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busymom
Here since: Feb 1, 2007
Female, 36
stay at home desperate mom, trying to help fam.with son w/ cystic fibrosis!
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Languages: English, love and prayer

         Hey everyone, well so far I have recieved some help with great resources, links to some foundations that help people pay for some past due medical bills, and also was directed to a great networking/support resource for cystic fibrosis.

         I just wanted to encourage you to keep trying. Whatever it is that you are going through, nothing has gone unseen by the Lord, and He will always make a way for you, even if it seems there is no way.

        God bless you and I just wanted to encourage you not to give up. This world is full of caring and generous people. Money helps fix many situations I know (we need it too) but just remember that this world is temporary, and so is the situation you are in...even if it feels like it's been going on for years, and you haven't had a brake. Just keep praying and know that He is hearing your prayers. His timing it perfect, He is not slow or uncaring...and everything good in your life, truely that is good in your life, it is from the Lord. Don't forget that.

         If you ever are frusterated, and just want someone to pray with you, I am here.

         If you haven't checked out Nathan's web site yet, please take a minute and do that.  www.contrerashome.us Thank you very much, one of the biggest blessings you can ever do for us, if share our son's story /web site with other people....even if you can't donate personally. You never know who might see it!!God bless you

where in AZ is Section 8 accepting applications?

Where in AZ or in the whole United States, is Section 8 open to applications?

For a whole year I thought I was on a list for Section 8 housing assistance, today I find I am not on any list and that the application process for Section 8 has been closed since 2003.

I don't understand. Is there, or is there not, such a thing as Section 8 assistance and if so, where and how do I apply? I am disabled and my only income is SSDI. I have cognitive problems and difficulty with this process, apparently, even more so than I previously thought considering i have waited a year for nothing.

I am currently in Tucson but i am willing to go to Flagstaff, Prescott or Cottonwood where I hear there may be services available, but I have no clue how to even apply or where.

Thanks for any help understanding phantom goverment services.

 

 

Tim2
Here since: Mar 22, 2006
Male, 46
student and caretaker
Dewey, Arizona, USA
Languages: English

Hello, I am Timothy A. Brown, I prefer being called Tim.
I am a fulltime student on a very limited low income, because I am also the sole caretaker for my elderly parents who both have serious health problems, and in my efforts to help them with their financial and health problems, I now have financial problems. I myself am disabled because of serious heart problems that with a congenital heart defect that I was born with an aorta heart valve that had only two leaflets, and I have been very ill for the past four years because the aorta valve defect had become very severe, which resulted in one major heart attack and several silent heart attacks that my cardiologist diagnosed about three years by performing an angioplasty. last year in 2005 my heart surgeon performed open heart surgery to replace the severely damaged aorta valve because of severe aortic regurgitation and stenosis. So my heart valve was replaced with a mechanical heart valve. However, I am on a long course of health recovery that still results in my being disabled, and trying to finish my college education through Northern Arizona University through their internet classes and being the sole caretaker for my parents who live on a very low income and are having serious financial difficulties, and I also receive a very low monthly income of social security supplemental benefits that I have used solely to help my parents financially. However, I have been having serious financial problems myself trying to help my parents by myself, and my sister and her husband are unable to help me and friends are unable to help us.
My father has had a severe stroke that resulted in most of his brain damage from severe bleeding insideof his skull, and he has been declining a great deal because of the stroke damage. My mother has her own serious health issues that have resulted in her becoming physically disabled.
I lot has happened to my mother, father, and myself that has caused us to have financial problems that have become serious, and threaten the health and wellbeing of my parents and myself.
I have never asked for any help from others because I have always been responsible to take care of living expenses for myself and my parents. But I am "backed-up against a wall" unable to find any help and I along with my parents very low income are not able to work this on my own because I have been their sole provider and caretaker for over five years.
So I am asking for any kind of help and assistance that anyone can provide. I have always been generous to help others anyway that I could in the past, and I continue to help others through moral support, and I do my best to freely volunteer to help family, friends and others, even though I cannot do much physically to help them.
If anyone can help us, it will be greatly appreciated!
I really will appeciate your assistance during this time of crisis!
Thank You for yor understanding, Tim Brown.
My mailing address is: Tim Brown, P.O. Box 892, Dewey Arizona 86327.

desertsmile
Here since: Jul 6, 2006
Female, 34
student
mesa, Arizona, USA
Languages: english

