people who have gone through welfare any stories on internet about them??
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the only one i can think of is rush Limbaugh [the HYPOCRITE!] according to AL franken i think?
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I bet you have seen alot of neglect and abuse.Unfortunately the weak,confused,helpless are usually the one's who get this treatment.You have the unique opportunity to make anonymous complaints to the department of social services.Keep you eyes open and be an advocate for this vulnerable population.You never have to give your name and they have to make an inspection when a complaint is received.Go to your state social services web site.Also keep you a log with with dates,names,times this is very effective.Good Luck you will be doing a great service
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this is so sad, OK first I'm not from London but not to far away, I'm in Woodstock.\nnow i know a few 17y old on their own, they got help through a government agency, now I'm not sure which one it was, either it was children's aid society or social services, because they were too old to be in foster care they were helped with getting a place to live and a way to pay their rent and buy food. one now has a job and the other is in looking still.\n\ni would also suggest the kid's help line they have numbers and info to help you out. don't be afraid to ask for help, its out there for you and your friend.  i wish the best of luck hopefully the future will be brighter.
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Well...It was pretty terrible to begin with but then it turned out wonderful.  I was abused (not going into details) as a very young child(my brothers were also).  Social Services took us away from our mother when I was 4.  I was in a foster home for 4 years where they were abusive as well.  I was then adopted out of there at 8 yrs old to the most wonderful parents any child could have hoped for.  My brothers were not as fortunate...they were not put into foster homes to be adopted out, they were put into group homes and never found a home. Now 2 of my brothers actually live with my birthmother in Oregon.  She actually had the nerve to ask me to move up there with her so she could have all of her babies together!  She should have thought about her babies when we were fu*#ing babies! u know what i mean?!?!?!?!?! So My childhood was pretty damn shitty until i was8.
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I have.... I had a rough time when I didn't make much money and couldn't make my whole payments (made partials). They totaled up the back payments and took away my license even though I kept trying to call and pay it off.... I could never get through to anyone at the local office!!  I have since payed off all of it and I'm still waiting on my license to be reactivated.  They offer little help to the few fathers who are trying to do the right thing.  By the way.... my son spends every weekends with me.... I'm not just there for financial support.
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go to social services and apply for food stamps. You might also try going to the local section 8 office and applying for housing...they won't assist you until you are on their program.. Sometimes churches will help if you have a shut off notice or eviction notice. If you have little income, you might quailfy for medical benefits. Ignore these people who tell you to give off your butt and go to work.. It's those people who know very little about what it's like to need help. They have been telling me that for years and I am on disability..disability/work doesn't go together. People are just judmental.one day they will they may need the help to and they will have people telling them the say thing.
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You could probably find out by checking government website, www.gov.org\nlook under menu or search bar for, "welfare of vulnerable adults", or "care home standards".
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Sorry, but I work for my own money. And thanks to the levels of freedom in this country, I can do what I like with it. And that includes giving it away to your version of an unworthy cause.\n\nHave you ever talked to a homeless person? Or some teenager on the street begging for quarters? Do you know what kind of shame and embarassment these people have to endure every time they have to look someone in the eyes and ask 'Any spare change mister?'\n\nAnd despite popular belief, homeless people, and kids living on the street are not just too lazy to get a job, they are not just too stubborn to do what they are told and go back home to live with their parents (for the kids). Not everyone who is homeless chooses to be homeless. Have you ever heard a 6 year old kid in an elementary grade class telling his teacher that he wants to grow up to be a homeless person, begging on the street to earn a living? I never have, and I doubt that anyone else has either. People don't want to be poor, they don't want to be homeless, they don't want to go to food banks, soup kitchens or beg for change either. But it's something that these people have to do in order to earn a living. Most of them are NOT alcoholics or drug dependant either.\n\nSo, get a job, go on welfare or something? Yeah, nice idea. But a little known fact about social assistance is that you have to already have an address to get some money. How do you pay rent with no money?? And how do you apply for a job when you have no address, no telephone for them to reach you? It's hard enough just to stay clean, considering that you don't have access to a shower or anything like that. Have you ever wanted to work with someone that smelled like old garbage? Probably not.\n\nHave you ever thought of what you might do if both of your parents were killed in a car accident? What if you had no other family to go live with? At 16 years old, could you fend for yourself? Or what if your parents didn't die. What if instead, they split up and neither of them wanted you? Then your mother moves across the country and leaves you with your 'dad'. He gets sick of your shitty attitude almost right away and kicks you out on the street because you're too much trouble to deal with. Without ever having graduated from high school, what do you do now?