. Well I come home Friday afternoon and my lights are off. I called Georgia power and they said my name was added to an account two or three years back to an address I have never been at.
I've never had my own light until now and they said that there's nothing they can do about it as this happens sometimes and my light are terminated until I can pay the balance of $495. I have no idea what to do and I am asking for your help please. I have no idea what to do. I am so lost in this situation. I have no money right now after rent $31, the $44 on the lights, Christmas and his Birthday. I have mentally broken down and am trying to find help in anyway possible. Please Help Me!!!
Hello, I am a 24 year old single mother to a four year old little boy named. I Have a bi weekly income of $200. We have recently moved in to our own apartment and based on income my rent is $31 per week. I have paid it in full already this month, I went to Georgia Power and paid my light Friday the amount of $44.
I was so excited this was my first time paying my own bill as I have lived with my grandparents since I was 17. Well I come home Friday afternoon and my lights are off. I called Georgia power and they said my name was added to an account two or three years back to an address I have never been at.
I've never had my own light until now and they said that there's nothing they can do about it as this happens sometimes and my light are terminated until I can pay the balance of $495. I have no idea what to do and I am asking for your help please. I have no idea what to do. I am so lost in this situation. I have no money right now after rent $31, the $44 on the lights, Christmas and his Birthday. I have mentally broken down and am trying to find help in anyway possible. Please Help Me!!!
We found some other options for you in Georgia too. There are programs for shut off notices, rent, and more. The contact information on who to speak to, by county, is located here. Find Georgia emergency assistance programs.
nibseysgirl wrote:Thanks for the information and reply..Shut off notices are for tomorrow. Dont know what will happen...It is in GODS hands..I cant do what I cant do..All I can do is pray that it all works out...
Thanks again...Great info ..Hopefully I can find some help and when I am back on my feet again give back....Pay forward so to speak...
Have a blessed night!
Hello, I was wondering if I could get some assistance with food, electric bill and rent. I worked a commission job and not able to barely eat or survive. I just relocated back to GA 6 months and living in my car until last month. I now have own apartment and car but not able to buy food. I live in Clarkston GA. Can you assist me please?
Please send me any and all information on getting help with paying utility bills, rent, and possibly getting help with security deposits for a new place to live and securing utilities and rent in another place if we lose this one. I have applied for assistance through my local family connections office in Lincoln GA and they have stated that project share has approved a payment of my electric bill. The pledge was received by GA power on 3/27/16 and the voucher expires on 4/25/16. I have monitored my bill and no payment has been made yet. A payment arrangement was made to avoid interruption of service. I asked that the arrangement be made for the amount of the pledge, 550.27, on the date set (4/27). When I checked my account online, I saw that the payment arrangement was set for the full amount of 706.00 on 4/25. If no payment is made by this date, my electric will be shut off even though a pledge was made by family connections in conjunction with project share for the amount of 550.27 to avoid service interruption. I would like to know why the payment has not been made, why we have received no communication from project share, and how anyone can help us at this point?
I would also like information on getting free medical care as I do not qualify for Medicaid but require chronic medical attention for seizures and bipolar disorder and have no medical insurance. I have lost my car and did work from home but now can't go to the job I have been offered because I have no transportation. I am a licensed professional and want to work but I am in a vicious cycle. Please help me get back on my feet. The utility bill is under in GA power. We desperately want to contribute and become able to support ourselves again!!
Thank you so very much.
I AM DISABLED, AND BROKE OFF ABUSE WHEN I WAS A TEEN. HE TOOK ALL MY MONEY ALL THE TIME, SO I HAD NO MONEY WHEN I LEFT. BUT I HAD TO COME UP WITH DEPOSIT AND RENT FOR OUR HOME IN ATLANTA GEORGIA.