knowing in life that kindness will be rewarded with smiles, and laughter is enough to want to give. helping to save a child from hunger and sleepless nights, is enough to want to give. offering a kind word to those who have never known such launguage, is enough to want to give.knowing that a little goes a long way is enough to want to give. giving is something that we all should do, but often don't. i used to smile at people walking down the street, and had several people say that my smile made their day. being able to smile when someone is feeling down, or just when they needed a simple boost in their day, makes my heart smile. but smiling is something i don't do anymore. i tried, i really did but i soon realized that many people no longer liked my smile, you see i was born with really bad teeth.my first set of teeth as a child came in rotten, my mother spent lot's of time and money that she really didn't have, fixing my teeth. i suffered through many tooth aches, many swollen jaws, and the heart wrenching act of keeping my mother up all night because of my bad teeth. after many dentist visits and costly repairs, i thought my teeth were fixed, but to my dismay, that was not the case. i was eating one day and started to feel grit and sand in my mouth, to my shock and horror it was my teeth. this has happend to me for the last past couple of years, i am slowly but surely loosing my teeth. they are all rotten in the front, and almost all of them have holes in them, not to mention the puss pockets i get on the roof of my mouth because of the decay. i can't smile at people anymore without feeling ashamed. ashamed of opening my mouth and letting people see this horror before them. i try to keep my head up, and often smile, but not before quickly dropping my head or covering my mouth. i was once at a church party and i smiled at a couple of people, and the look on their face told me that my smile was very shocking. i had a church member ask me, why don't i fix my teeth because i have such a beautiful smile, i replied that money keeps me from the very thing i used to love to do most. i will never stop smiling, i will never stop hoping, and i will never stop dreaming, that one day someone somewhere will hear my cry and just maybe help me in my dream of fixing my smile. i am not rich, nor can i offer anything really great in return. but i could give you a smile that would let you know that everything will be ok, a smile that would make you feel you to are important, a smile, yes just a smile, but a smile is worth a million bucks! to anyone that may be able to help me, many thanks and blessing to you all and may god keep smiling on you!

angelwhisper
Here since: Apr 19, 2006
Female, 34
in home health care provider
mesa, Arizona, USA
Languages: english
i'm a single mother of three teenage boys whom i adore, and care for very much. we are in the process of trying to buy our own home because the place we have called home for ten years, has just been sold leaving us to scramble for a place to live.  i'm sure everyone knows, these days it's very hard to make decent money that doesn't have you living pay check to pay check, which is where i am right now. i work part time taking care of special needs children and elderly, and i'm going to college to get my b.a. degree in human services which is in the same field, but will help me in securing a job with more benefits. right now i don't make very much money, so buying a house on my own is very tough. if there is anyone out there who knows of places that could assist me in my journey, i would be most grateful. i am running the risk of loosing my boys, my dog, and maybe have to quit school if i don't get some type of help. these boys need me because i took on the responsibility of raising them for the past ten years, due to their parents being unable to provide for them. i don't want to have them go through that again, so once again any help and or information is appreciated, thank you.
agoraphobic
Here since: Jan 23, 2007
Female, 34
Disabled
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Languages: English

I am a smi disabled mother of two. I am single and I need dental as well as a well check up. I also am in need of housing that I can afford if you have any referrals I would be grateful I am homebound In the Phoenix pv school areas. You can contact me at bonjovi4ever73@yahoo.com

 

Housing Assistance Money

I am trying to find out how to get a grant to assist me in paying off my debts and also to get me into a house.I do not want to make this a long story so to the point "I NEED MONEY"  or I am going to wind up losing my children.PLEASE help me find a grant or two. thank you

Comment: I apologize if I came across...
Note: This aidpage was started as a comment on "Mom & child facing homelessness"

I apologize if I came across as ungrateful or something. It's just frustrating. I thought the Melville Trust's by-line on their PBS underwriting "Helping to prevent homelessness for Women and Children" would lead to something other than yet more websites. Maybe this will help clarify: What organizations, in Tucson, AZ, work with the Melville Trust TO prevent homelessness? I have been trying - researching - for over two years to get the help I need. I can't tell you how many websites I have purused. I appreciate your interest and that you're concerned enough to respond. What I need is someone to talk to, an agency to work with. I like your little joke about borrowing money from a bank. Cheers and happy new year! - CVJ
Need Financial Help

Hello, I am Timothy A. Brown, I prefer being called Tim.
I am a fulltime student on a very limited low income, because I am also the sole caretaker for my elderly parents who both have serious health problems, and in my efforts to help them with their financial and health problems, I now have financial problems. I myself am disabled because of serious heart problems that with a congenital heart defect that I was born with an aorta heart valve that had only two leaflets, and I have been very ill for the past four years because the aorta valve defect had become very severe, which resulted in one major heart attack and several silent heart attacks that my cardiologist diagnosed about three years by performing an angioplasty. last year in 2005 my heart surgeon performed open heart surgery to replace the severely damaged aorta valve because of severe aortic regurgitation and stenosis. So my heart valve was replaced with a mechanical heart valve. However, I am on a long course of health recovery that still results in my being disabled, and trying to finish my college education through Northern Arizona University through their internet classes and being the sole caretaker for my parents who live on a very low income and are having serious financial difficulties, and I also receive a very low monthly income of social security supplemental benefits that I have used solely to help my parents financially. However, I have been having serious financial problems myself trying to help my parents by myself, and my sister and her husband are unable to help me and friends are unable to help us.
My father has had a severe stroke that resulted in most of his brain damage from severe bleeding insideof his skull, and he has been declining a great deal because of the stroke damage. My mother has her own serious health issues that have resulted in her becoming physically disabled.
I lot has happened to my mother, father, and myself that has caused us to have financial problems that have become serious, and threaten the health and wellbeing of my parents and myself.
I have never asked for any help from others because I have always been responsible to take care of living expenses for myself and my parents. But I am "backed-up against a wall" unable to find any help and I along with my parents very low income are not able to work this on my own because I have been their sole provider and caretaker for over five years.
So I am asking for any kind of help and assistance that anyone can provide. I have always been generous to help others anyway that I could in the past, and I continue to help others through moral support, and I do my best to freely volunteer to help family, friends and others, even though I cannot do much physically to help them.
If anyone can help us, it will be greatly appreciated!
I really will appeciate your assistance during this time of crisis!
Thank You for yor understanding, Tim Brown.
My mailing address is: Tim Brown, P.O. Box 892, Dewey Arizona 86327.

