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Matt, I am very sad for you and I just know someday you will be an old man and you'll be telling younger people that whatever doesn't kill you will make you stronger. I know that is no comfort right now tho. Two things I would do. I would go try to check into a homeless shelter. Sometimes social services are set up that only deliver when a certain level of desperation is met. If you actually checked inas homeless, I believe other social services would be made available to you. At least drop in and visit, telling them they are probably going to be you next destination and find out what they can tell you about services. The other thing I would do is drop post high school education from your resume and start applying for anything, including flipping burgers. Lastly, go to your local unemployment office for guidance....tell them your situation.....at least talk to them, they may knw if special training programs that are free. Try local temporary agencies for day work too. My heart goes out to you. Perhaps your grandmother or best aunt can give you some advice. Are you on facebook? make sure your friends all know that things are getting very scary for you.
Because I get food stamps I have a case worker and there is NOTHING available to me as a single woman. All those list are for anything related to the local welfare office so there is still no help for utilities, mortgage payments etc. Georgia services have been cut and gutted, they may still list them but it's all over the local news that there is no money for help.
Your family would let you go homeless instead of taking you in?
It could be the family or it could be the individuals desire not to lean on family. There are many familys that would let a person go homeless instead of taking them in.
Not all families are what we like to think they should be.
Do you think all the homeless people are only people who have no family?
It could be the family or it could be the individuals desire not to lean on family. There are many familys that would let a person go homeless instead of taking them in.
Not all families are what we like to think they should be.
Do you think all the homeless people are only people who have no family?
Very true-- my aunt is an alcoholic and I would not take her in-- no way no how.
Her own daughter wouldn't either because she has small children. In fact, when her mother was at her house for a visit-- my cousin went into premature labor. She was terrified that her mother was alone with her toddler in her house and kept calling my other cousin begging her to keep calling her mom to make sure she was not getting drunk. Her mom has no compunction about getting into a car completely soused and unfortunately has never been caught by the police. She has a huge problem and is one of the few alcoholics that I have ever met (unfortunately I have known a handful) that will not even admit she drinks ANYTHING (she swears she never lets it touch her lips-- although we have caught booze in a secret suitcase, in the bathroom under towels, in shoes, in boots, in McDonald's paper cups in her car, etc).
Try a church - believer or not. Try a reformed synagogue. In Asheville, there's the Asheville Buncombe County Medical Ministry but they are far reaching.
Bottom line for everyone is we're all tanking here and no one seems to get it. I had a long talk with my CPA about it this last Friday. It's scary out there. I live in fear myself and at this time, have a roof over my head.
BAs are pretty meaningless since colleges and universities were out to get people for whatever money they could rather than actually educate people.
Man, I am truly so very sorry. Good luck. Good luck to all of us.
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