I OWE A LOT OF MONEY OUT TO PEOPLE AND I STILL OWE DOCTOR BILLS AND I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOR MY MEDICINE. I TAKE PAIN MEDICATIONS EVERY MONTH. THE INSURANCE SAID I NEED TO COME UP WITH $350.00 BEFORE THEY KICK IN. I CAN NOT LIVE WITH OUT THEM.
I STILL HAVE NOT PAID THE FIRST MONTH BILLS FOR THE HOUSE THAT I AM RENTING, I LIVE SO FAR OUT NOW THE GAS I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO PUT IN MY CAR TO SEE THE DOCTOR AND I PAYING FOR STORAGE.
NOW BEING HANDICAPPED I CAN'T EVEN MOVE MY STUFF. I BEEN SLEEPING ON THE FLOOR AS I BORROWED A SLEEPING BAG, AND A COUPLE DISHES. I BEEN AT THE FOOD PANTRY AND I ALSO GOT DOGS BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE HEART TO GET RID OF THEM. THATS WHY I COULD NOT FIND A PLACE TO RENT.
IT TOOK 1 1/2 MONTHS, SLEEPING ON THE COACH AT SISTERS IN GEORGIA, I COULD NOT BRING DOGS THERE AS SHES SICK, SO HE KEPT THEM.
I NEED TO FEED THE DOGS TOO, AND THE CATS. BEING DISABLED I WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN. I HAD 8 BACK SURGERYS, THE DOGS HELP ME FROM GOING CRAZY.
I NEED A LOT OF HELP, I HAVE CALL OVER A HUNDRED PLACE'S BUT NO ONE CAN HELP ME.I WILL TAKE ANY THING YOU CAN DO OR IF YOU KNOW SOME ONE ELSE. PLEASE HELP, THANK YOU.
It seems like you are making almost $2000 per month in all those benefits and the cash aid from adoption. That is a lot of money for a lost cost of living area such as Fulton County Georgia. And that is not even including income from a job! So if you just worked, you would be fine. Any agency you apply at will more than likely say the exact same thing, that you are not showing initiative to fix your situation by just getting some form of employment. Anyway, locate the Atlanta and Fulton County assistance programs.
My reasons for needing temporary assistance is as follows: My husband died suddenly at home standing in the presence of our two sons and myself. The boys and I stayed in the apartment because I couldn't afford it any longer. Well when I received my utility bill from our last apartment all at once, it was $1153 our utilities were shut off so I paid $500 to have lights and water turned on again. So, now the 3rd of June I have to pay $602.66.
I am a student (BSCJ) AIU- ONLINE UNIVERSITY had just started when he died. My alternator needs fixing (400$) and rent is due and I need a little help. We live in Atlanta GA. I am 45 years old.
My boys receive SS from their dad of $535 each and mine is $458 and also adoption assistance of $866.86 so with these unexpected expenses it's hard and I haven't even mentioned food. I am actively seeking employment in Georgia, my boys are good boys our new apartment is ($600/month) so we can afford to pay our bills, we just need a helping hand, right now. I also am a Substitute teacher.
I am contacting you in behalf of my daughter in law/son and three children. They also have a newborn grandson/older grandson age 11 and a granddaughter age 9. They are in desperate need to help pay rent and electric, I just had a colon resection surgery for cancer of the colon and my son on emergency came to help me. My sons truck broke down in Maryland where I live. There landlord in Georgia gave them an eviction notice and the electric company already shut the electric off. I have more cancer treatments to go thru and I can't help;
My daughter in law is trying to take care of everything with no electric and being evicted if they don't pay by herself and there is nowhere to turn. We have called different places with no hope of help. Please help my daughter in laws. Please help we are feeling hopeless as my son has no way to fix his truck yet and get back to Georgia. Please contact my daughter in law who will be on the street with her children, this will only be a onetime help. Thank you very much.
Good morning,
I'm in need of help. I currently have been unemployed for over a month. I have been looking for work and have not been successful. I live in the state of Georgia. I can't pay rent or other bills. Can you please guide me in the right direction to get assistance with paying my bills?