Aibreannlin
Here since: Aug 24, 2006
Female, 27
Office Manager
Mesa, Arizona, USA
Languages: English
I am a free thinker that feels compelled to go beyond the social norm.
Mother of 8 needs help funding a Home for her Family
Hello,
I am a mother of 3 totally wonderful children. After my hubby died in 2000, I moved from Idaho to Az to try and make a better life for my family. I have since met, and is living with the most wonderfull man ever, whom also has 5 kids of his own. We are trying real hard to make a life together...bringing our two families together and make it a home. But it is hard...we have 8 kids together, so there is no possible way we could both work and pay for childcare as well. And we so desperately wish to have a home to call our own. Since renting is so expensive, we see purchasing a home our only avenue. But the problem is...because of the bad luck we have had in both our past( my hubby dying, and his wife leaving him ) our credit has become none too favorable. How can we possibly purchase a home when no one will  fianance us?.....then we heard about Grants. And our hopes soared...until 2 years later...when we are no better off then we were then. Please if anyone knows how we can get a grant...all and any help will be greatly appreciated.
69 year old widow in credit card debt over my head please help

I am a sixtynine year old widow and I am on a very limited income and I have been supplementing my income for two years with credit cards.  I am trying to open up a store online to sell my collectables and several new things as well.I am $ 30,000 dollars in debt and I could use some financial help.  I you want to see what I am trying to do and see that I am not some kind of a fraud please visit my website   www.martysgiftsgalore.net  I am trying really hard to make this work and if you like what you see please pass it on to your friends. Thank you  and I hope you can help or maybe you could even buy something which would help me too

I don't want to beg but If there is anyone out there who could help please send what you can to my paypal account martyk1013@yahoo.com

Martyk

Hey Jude
Here since: Feb 9, 2007
Female, 52
Unemployed/Eco-Tourism
Eco-Tourism - Spiritual Guide to Help Others
Sedona, Arizona, USA
Languages: English

To all my fellow "friends in need" out there, let me say I care about you and am amazed at how much pain and suffering the world is feeling.  For me to open my heart on this website for the world to see is so scarey and not at all normal for my personality.  I've always been the strong one, put on a happy face when I'm feeling sad and not lean on anyone when I need help, not if I have the strength to handle things on my own.  But I can humbly admit, I am hanging on by a thread, to what life is left inside me and reaching out for whatever support and help I can find.   My story is so long and I will continue to share with you, the tragedies that have brought me to my knees and to the point I am now.

My Mom passed away Oct 2004, very unexpectedly and she and my son are the only family I had.  My son was 21 at the time and a senior in college.  We were as close as a Mom and Son could be........envied by his friends and mine at our loving relationship.  Not to say the teenage years were perfect but we survived.  A few months before my Mom died, my son started dating a girl who at first I was pleased.  She was pretty, smart, psychology major, and seemed to adore my son.  But by July of 2004 before my Mom passed, my Mom and I both felt uneasy, and though it may sound harsh, I felt a presence of evil around my family.  She became possessive, abusive physically and my son became her hero from a childhood of sexual abuse from her Mom's boyfriend.  After my Mom's funeral, she told my son it was not healthy to be so close to him Mother and she said it made her feel maybe something sexual was going on between my son and me.  So to prove to her she was wrong, he left me all alone Thanksgiving, 3 weeks after my Mom died, then he began to verbally abuse me and threaten to fight me on my Mom's estate.  And he did.  My Mom had more debt than assets but 2 and half years later, I am still fighting for what my Mom's last wishes were and now the attorney fees are over $30,000 as my son led the circus of lawyers jumping through hoops of fire and fighting for things that were not even owned by my Mom, they were my things and he even tried to take my own home from me.  Well, I finally won the battles that he and this girl created but it has broken my heart and my spirit.  In April 2005 I was diagnosed with Rheumitoid Arthritis and my Dr. told me last week if I don't turn my life around, get out of Florida and away from this empty life I won't live another 3 years.  I lost my job right after I was diagnosed and have been in a paralyzed state since.  I have tried to start a little business at home but have been ripped off 4 times by people I hired to help me with the physical side of setting things up. 

Now the opportunity has crossed my path to move to Arizona and work with Eco-Tourism and spiritual retreats helping people to regain and renew their own spirit as I am trying to do mine.  I just need a little help to get my credit cards paid off which is less than $4000., pay my homeowners insurance before they cancel it on Mar 15, which is $5000., and a little operating capital to get set up in Arizona.   I have always helped people out even when I could not afford to.  Put my son through 4 years of college so he didn't have to work, took care of my Mom the last 7 years of her life in and out of the hospital every year.  This time its for me and I've learned the hard way how important it is to take care of yourself first before you give so much to others hoping they will just love you in return. 

