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205. Keep Faith posted 9 hours ago... modified 0 minutes ago

I am a single mother of 2 daughters. I am also disabled. After teaching elementary school for 12 years, I became disabled. A couple years later, I found myself going through a bitter divorce. After 9 months of seperation, the divorce was granted. It wasn't until 6 months after the divorce when my ex was finally forced to pay child support. At this time, we'd been apart for 14 months, I was already months behind on all bills. I was fortunate to keep the lights on. It has now been 3 years since the divorce. My child support is inconsistent. There have been months when I received only one week of support. Some months when I only received 2 of 4 weeks of support. Other court ordered payments have not been received as well. My disability and sparatic support are less than living expenses. I fell behind on vehicle payments. On more than one occasion my finance company allowed me to make a payment or two, and they would place the rest of the late payments to the end of the loan. 8 days ago, I didn't even realize I was currently 91 days past due on my vehicle loan, my vehicle was repossessed in the middle of the night. With children, living in a rural area with no public transportion, one must have a vehicle. My mother offered to co sign a lease for me. Even with her as a co signer, I was refused. I only have a day or 2 to reinstate my vehicle. This may be my only way of having transportation for myself and my daughters. I need approximately $2,200 for late payments and repo fees. I am filing contempt against my ex in order to have payments mandatory to improve my finances. I'm honest and keep faith always!!! I worked as a teacher which I consider public service. I earned a Bachelor's Degree hoping to accomplish so much more at this point in my life. PLEASE HELP!!! Respond if you have any questions! PLEASE HELP!! Thank you for reading!!!!

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I'm 61 and never been out of work, yes I'm scared, have searched for 5 months, live in small town in south florida where unemployment is high and everything else is high. Need financial help, can not make another car pymt without help. If you lose your vehicle your really up the creek and in trouble. Need help with utilities, phone and everything else to live, have only a few dollars to my name.  If there's any help out there I sure need it and very much would appreciate it.

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Aidpage Open Letter: Help For Low-income Disabled Persons

To the attention of:

Barack Obama, US President;
Rick Scott, Governor of Florida;
US Senators from Florida: Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio;
US Representatives from Florida: Adam H. Putnam, Alan Grayson, Alcee L. Hastings, Allen Boyd, Ander Crenshaw, Bill Posey, C. W. Bill Young, Cliff Stearns, Connie Mack, Corrine Brown, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ginny Brown-Waite, Gus M. Bilirakis, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jeff Miller, John L. Mica, Kathy Castor, Kendrick B. Meek, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Ron Klein, Sandy Adams, Theodore E. Deutch, Thomas J. Rooney, Vern Buchanan;
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 My husband is disabled due to diabetic neuropathy and hasn't walked in years. He gets SSI however, every time we turn around, it is being lowered. Currently it has been reduced to 430 and our rent is 600. I work for McDonalds at 7.57 an hour. We can barely pay our billd. Our foodstamps have been lowered to 94 a month which won't even buy food for one week.

 Our car became inoperable in February. We have not had one since. As a result, my husband hasn't been to the doctor or the grocery store since because he doesn't want ot be pushed all over town and ruin his wheelchair. It also is hard on me. There are no programs in Florida to hedlp people like us nor are there any companies that will help low income people who have bad credit and no money for a carf payment.

 We have both reached the limit. Having spent all of our lives struggling while people from other countries are given everything under the sun is disheartening. All I aask for is someone who will donate a decent car to us so that I can get a better job and get my husband to the doctor for his medicine. We have one son who can drive me to the store however he will be in Germany for three weeks with the National Guard and his truck is a stick shift so I have no way to get to the store to feed my husband. I don't care if I eat, we don't have the money for both of too but I do need a way to get him food.

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