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A nun losing her home.
A nun friend of mine, Ani Arene, is losing her home. She doesn't have any financial support. (What can I say? When Tibet lost its country, the monks and nuns also lost any help.)
Arene's an American, raising a son from a previous marriage. She works as an admin but was unemployed for a long time, which put her behind.
Her ex-husband (typically) has never paid a nickel in child support, and lives off of his current wife. Now Arene has to come up with $1,000 for day care. She rents space in a house and her landlord's been generous, but she's months behind on rent and is on the verge of losing her place. Her landlord told her that she has to have $2,400 by July 21st, and then another $2,400 by August 15th. On an admin's salary.
She's really up against the wall. She's overwhelmed and doesn't know what to do.
Frankly, even without being unemployed for so long, she can't make enough money. She only has a little college which she's done catch-as-catch-can. She's a good writer, one of those people that can do that chirpy marketing voice, so I'm trying to give her some editing work to upgrade her skills.
I don't know. I'm open for suggestions.
Anyone been through this? Know of any free daycare programs in Maryland? Home assistance? Rent assistance? The work/money I can give her can't put a dent in it. For the long term she flat-out doesn't make enough.
Arene's an American, raising a son from a previous marriage. She works as an admin but was unemployed for a long time, which put her behind.
Her ex-husband (typically) has never paid a nickel in child support, and lives off of his current wife. Now Arene has to come up with $1,000 for day care. She rents space in a house and her landlord's been generous, but she's months behind on rent and is on the verge of losing her place. Her landlord told her that she has to have $2,400 by July 21st, and then another $2,400 by August 15th. On an admin's salary.
She's really up against the wall. She's overwhelmed and doesn't know what to do.
Frankly, even without being unemployed for so long, she can't make enough money. She only has a little college which she's done catch-as-catch-can. She's a good writer, one of those people that can do that chirpy marketing voice, so I'm trying to give her some editing work to upgrade her skills.
I don't know. I'm open for suggestions.
Anyone been through this? Know of any free daycare programs in Maryland? Home assistance? Rent assistance? The work/money I can give her can't put a dent in it. For the long term she flat-out doesn't make enough.
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Is there any low-income or college- or co-op-sponsored co-operative housing available? I don't mean Section 8 housing/'projects' but rather big renovated houses where one can get a room & use the facilities of the house for a decent rent. It's very similar to living in a dorm except the residents are usually more mature & the age range is wide, at least in co-op housing that isn't just for college students. I lived in situations like this when I moved to a Big-10 college town & had to survive on a clerk's wage (vs. the big bucks that college students or their parents were willing to spend). It's also common, when several parents & kids belong to a co-op house, for them to share child care among themselves or hire a housemate if their schedules conflict. It's good to have lots of adults in the house who keep an eye on the youngsters because they're 'family'....
Folks like Ani are the real heros of America & the world, in my opinion.
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Years ago, when a friend of mine's mom needed day care for my (then very wee) friend and couldn't afford it, she realized that she, herself, could fill the need, and went into day care. Which is to say she had people drop off kids at her home and got paid for looking after them. When my friend got old enough to go to school, her mom closed the day care and told a lot of very upset parents they had to find day care help elsewhere. Years later, she told me it was the dumbest thing she ever did--it was hectic, but she loved the work and it paid really well.
But that was a good 25+ years ago. I wonder if that sort of thing has been legislated out of existence, or if people can still open impromptu day care/baby-sitting services without having to apply for licenses and such? Might this be a possibility for your friend to explore? Day care is such a necessary thing, and there doesn't ever seem to be enough good people working in the field.
Wish I could help more. Wish I could also help *me*!