More later..........thanks for taking the time to listen.

Day 2 and I must say out of all the "saveme" websites with so many people reaching out for help in so many ways, I like the calmness and appearance of Aidpage and feel I actually made a good choice my first time out here.  I am a little baffled at the amount of people who have read my page and the number of times they came back and never stopped to say hi.  I am surprised to come across a couple of angry folks who seemed to have such high expectations of checks rolling in the mail box to pay off their debt claims, I think like me most of us don't expect much at all except perhaps one person with a great idea or a lead to help us find solutions to our mountain of problems and pain that goes with it.  I do hope I am able to contribute something to anyone I can as my deadline approaches very soon to resolve  a few cash flow urgencies and set a course on my new path to Arizona and work on healing my broken spirit from years of abuse and thinking I can fix all things by myself in time but surrendering yourself and admitting none of us are equipped to handle all things all alone except our Creator.  Why we are programmed and expected to perform the miracles in life as though we should be ashamed when bad things happen to good people is the billion dollar question in this day and time.  Are we becoming more shallow and afraid to be what we are?  Just human?  I may not make it to my new destination, I could end up losing everything and be homeless and my Dr. of 12 years and my friend assures me I won't live another 2 years unless I make the choice to change this path I'm on with fear being the enemy trying to block my next step.  I have dealt with more tragedy in two years than most do in a lifetime but I don't want to do it alone anymore, in fact we are not programmed like a robot to journey each day of this life without the love and support of others, even if our own family has abandoned us, there are so many people just waiting to begin a new family with one another.  I hope I will find strength enough to keep taking a few more steps so this path will be behind me, where it belongs.  If anyone needs a friend and moral support, please stop and say hi.  A year from now I will be handing out the financial support to those who are where I am now.  I end this chapter tonite with this quote my grandmother used to tell me when I was a little girl......"Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality"    -Nikos Kazantzakis-

Tonite be at peace and tomorrow make the choice to smile at someone.

Financial Emergency

Hello, I am Timothy A. Brown, I prefer being called Tim.
I am a fulltime student on a very limited low income, because I am also the sole caretaker for my elderly parents who both have serious health problems, and in my efforts to help them with their financial and health problems, I now have financial problems. I myself am disabled because of serious heart problems that with a congenital heart defect that I was born with an aorta heart valve that had only two leaflets, and I have been very ill for the past four years because the aorta valve defect had become very severe, which resulted in one major heart attack and several silent heart attacks that my cardiologist diagnosed about three years by performing an angioplasty. last year in 2005 my heart surgeon performed open heart surgery to replace the severely damaged aorta valve because of severe aortic regurgitation and stenosis. So my heart valve was replaced with a mechanical heart valve. However, I am on a long course of health recovery that still results in my being disabled, and trying to finish my college education through Northern Arizona University through their internet classes and being the sole caretaker for my parents who live on a very low income and are having serious financial difficulties, and I also receive a very low monthly income of social security supplemental benefits that I have used solely to help my parents financially. However, I have been having serious financial problems myself trying to help my parents by myself, and my sister and her husband are unable to help me and friends are unable to help us.
My father has had a severe stroke that resulted in most of his brain damage from severe bleeding insideof his skull, and he has been declining a great deal because of the stroke damage. My mother has her own serious health issues that have resulted in her becoming physically disabled.
I lot has happened to my mother, father, and myself that has caused us to have financial problems that have become serious, and threaten the health and wellbeing of my parents and myself.
I have never asked for any help from others because I have always been responsible to take care of living expenses for myself and my parents. But I am "backed-up against a wall" unable to find any help and I along with my parents very low income are not able to work this on my own because I have been their sole provider and caretaker for over five years.
So I am asking for any kind of help and assistance that anyone can provide. I have always been generous to help others anyway that I could in the past, and I continue to help others through moral support, and I do my best to freely volunteer to help family, friends and others, even though I cannot do much physically to help them.
If anyone can help us, it will be greatly appreciated!
I really will appeciate your assistance during this time of crisis!
Thank You for yor understanding, Tim Brown. You can send contributions to my mailing address below, and I will directly pay the emergency bills myself.
My mailing address is: Tim Brown, P.O. Box 892, Dewey Arizona 86327.

brokenhearted...
Here since: Jan 5, 2007
Male, 49
Disabled
n/a
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Languages: English

        I lost my wife on Saturday, December 30, 2006.  She was to be released from a local care facility here in Phoenix, Arizona, and I was very much looking forward to our reunion.  It was to have been a special homecoming, but she suddenly and unbeknownst to all, she passed away.  I am just beside myself.  In my heart and soul, I truly believe that she deserves a proper and respectful funeral.

       We made plans to get a small place and to continue our lives before our unfortunate mishap. A short time ago, we were residing in a comfortable apartment.  Our happiness changed in many ways.  First, our apartment caught fire and we lost quite a bit of our possessions.  Debe, my wife, had a major stroke and was confined to a wheelchair.  On numerous occasions, she would attempt to be self-sufficient and strive to walk without using her chair.  On one early morning, I returned from work and found Debe lying on the living room floor.  She had fallen and had no one to assist her.  I stabilitzed her and all was well.  I went back to work.  When I returned, she had fallen again, both falls occurring within a 12 hour period.  She informed me that the apartment's maintenance man heard her cries and gave her assistance.  He carried her from the floor to her bed.  I noticed a terrible bruise over one of her eyes.  The bruising did not heal as it should have and she refused to go to the hospital for treatment.  She recovered from this injury, but the unsightly bruising was slow to heal. 