Hello, I have recently lost my job and I am without funds to pay my Georgia power bill and rent. I am a single parent and don't have help. I was trying to find someone who could help me until I can get back on my feet. Wasn't sure how to get assistance with these things. Thanks again.
I am in need of help & legal help for me and my young son. I was involved in a verbal domestic violence and before anything got worse I pack my son and myself up and we went to a hotel. Mainly because none of the shelters had room as far as they said and the ones that did said they couldn't take my son because he is 13 years old. And a few tried to tell me to put my CHILD in a Men shelter which is wrong on their part he is a kid. My kid.
Then I ended up having a anxiety attack and when I asked for help from the hospital social worker and she said she had to call DFCS. I told her okay, I have no fear of them because I am a great mom but just disabled. A man came and arranged for me to be put in a low budget hotel in an area I didn't know of out of my son's school zone. I was told by him to try my best to arrange something soon because the daytime caseworker will not help you. He was so right as I never heard from this case worker until 15 days later and all she kept saying was I should put my son in foster care. She never offered any resources nor other help that’s all she said to me and even asked my son. He told her NO.
When I asked for food help and help with the room, she denied it. It took her a week to finally answer and she brought by a $10 Kroger card which the nearest Kroger wasn't even in walking distance. And they refuse more help. I inquired help elsewhere even email supervisor, State human services of their attempt to break my family with no just cause. Then it was like all the assistance I have put in for were taking more than the time the state regulation stated up to 45 days.
My food stamps took over 3 months to get my card and they wouldn't help with food. My TANF/cash assistance was denied off of their claim they didn’t receive papers I signed and sent back to them. Now I have reissued the same papers and over 45 days later I don't have the help. And when I called 35 days in I was told that I was missing a few papers that needed to be signed by me that no one told me about.
I have sent those back and still waiting. No one seems to be doing their job and the so called FAMILY PRESERVATION who so called mission is to preserve families is trying to have me lose everything to help DFCS take my son. Which is against their job description to intentionally cause a family harm.
I want to sue DFCS. Threats of this when I haven't done anything wrong is causing my health to get worst not better with anxiety and depression. I am permanently disabled from two brain surgeries and still have piece of it in my head that I am dealing with. Why is it that a great mom only doing right by my child they trying to not help but the many kids parents they do help ends up in bad results. All I need is the help that is claimed in writing for me, so why won't the people in charge not doing their jobs that they are paid for. And all that are their to Preserve the Families do their job and Preserve my family instead of trying to split us up. It will be the fault of DFCS and yes I have kept all emails and record of when calls were made. Georgia has become worse than I remember when this was a great state.
If you are only making a few hundred per month, sorry to say you will not be able to find affordable housing anywhere, including in Atlanta or Marietta. Try getting the child support from your husband. Take him to court, so him, etc. Whatever it takes. We have extensive information on programs in Georgia, and you can find them on our site. Read more.
I currently reside in Rome, Georgia and am a single parent of a 4 year old son and 2 year old. Currently he is on disability for Significant Developmental Delays, and receives child support $272 per month. I formerly worked for the Wal Mart in Floyd-County for nearly 3 years and was unrightfully terminated in August of this year.
I do receive food stamps and $97 per week for unemployment benefits. I'm am diligently seeking employment in the Atlanta area, but am hoping to find affordable housing in Marietta. As you can imagine I’m having a very difficult time paying a majority of my bills and searching for some rental assistance, until I can get my feet on the ground. I am a hard worker, and have just taken a hard hit since the termination of my employment. I have a bachelors degree and worked towards my masters degree for 2 years. I had good rental history, but currently am behind 3 months. My power is soon to be disconnected & is over $300. We have not been evicted as of yet.
My son and I lived in East Cobb for about 5 years, so we are familiar with the area and am very pleased with their school system. I can't seem to catch a break and if there is anything that you could offer us, It would be greatly appreciated and not taken for granted. Please feel free to contact me at your convenience.