\n\nAside from that, there are plenty of homeless people that have become criminalized just to prevent themselves from freezing to death in the winter. I actually met a man who would commit a petty crime every year around October just so that he would have a warm bed and daily meals inside a prison for the winter months. But he wasn't a criminal. He did those things because he didn't have access to any other way to keep himself alive. He didn't know how to make the government programs work for him rather than against him. And with a criminal record, it became near impossible for him to get any kind of job, even one paying minimum wage.\n\nWith many cities making anti-panhandling legislation, even asking someone for spare change has become a criminal act. Do you realize that it is a crime to be poor? People treat you like dirt almost everywhere you go, and you develop a nasty suspicion that every time the police are around, they are there to do something to hurt you. Besides, you really think that it makes sense to give someone a fine for pan-handling when the reason they do it is that they already have no money?? What kind of sense does that make?\n\nAs for fining people that give poor people money, that is also an unfair idea. It's not against the law for you to give your money to the Heart & Stroke Foundation is it? Who has the right to say what I should consider worthy of my hard-earned money more than I do?? Hopefully nobody!\n\nAnd take some free advice: take an afternoon, walk down the streets where some homeless guy has had the nerve to bother you looking for a handout and take a minute to TALK TO
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Look for your local Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program.  They assist people in going back to work regardless of their income level or felony background (although they do want you to disclose it).\n\nYou can also contact the county welfare office.  There are people who are getting food stamps/cash assistance and are required to work in exchange for those services.  Someone in the welfare office assigns them to WEP.  That WEP Case Worker will be able to tell you where people can get jobs if they have felonies.  Your local prison will also tell you.  They usually have a back to work program and can tell you where they place their guys.  Good luck!
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Don't blame you at all for being irked! I work in child support so have come across many who are on welfare or some other type of state assistance. It's a very mixed bag which is one of the problems with the system. Some people use it the way it's meant to be...temporarily...and others take it very much for granted. So there are definitely some problems with it. My opinion, it needs to be better controlled and if people aren't willing to use it the right way they should not be entitled to it.
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Contact th Social Security to check into SSI and the county or state welfare agencies for emergency aid.  They also can help with food stamps, medical care and possibly housing.   If the person is a vet, contact the Veterans Administration to see if they may qualify for any benifits.  State and Federal legislators can often help you sort through benifit programs also.  Good Luck!
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I have a big problem with this.  I have always worked hard and hate that my money is going to lazy people.  I think that the only way someone should get help is if they have a disablility.  Not just people wanting to live on welfare and medicaid!!!  All those that answer this question with "I am proud to be on Medicaid"        --------------------GO GET A JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I am at a shelter.\nThe one I left was no more than a dinner and a bed.  The one that I'm in now has a place to go during the day(with Internet access, obviously), lunch, case management, and is tied into Mental health.\nContact me if you need to know more.
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Yes, this is hard!!! I have two people I care about locked up...one serving life for something he did not do, the other awaiting trial and it sucks rocks....one thing that keeps me sane is this place http://prisontalk.com/forums/\nIt is a support and information community for people with loved ones in the system. Check it out.
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I hear ya. I see people who are on disability, with not a thing wrong with them! I was at dfacs one day (I don't receive help, don't remember why I was there tho!) And this woman was so mad that they told her that she had to get a job! People are just lazy!
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You'd be surprised how much getting a job might help!!\n\nI didn't mean to upset you ... sometimes some questions don't give enough details to let you know the issues ... and I do know about adversity ... raised my five brothers and sisters because my mother was ill, raised my children on my own after their father died, my husband of two years has terminal cancer, and this site has been a tiny oasis of quiet and calm for me in the midst of a very stressful and sad time.  Sorry ... I've had a very stressful day.
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There are social services available. Look in the phone book.  Make a few calls. You should be able to get food stamps and other services and moneys to pay at least some bills, like utilities.\nLook for a community help line. They are set up to help people find the services they need.  All too often people wait to call until the situation is in crisis and that could be avoided or lessened if they had just taken the initiative to call sooner.  I do not mean to sound cold, I do care, I just want you to get the phone book out now and have the other adult make some of the calls for you.\nThere may even be some special needs charities.\nIt varies by location. Here we have a group that is just for coordinating all the charity services available and helping people file for help.\nGood luck as you pursue things.