        We had a friend of Debe's stay with us while I was at work.  To my ire, the friend's boyfriend took advantage of us by robbing us of the few possessions we had.  Some of these items were a cell phone, work tools, transportation, and more, not to mention our dignity. 

         I contacted the local police authorities and filed a police report.  Because of this loss, I was no longer able to provide for her care as she needed.  I had no other choice except to place her in a local care facility.  Both of us understood that this was necessary.  Neither of  us wanted this to occur, but we had no other options.  We agreed that this stay would only be temporary, just a couple of weeks.

         Debe was doing well in the facility.  She was recovering quickly, as she was gaining weight, going to physical therapy, and attending medical appointments with various medical doctors.  Her general practictioner beleived that she was doing well and suggested that her next appointment be set for the following two months, instead of the upcoming month.

         Debe resided at the care facility for one month.  She had a health care plan that covered the facilities costs and fees.      

(I will continue with my situation on 1/6/2007.) Debe called me at 11:30a.m.Saturday Dec. 30th She told me she had fallen twice that morn........We were moving within the hour I had a place for us already I was to be there by 12 noon.But within 15 minutes I got a call .....saying...............she had quit breathing........and it did not look good .They were never able to resesitate debe.After they told me,I cried so hard with such anguish that every muscle in my face was frozen stiff in a downward frown.I thought I should have been admitted...I talked with the county medical examiner Senior Investegator and one of the things He told me was 'People tend to fall down when they are dying'. So why did'nt them qualified professionals take her to the hospital???         I'll write more on this later  TODAY IS  4-3-07

Micro-Loan Lenders (SBA) for Arizona

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Prestamos CDFI, LLC (formerly: Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.)
1112 E. Buckeye Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85034-4043
Executive Director: Pete Garcia
Microloan Contact: Joe Martinez
E-mail:jmartinez@tiempoinc
Phone: 602-258-9911 Fax: 602-252-0484
Service Area: Urban Maricopa and Pima counties, Graham and Gila counties (including Point of Pines Reservation and the Southwestern area of Fort Apache Reservation), Coconino and Mohave counties (including the Kaibab, Havasupai, and Hualapai Reservations and western portions of the Navajo and Hopi Reservations), Yavapai and La Paz counties
Website: www.cplc.org

PPEP Housing Development Co/Micro Ind. Credit Rural Org.
802 East 46th Street
Tucson, AZ 85713
Executive Director: Frank Ballesteros
Microloan Contact: Frank Ballesteros
E-mail: fballesteros@ppepruralinst.org
Phone: 520-806-4690 Fax: 520-806-9515
Service Area: Cochise, Santa Cruz, Pinal, Yuma, rural Pima, and rural Maricopa counties including the Fort Mcdowell, Gila River, Maricopa, Papago, Salt River, and San Xavier Indian Reservations
Website: www.azsmallbusinessloans.com

Self-Employment Loan Fund, Inc.
1601 North 7th St., Suite 340
Phoenix, AZ 85006
Executive Director: Caroline Newsom
Microloan Contact: Caroline Newsom
E-mail: self@uswest.net
Phone: 602-340-8834 Fax: 602-340-8953
Service Area: Maricopa County
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Microbusiness Advancement Center of Southern Arizona
10 East Broadway, Suite 210
Tucson, AZ 85701
Executive Director: Mary Gruensfelder-Cox
Microloan Contact: Craig Pretzinger
E-mail: cpretzinger@mac-sa.org
Phone: 520-620-1241
Service Area: Southern Arizona (Pima, Cochise and Sanata Cruz Counties)
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Elderly Financial Crisis

I n f o  S h e e t

FUNDING REQUEST SUMMARY


Amount requested:

$2,000

Funding will be used for:

Family Financial and medical debts paid

 

APPLICANT


Name:

Timothy A. Brown

Address:

P.O. Box 892
Dewey, AZ86327
U.S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPOSAL SUMMARY


Goals:

Need low income assistance for elderly parents and myself to pay off financial debts from high costs of medical expenses, and because I am their fulltime caretaker and only provider for assistance.

How...:

Pay financial debts that will then allow my elderly parents to keep their monthly social security income to buy food, pay home mortgage, and get health care. Then I will use some of the grant or gift to help me pay my financial debts so that my social security supplemental income can be used to take care of my food and health requirements, and provide supplemental assistance for my elderly parents financially to keep them from ever getting into another financial crisis that would cause them to have health and financial crisis.

Who will benefit:

My elderly parents who have serious health problems and myself will benefit from the requested funding.

Geographical area:

Financial, health, mental health and safety for very low income elderly parents.

