what are the benefits given to single/divorced mothers in the USA?
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"benifits" ???  -- get a job!!!!!
863042
Maybe a key is to meet single women with one child of her own:\n\nSupermarket\nLibrary\nOnline\nParent Group: You would get all the Attention there\nSchool\nTell your friends you are looking\nOnline\nParents w/o Partners\nVolunteer Functions for Children\n\nGood luck1
273233
I can give you the below link, but that's really just dipping your toe into the pond of this issue. I would check out some psychology books or divorce advice books. Either of those two types should give you a much more indepth knowledge on what this issue is all about.
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The government doesn't care. The government is heavily influenced by corporations and businesses who want cheap labor. \n\nI know around here you usually cannot find a job that isn't minimum wage, except a few that will start you out at $6/hour. If that's all the jobs that are available in an area, you'll always be working low wages because you won't have the money to move elsewhere for work. \n\nA lot of single mothers are forbidden by court order to move elsewhere for better jobs because it will interfere with the fathers' precious rights, basically imprisoning her in the ex's environment.
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much easier than a single Mom!!! \nTo a woman, a single dad already proved that he can have and raise kids in a stable environment. If that isn´t a plus for women who are looking for a good man I don´t know what!!\nTo a man, a single mom is loaded with baggage - somebody else´s children!\nIt´s not fair but that´s the way society seems to promote it.. \nSo the answer is still DEFINITELY! If you´ve already proven you´re a good dad and then on top of that have a job then you are an invitation to any woman who is looking for a serious relationship! I can´t believe you´re asking.. lol. you should be swamped with nice women :-)
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The Government has created a portal to help individuals who need benefits because of life events. Visit http://www.govbenefits.gov\n\nUse the drop down button\nDO YOU NEED BENEFITS BECAUSE OF A LIFE EVENT?\nChoose the life situation best applicable to you and then see if you qualify for the available government assistance.\n\nForget grant money - there's hardly any money for individuals. Go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) and Grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. But you'd be hard pressed to find any grant that would support individuals.\n\nMost of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program \n\nGrants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs
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can't you explain all this to your divorce judge?  that you are on medical retirement for a reason?  because you're medically unable to work, now?  you could give up your retirement, but what if you don't get it back?  you don't want to give it up just to get more sick.  i understand child support, but alimony seems a bit of a stretch.  i would consider a part time job, perhaps, to supplement income.  surely this would be okay.
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If you are a single mom, you can receive free formula each month.  The program is called WIC (Women, Infant, Children)\nhttp://www.dhs.ca.gov/pcfh/wic/education/nutrition/formulaEd/formulaEdIndex.asp\n\nGo here http://singleparents.about.com/od/familyservicessupport/a/lowincomehelp.htm\n\nIt seems to have a lot of resources.
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all the same services a citizen gets. Welfare, medical, etc. The cost I would do it like this. \n\nfind out how much a person with one child gets in foodstamps, cash, section 8 housing, and medical.\n\nexample: per month ( depends on state)\n\n$250 food stamps\n$50 cash\n$600 rent assisance or sec \n$130 medical ( using what someone would be paying into an HMO)\n$20 school lunch program free/reduced lunch\n$150 daycare vocher. \n\nThese are only examples look up the costs
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Check here to find your specific situation:\n\nhttp://www.widowsresource.com/1/retirees-widow-death-benefits.html
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What kind of statistics are you looking for?\nAre you just wondering how many one parent households there are in the world? In America?\nThe amount of single mothers vs single fathers?\nRaces?\nAreas?\nAmount of children?\nFinancial standing?\n\nWhat do you need? And why?
