Hi! I am a single Mom to 2 boys.

I was laid off 3 months ago, after 9 years with the same company. I've had a difficult time finding employment that fits in with the need for caring for my kids, but I am still looking. If I can't find anything that makes it possible to be with my sons at nights or at least one weekend day, I will have to bite the bullet and take almost anything.

I am doing rather well on keeping everything paid up, but.....

We got hit with those dreaded unexpected bills last month. I used 2 months car payments for fixing the house AC unit. But now it looks like I will lose the car. I have spoken with the finance company and because I re-financed the loan they state they are not in any position to help. Also, if I don't lose the car I'm looking at repairs on it-Master brake cylinder, front brakes and repairs to fix the power steering leak (About $1000. according to the car dealership repair shop.)

Does anyone know where I could possibly get help?

Thanks

I recently moved here from PA and have a 1986 Cadillac Deville.  I am a single mother of 3, and barely pay my 925.00 rent on 9.00 per hour.  My car is old and is in poor shape.  I cannot afford payment on a new car nor repairs on this one. 

My husband and I are both unemployed and I need to go back to school so I can get a better job.  I have a college degree but it is out of date and I have been out of the industry for 4 years now and cannot find any jobs with the skills that I have. 

We have 2 young children and cannot afford, not do we want to, put them in daycare just so we can work a minimum wage job.

Our car is in need of tires, shocks/struts and an alignment, it is becoming more and more dangerous to drive because it won't track correctly. 

In order for us to survive while I go back to school one of us will have to have a parttime job and that will not even cover the basic bills of rent, phone, internet and food.  We also have past due student loan payments as well as medical bills, unpaid state taxes and a parking ticket. 

We have moved into a small two bedroom apartment just to get a lower rent payment and now we are having to store abunch of our stuff until we can sell it off, that amounts to another bill that we cannot afford to pay on a minimum wage job.

I need to go back to school and update my bachelors degree in computer programming so that we can dig out of this whole BUT I cannot do that without the help of some grant money.  There is just no way that we would be able to pay back another loan after I get out of school.

i am a 42 year old married for 17 years and father of 2 boys.  i had to borrow money to make my last mortgage payment which was in the foreclosure department.  2 days ago, i had a note on my door that my power was going to be cut off if i didn't pay by 5 pm the next day.  i had to borrow for that.  now my wife's car has died and i don't know how i'm going to get it somewhere to get it worked on.  i have another mortgage payment due on Tuesday and i hope to be able to pay that but there will be nothing left until we get paid 2 weeks later.  i need help with car repair, groceries, and cash.  i've tried everything and i can't take much more.  like i said i am 42 and i feel like my life is over.  i don't even know what kind of site this is but i just need help, any kind of help.

My name is pam and I desperately need help. I never thought I'd be in this position. I am usually the one to help others. I became disabled 5 years ago from work.I have a morphine pump and very limited to what I can do now which is so hard to accept.My husband had to take a 15,000.pay cut just to keep his job. He's been with the co., for25 yrs.and makes less now than he did in1986.I have been slowly going to the dentist because the medication ruined my teeth.I still need 3,000.00 in work to be done,which doesn't look like it will be anytime soon. The depressing part is I never even had a cavity until this medicine I needed.+ We have 2 old cars that we keep sinking money into just so he can work and I can make dr. appts. We had to file bankruptsy last year and looks like we could loose our home of 15 years any way. We just don't have enough money coming in to keep afloat. I haven't been on a vacation in over 20 years and forget going out to dinner or a movie. We need another 300.00 a week and we'd be able to keep our home and keep the cars running.I would appreciate any help at all.                                 God Bless

                                               Pam

Well......Lets see where do i start.. I am 21 years old, and i am currently living in las vegas nevada not by choice but because i am stuck here.. You see i came from california out here to take care of my mom who was sick with cancer. and i came out here as a surprise to help her anyway i can and be there for her as she battled the cancer..  at first everything was going just fine, i got a really goot job and everything was perfect.. until December 24th of 06 that we had to rush my mom to the emergancy room.. There we waited about 3 hrs just for a doctor to see my mom..  ill never forget that day cause i have never thought i would see my mom that sick before...  and i was so scared cause we just lost my older and only brother in november 04 he was killed in the line of duty. and now here i am holding my moms hand as she pukes her guts out and screams in pain.. i thought forsure i was going to lose her right then that there.... well the doctor got her and finally took care of her and finally set her up for servel check ups and tests so that they can get to the cancer before it speareds..  well things went back to normal i guess you can say for a little bit i was working my mom was working but every good thing must come to an end..  around chrismas eve of 07 my mom started to get really sick again this time with no questions asked i took her to the hospital.. there she stayed for two weeks as they did tests i had to work so we dont loose the apartment.. i saw my mom every chance i got..  well she just never got better after that day..  for weeks and weeks then months  and months my mom stayed in bed and cried and cried and screamed cuase she was in so much pain..  and every doctor we say they just told her that she was going to die..  as each day past i got more and more scared that i was going to loose my mom.. she is the only one i got left...  in decemeber or 07 i had to pack up the and drive my sick mother to her moms house in california cause i just couldnt pay all the bills and we got kicked out..  one week after i took my mom to  california she past away in the hosiptal out there...   my grandma told me her last words were her calling out for me..   i wasnt able to say good bye to her cause i was out here in las vegas working trying to find a place to live..  the week of my mothers death a wreckless driver drove me off the road and i ended up wrecking my moms car that she left to me.. since then i havent been able to afford her funeral cost and the car repair and my rent and bill after bill after bill..  and its just me handling it all..  thats why i need your help..  i desperately need help repairing my car, help pay some of the funeral costs, and assist me with my rent..  please help me i really do need some help...  

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I have just become a single mother of Two I need my car to be safe to drive I am unemployed but have several job offers but my car is in need of sever front end work and is at this time  unsafe to drive so i can not take these jobs please help i do have some money saved but its no enough

I have just become a single mom of two i am unemployed i have several job offers the problem is my car is unsafe to drive I dont know what to do I want to be self suffeint but i need safe and reliable transportation so i can work also my kids have med issues and i need to get them to appt... I am verry scared i have never been on my own before also could use a friend someone to talk to