People involved:

full time - 1

 

BUDGET SUMMARY


Time period:

March 23, 2006 - July 23, 2006

Total funding needed:

$4,000

Other support (including applicant):

$600 (received - $ 300; expected - $ 300)

 

 

 

Elderly Crisis

I n f o  S h e e t

FUNDING REQUEST SUMMARY


Amount requested:

$2,000

Funding will be used for:

Family Financial and medical debts paid

 

APPLICANT


Name:

Timothy A. Brown

Address:

P.O. Box 892
Dewey, AZ86327
U.S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPOSAL SUMMARY


Goals:

Need low income assistance for elderly parents and myself to pay off financial debts from high costs of medical expenses, and because I am their fulltime caretaker and only provider for assistance.

How...:

Pay financial debts that will then allow my elderly parents to keep their monthly social security income to buy food, pay home mortgage, and get health care. Then I will use some of the grant or gift to help me pay my financial debts so that my social security supplemental income can be used to take care of my food and health requirements, and provide supplemental assistance for my elderly parents financially to keep them from ever getting into another financial crisis that would cause them to have health and financial crisis.

Who will benefit:

My elderly parents who have serious health problems and myself will benefit from the requested funding.

Geographical area:

Financial, health, mental health and safety for very low income elderly parents.

People involved:

full time - 1

 

BUDGET SUMMARY


Time period:

March 23, 2006 - July 23, 2006

Total funding needed:

$4,000

Other support (including applicant):

$600 (received - $ 300; expected - $ 300)

 

 

 

Mom & child facing homelessness
Hi -
I heard on PBS that the Melville Trust helps prevent homelessness for women and children, and I don't know where else to turn.

What I need help with:
My lease expires Jan 23. 2007.  I don't make enough money to qualify for any lease, anywhere.  Right now I'm making $200.00 per month as a private tutor.  That's two hundred. No typo. No joke!  Last year I looked into Section 8 housing, (Federal gov't subsidized housing for the poor) and it turns out that Arizona no longer has Section 8 housing, as of 2002.


My situation:
I'm a single mom, employed barely part-time (right now, 2 hours per week as a tutor), on food stamps and state-subsidized health care.  I have ADD and my dr. is recommending I apply for disability.  While I don't want to do this, I would much rather work, it would only bring in $800/month, at least that's more that what's coming in now. I
was divorced in 1998, and have a ten year old. In 2000, my ex- got in trouble with the law, and I haven't heard from him since, other than occasionally receiving child support, which stopped in April '06, which is only $400/month, if I get the full amount; I usually get something in the neighborhood of $300/month when it is forthcoming.
      I have applied for over 200 jobs in the last year
(I can provide documentation; I keep records) (& over 500 jobs in the last 2 - 4 years, all over the US, Canada, the UK & New Zealand), both jobs for which I'm overqualified (McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, etc.), as well as jobs appropriate to my level of education & experience (http://tucson.craigslist.org/res/235128098.html), and still... nothing. Not even interviews.  I have crushing student loans of $38,000; 2 years ago I got a degree to help myself along, but that hasn't seemed to have made a difference.

I don't know what to do.  My lease ending Jan. '07 is going up to about $850/month and my income has to be 3x that for me to qualify to stay here. $850 x 3 = $2550/month - $30,600/year. My parents have been h
elping me, but they can no longer afford to.  And they shouldn't have to either.  If I could receive $31,000 (after taxes) as a grant or gift, that would be a miracle.  I would be more than happy to work for it; I have many talents, and my disability is social/emotional, not competence, which is why the tutoring company I work for has not kept me on in a supervisory capacity.

While a grant or a gift would be greatly appreciated, I'd rather have a job. Please see my Craig's List posting: http://tucson.craigslist.org/res/235128098.html

Were I to receive a gift or grant, I would be able to give back by volunteering with my church St. Philip's Episcopal.  They have many groups to help women, minorities, homeless people, etc. Their website is
www.stphilipstucson.org

I can provide any documentation that might be required to prove what I've said is true. 

I am not here to whine and complain. I have a very real, very scary situation. I fear more for my son, rather than myself.  If it was just me, this would be a whole lot easier.  I am reaching out and am willing to do my part to help myself and work collaboratively with anyone who will reach back. I am asking for $31,000 after taxes/deductions because I don't know what else would make my apartment complex accept my application, other than proof of employment to the tune of $2550/month after taxes. 

So, ... With thanks and gratitude in advance for whatever relief comes my way,

-       CVJ in Tucson
wngdwolf@yahoo.com

Courtney333x2
Here since: Jun 19, 2007
Female, 26
Artist
Desert Hills, Arizona, USA
Languages: english
I am in desperate need of some major dental work. When I was nineteen I was hospitalized because of a staff infection and spent over a year in and out of the hospital trying to fight it off... while in the hospital I was told that the strain of staff I had would always remain in my blood and would most likely take it's toll on my imune system making it harder for me to fight off infections etc for the rest of my life. I'm now 25 years old and I'm finding out that they weren't joking. I broke a tooth about a year ago and since I don't have insurance and my boyfriend & I have been in a really tight spot financially this last year because he had to be unexpectedly hospitalized and have emergency surgery.... after that coming at us from out of nowhere & him not having insurance either.... we just haven't had the money to pay for me to get the dental work done that I need and now since I've put it off for so long it has caused major problems for the rest of my mouth and other teeth have become weak and infected and now I fear it's starting to take its toll in  other areas besides just my mouth.... I've recently started having major migraines and have recently started even seeing the infection take it's toll on my skin too with major breakouts and acne. (Something I never ever had any issue with before this tooth problem) This whole mess has not only hurt my physical health but it has also hurt my self confidense and has left me feeling ugly and depressed to the point where I don't even like to go out of the house or be around people. I'm desperate for help so If anybody can assisit I assure you I'd be forever greatful. Thanks
uniquelyblessd
Here since: Dec 3, 2006
Female, 30
housemom/customer service
phoenix, Arizona, USA
Languages: english
azsarah
Here since: Jan 24, 2007
Female, 29
real estate
RE/MAX
Benson, Arizona, USA
Languages: english
I am a single mother with 2 beautiful children. I am looking for some type of assistance in purchasing our first home.
help to get back on track