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Women poften divorice to gain unobstructed power and control over the children and their support paying parents. \n\nMost divorces are initiated by women.  \n\nIf the court names the woman the primary custodian, she makes most, if not all, of the major decisions regarding the child or children. As custodial parent, she will be able to spend the money the husband pays in child support exactly as she pleases-something she may not do during marriage [my note: consumer spending related research shows that women control the family spending and make the decisions in major, as well minor, purchases]. Finally, though the court will usually have ordered visitation, she can exert some control over her former husband by regulating many, though not all, aspects of the time he spends with the child. In the extreme, she can even "poison" the child against the father. By making a preemptive filing, the wife may be able to secure rights such as child or spousal support that require court enforcement. When the wife files, she is often given temporary custody of the children. Temporary custody, like possession, tends to be "nine tenths of the law" and plays a role in the assignment of permanent custody, especially where the divorce does not occur for some time. We also note that no-fault (unilateral) divorce laws apparently do two things. They increase divorce filing rates generally, and they increase the percentage of women who file. The fact that women, more than men, take advantage of the easier exit, suggests that a return to a fault-based system will not advance women's goals." This is only one of the myriad of documents which document that in order to reduce the number of divorces we need to reintroduce fault into divorce, introduce the presumption of joint custody and do away with the transfer of money from one household to the next, under the guise of child support. "Child" supporting itself is a misnomer as it is now equated with support to the entire household where the child resides, as defined by the Federal Child Support Guidelines and interpreted by Madam Justice Rosalie Abella and other judges. It is of great concern that even the Globe and Mail, which used to at least make an effort to keep away from these kinds of propagandist articles, would now join the ranks of the yellow press.
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Yes there is..It's called wellfare help..sounds awful i know..but this is about supporting your 3 kids till things get better in your life..and it will..it's just going to take some time...trust me the wellfare office understands the struggles of single parents and by u going down there to apply for the things that u are having trouble to make ends with...they will help u...so long as u are 100 percent honest with them...Number one..if u don't have medical insurance to cover the kids...u will get it right away..since u are a family of 4.(not including this guy)and u make 40 thousand or less u can get it..including foodstamps..(just untill things get better).U can also apply for public housing..sure that sounds awful..but there are alot of places that are decent as hell and u wouldn't ever know that the landlord allows section 8 people.(section 8 means the landlord gets there rent period no questions ask cause the state pays him u pay him just a little maybe only 100 to 200 a month only set back is u are on a waiting list..but it goes quick in the spring time..u can also get help with heat the list is endless..all u need to show them is all the kids Social security numbers,yours as well..proof of paycheckstub from your job and copys of all your bills that u pay.like car insurance gas bill electric bill ect ect..u will be flabbergasted on all the areas that the wellfare dept can help u with...Remember this is your tax money that is helping u so why not make it work for your kids\nthere is also a place called the YWCA not YMCA(thats for men)they help with apartments furniture childcare ect ect..i know u ask for financial help here..instead of getting a check to cover your bills..all that i mention above they personaly pay your bills for u..if u ever want to talk more to me please feel free to contact me through my name...Good luck sweety u can do it..and get rid of the abusive so called boyfriend u don't need this right now..u and your kids come first and nothing else..PERIOD
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You can find benefits here.\n\nhttp://www.mybenefitsplus.com/40374893
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I did not read your original question.But good for you that you wrote back and stood up for yourself very diplomatically. I apologize for my fellow American peers, some are not educated as I read you are trying to do so and with the hardship of your children. I really do not know what benefits you can receive but i noticed someone offered a site. i hope that works for  you, dont give up and may God Bless You and your children.
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You can get insurance for when you are off work due to illness. The SSP is to help you out and not to pay all your bills.  What should the state pay? Your broadband bill, your car costs, your credit cards, where does it stop.  It is like the Job seekers allowance.  It is there to help you out.  Trouble is so many people stay on benefit, IE young single mums, drug addicts, lazy people who have never paid into the welfare state.  Too many people expect far too much from the state.  I know a young mother who is 21 and has never worked.  She has 5 children, a council house a dog two rabbits and a seven seater MPV.  She claims a fortune every week and keeps on turning out babies so she doesn't have to go to work.  The kids have different fathers who are on state benefits and have never worked. One is married with 4 kids all fed and clothed on the state.  The woman I speak of has a babysitter twice a week provided by the state because she cannot cope with her kids.  They collect the kids and return them later in the day to give her a break.  She batters them and gets away with it.  She also goes out drinking every Friday and Saturday night. Everything in her house has been provided by the likes of you who normally work for a living. She had her first child at 14 and her language is foul.  That is why the state cannot pay you any more than 70 pounds a week.  Hands up anyone who knows of similar cases.
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no, but if woman who is not a citizen has a child on US soil then the baby can become a citizen (if the woman wants to).  I think they also nationalize the mother.