re: single moms how do you do it?

Childcare assistance is MUCH different than public health assistance. The amount of money you can make is much higher, especially if your a single mom.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Tasha Norman:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Cassie♥:</b>" I couldn't do it without government assistance. ... [snip!] ... part time while I'm in class. We don't have car loans and found a great deal on a duplex which has made things very doable"</blockquote>




My rent is the cheapest I can go   and I don't qualify for any assistance at all

Quoting XavierRose:" how is that possible? I made 15/hr and pulled in a good deal of money, and still qualified for daycare assistance."

I make about 24k a year and still qualify for daycare assistance...

OP have you tried applying?

Quoting momma melissa85:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Tasha Norman:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Cassie♥:</b>" ... [snip!] ... things very doable"</blockquote> My rent is the cheapest I can go   and I don't qualify for any assistance at all"

how do you know you don't qualify? Do you mind me asking how much you make? Cause unless your making a smurf ton (and I assume your not cause your stressed about finances) Then you should be able to get a daycare scholarship because your a single mom

Quoting momma melissa85:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Tasha Norman:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Cassie♥:</b>" ... [snip!] ... things very doable"</blockquote> My rent is the cheapest I can go   and I don't qualify for any assistance at all"

Oh okay...

IDK, you just make it work. School/education is the key to getting out of the situation you're in...well, it has been for me.

Quoting momma melissa85:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Tasha Norman:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Cassie♥:</b>" ... [snip!] ... things very doable"</blockquote> My rent is the cheapest I can go   and I don't qualify for any assistance at all"

I didn't qualify either. For anything. I made lots at work, but DD's daycare was costing me anywhere from $1100 to $1500 a month alone.

Quoting Cassie♥:" Childcare assistance is MUCH different than public health assistance. The amount of money you can make is much higher, especially if your a single mom."

this. My daycare went from 1200 a month to 272. I didn't qualify for any other assistance at all, but had daycare covered at all times

Let me please clarify. I do not qualify for ANY assistance. Trust me, if I did I would accept it. Please don't tell me assistance is out there bc I don't qualify for any. I have tried. I have the lowest rent I can go, a low car payment and insurance, lights, food, gas and student loans which I already hàd a hard ship deferment. I lowered everything I can. I have no help and work nights nd if I go to days I lose $240 a month or more.

I need to hear how you did it WITHOUT help please. Not to be rude but that is what I am asking. Nit if you lived with your mom or your mom watched your baby for free or if the govt helped you. Thanks

Quoting momma melissa85:" Let me please clarify. I do not qualify for ANY assistance. Trust me, if I did I would accept it. Please ... [snip!] ... is what I am asking. Nit if you lived with your mom or your mom watched your baby for free or if the govt helped you. Thanks"

Then to be honest, it isn't possible. If you switch to days and make less money, would you then qualify for assistance? If you have noone to watch your kid, and can't make ends meet with cutting everything down as much as possible, then something else needs to change.

Quoting momma melissa85:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Heeeeeey, Sexy lady. ;):</b>" I'm no longer a single mom but ... [snip!] ... turn."</blockquote> Who watched your child while you worked all those hours? What kind of business did you start?"

I should've mentioned that. I was 18 at the time and had barely graduated high school a year earlier and they had a daycare were I was helping through out my pregnancy and used to donate a lot of stuff to so they allowed me to take my child to their day care while I worked. I started counceling and speaking to young girls who got pregnant and/or were parents. It allowed me to have my child around and was getting about 150 per session and I made like 7-8 sessions a week. Then I worked with the other councelors to start my own day care business. My parents put up all the money so I could build the day care and pass all the city requirements to run a daycare and it's been pretty succesful since then.

Quoting momma melissa85:" Let me please clarify. I do not qualify for ANY assistance. Trust me, if I did I would accept it. Please ... [snip!] ... is what I am asking. Nit if you lived with your mom or your mom watched your baby for free or if the govt helped you. Thanks"

I told you how I did it. I literally only paid for rent and daycare and electricity and a few groceries. That's it. I NEVER ate out. Never had fun. Never bought clothes unless I needed them, and I got them at goodwill. I eventually got a nanny and went from paying $1500 for daycare to $720, which helped a ton, obviously. I don't even have any friends in this state, and my parents live in MI. So I did it ALL by myself, 24/7.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Cassie♥:</b>" A scholoarship is different though. There are many factors that help with being able to get free daycare, ... [snip!] ... be a single mom making less then 3,000 a month or a single mom who goes to work for atleast 10 hours a week and goes to school"</blockquote>



How can I find info on that? I work 40 hours a week.

<blockquote><b>Quoting XavierRose:</b>" how is that possible? I made 15/hr and pulled in a good deal of money, and still qualified for daycare assistance."</blockquote>




My state is poor. How do I find out if I qualify?

Quoting XavierRose:" Then to be honest, it isn't possible. If you switch to days and make less money, would you then qualify ... [snip!] ... watch your kid, and can't make ends meet with cutting everything down as much as possible, then something else needs to change."

Good advice.

Maybe you should find a different job OP...if thats possible.

If you make 35 or so a year she is right, she would not qualify. My hubby makes slightly more than that and were told we definitely could not get child care assistance. I told you how we've done it without help. We buy groceries on sale, buy lots of stuff used. Do you live in a very expensive area? Just curious because we live fairly comfortably at a comparable income here. Although I guess we only pay for part time daycare