    I am a military mans wife with two kids my husband has been in the army for 7 years and i have worked at assisted living homes for 6  years. We had to file for bankrupcy  two years ago after moving to arizona then last year i was in a car accident and found out i was pregnant most of the medical is out of pocket and my back is still bad im only 28. We want to move from cottonwood to flagstaff  but we just cant afford a place we reeally need a break with a house and need to know if there is anybody that can help us

 

                                                                                       

Needs an angel
Here since: Nov 30, 2006
Female, 37
Mesa, Arizona, USA

Single mom In need of a christmas angel or miracle worker. I have been recovering from a bad fall and was on no-work status up until this last week, I am now part time as a babysitter while still on crutches. . I am  unable to pay the mortgage for december.  This has been a very scary time for me and my 2 children. They are scared, it is christmas, and if we end up homeless, we have no where to go. That scares me to the point I am not sleeping well. I applied for assistance and was denied housing assistance. They used the car as an asset.. It is old, hardly running and isn't keeping my family alive and they used it against me. I don't have any tears left. I am frightened for what is going to happen to us. My mortgage is $786.00 and I just don't have it.  I don't have any resources left eaither.  The local salvation army says they won't have funds until february for rental help and it is only enough to help about 15 families. On my previous post I needed help with utilities as well, but that has been taken care of through payment arrangements to the utility company.  I appreciate whatever help I can get, there seems to be many people in the same boat this year.  My prayers are with you all this holiday season.

Gaurdian
Here since: Nov 25, 2005
Male, 28
Behavioral Health Technition
Employed-Private Company
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Languages: English
I met my ex-wife while homeless.  Together we worked our way off the streets and into an apartment.  After a year in Denver we moved to Phoenix with the hope of starting a family.  Soon we found ourselves in school and I had an amazing job assistant teaching in a small private school for autistic children.  After we graduated from our first degree, AS in Criminal Justice Administration, my wife was convicted of fraud.  Although I assure people she was innocent and give plenty of proof to her innocents, my views are indeed biased.  What can I say, I still care about her.  Once she was placed in jail we lost our three bedroom house and I was forced to sign a lease on a studio apartment.  After a time we grew apart and when she was released we separated and are seeking divorce, which I’ am sure I will pay for not that I regret it, my only concern now is providing for my 7 month old daughter and ensuring I will be able to maintain visitation with my child.  I’ am currently working in a group home for severely mentally ill clients whom have been just released from the state hospital.  I enjoy this field, however I miss teaching even more.  I have my CJA degree which qualifies me for social work.  Yet I still need a BA to earn enough money to support my child independent of her mother.  Assistance for food and insurance has been temporarily confirmed for the two of them, but time is short and my daughter could have a much healthier life if I could take her full time and relieve the burden on my ex-wife.  I have the means to support a one bedroom apartment with childcare and health care as long as I can find a way over this seemingly impossible wall.  Nothing has been more frustrating than being able to provide for my child and finding the means is scarcely within reach.  The hardest part for me has been seeing the conditions in which my daughter lives five days a week knowing she can have better if only I could share custody and have her with me 50% of the time.  My only down fall is this would require a one bedroom apartment and I can afford only a studio at this time.  I have worked out a budget and plan for this to work for both the mother and myself while providing a stable environment for my daughter.  The only downfall to this is the extra three to four hundred dollars a month which I do not have and still maintain the current support to my daughter.  My goal is to help provide for my daughter, not deprive her of a loving mother.  I fear the possibility of state benifits running out and my wife inadvertently violating her parole due to lack of work.  I would be powerless against the state taking custody of my child.  I would fight for her tooth and nail, but I would rather maintain a stable life for her.  My ex wife and I are both full time students and I have worked with special needs and at risk children all my life (as short as it has been).  I have the ability to do this as well as the means with job offers with benefits.  The only thing missing is a financial resorce which would only have to last for six months max.    
L.C.
Here since: Jun 26, 2006
Female, 25
Arizona, USA
Languages: English

I have a great husband and 2 young kids who I adore very much.  My husband works every day for our family to provide us with what we need.  The thing is though, he is in great pain every day from his teeth constantly breaking off and chipping and cracking.  I can't stand to see him in such pain but we don't have the money to pay for the extensive dental work he is going to need.  I would love to see my husband smile...I never really have seen a big mouth of teeth shining back at me.  He does so much for our family, yet I feel helpless because I can't get him the one thing he dreams about every night....getting his teeth fixed.  We have also made a deal that when he gets his teeth fixed, he will stop smoking.  He doesn't think we'll have the money to get it done, but I'm determined to help him.  Please respond if you are a dentist or know of one that would be willing to help one man smile for the first time at his children.

ladyhawke
Here since: Mar 15, 2007
Female, 31
Part Time Photographer,Full Time Mom
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Languages: English

My husband and I met at work in 1996 and were married in March 2000. We knew that we both wanted children but not right away, we said we would wait for close to five years.  My sister-in-law got pregnant and had her first daughter in June 2000, holding her in my arms and helping to take care of her made me decide I wanted a child much sooner than five years, however convincing my husband was a much harder task.

 We still had not decided to start trying when I missed my period. I took several pregnancy test's but they all came back negative. The Doctor sent me for a blood test and it came back negative after three days. In the time we waited for the test results we got comfortable with the idea that we could be pregnant and we were both disappointed when we were not. My husband finally decided it would be okay with him if we started really trying. I went to the my ob/gyn who did her own blood test for pregnancy as well as hormones and other tests these all came back normal with no pregnancy and I was sent to have an Ultrasound done which showed a cyst on my left ovary.  From that point on my cycle has never been the same.  My doctor, ran her own tests and they all pointed to lack of ovulation. The next step was to start Clomid, The doctors will only go to 200mg before they require you to see a specialist; we were at 200mg and decided to see the specialist when we discovered that I was pg with my son.  We were ecstatic but also very nervous, since just a while previously my sister in law lost her second child just a few days before she was to give birth and we had no idea why this happened.

When my son was 1 1/2 we found out that I had spontaneously gotten pg a second time only for it to end in a miscarriage at 10 weeks.  Once my body had recovered we started trying again, we started with Clomid again but my GYN could only start at the beginning even though the low doses did not work last time, after a few months of this I decided to go back to the RE we had started to see when I found out I was pg with my DS.  We did several tests and found that my right tube is closed as well as the fact that I do no ovulate on my own, she says that reproductively I am a mess and is amazed at the fact that I got pg without major help.  She suggests going directly to IVF, but we don't have $15,000-$30,000 to just toss around.  There is only a 50/50 chance with IVF, but the other methods are getting expensive too.  We have also thought of adoption which is expensive as well as not our own child, we decided that adoption would be our last choice.  We have also looked in to Surrogacy which is even moree expensive and hard to hold up in court where we live.  I have been doing some combo of oral meds and injectable meds for three years now and I am just getting so tired of all of it, the emotional stress of the process and every lost cycle is getting harder to deal with.  People including family always ask if we are going to have more.  It seems like everyone around me is either pg or just had a baby, my son even asks when he sees other kids with their littler siblings why he does not have a baby too and this just breaks my heart.  I am asking for any amount of money to get us toward the goal of $15,000 to pay for one round of IVF.

 

My infertility has made me feel like a failure like I'm lost, alone, pointless and useless.  I feel as if I have let my husband down.  Many people say that it will come when the time is right, this is a nice idea but it is very painful to see people everyday in the news, which have abandoned, neglected or even killed their own children and I who want another child to love a care for have to go through hell to maybe get there.  I also know a few people who have their own miracle babies that were never supposed to be able to have children and, believe me I count my blessing every day to have my angel with me everyday I just wish I could share that love with another child.

Lady-t
Here since: Apr 20, 2007
Female, 38
Atc Operator/Behavorial Tech
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Languages: English

Hi, I'm a single parent with a special needs daughter. She is Seizure disorder, ADHD And Learning Disabled.     Recently She was Hospitalized For a Grandmal Seizure- where it was determined that her depakote level was below 1. Theraputic level is between 50-100. Which means she hadn't been taking her medication. So consequently I had to be out of work for 6 days Causing me to to be short 1008.00 + on my paycheck. at the same time my roommate went to jail for driving on suspended license in my vehicle. I had to borrow my sister's car for 3 days until I was able to get my vehicle out of the pound costing me 168.00 Plus the money I had to spend to get more gas to put in my sisters car.Top that off ,my roommate hadn't paid his share of the rent which is 500.00 before being arrested. So Now I'm Behind in Rent and Bills. I've never been behind in rent since I've lived here.These debts are totalling approximately 1,876.00 I dont want to get any further behind. I want to get out of the hole. I can pay - payment installments. Even if you can give me close to this amount I would be so grateful. Can someone help me out? My email address is August.Taylor@hcs.maricopa.gov

                                                       Thank You in Advance

I'm at a transition in my life... somebody help!!!

I am an artist that has found herself in a position to move from my apartment. My landlord isn't a nice lady and has always been very judgmental with me because of the way I look. Although my lease was up, I had requested an extra month to find another apartment, in which case, I was denied.I have now found myself overwhelmed with the cost of moving to another apartment. I have no choice but to move in 6 days. Somebody please help!!!!! I don't want to be homeless again and can't bear to give away my 2 cats, which are like my children...... I don't know what to do....

Mars Bar
Here since: Aug 20, 2007
Female, 39
Data Conversion Operator/Homemaker
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Languages: English & Romanian

Please Help Me Get My Teeth Fixed!!

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