I have never in my adult life, since I was about 21 years old, lived without food stamps. My EBT card has been my lifeline for many, many years.
I just got cut off the program. I am in my forties.
I do not know what to do. I am so very scared of hunger.
I almost lost my housing too.
I am very scared.
I don't know what to do. How do I live?
My daughter is living at home, and she has a job, and is going to school online.
She is barely out of HS. She is an aspie and also physically disabled. She is not prepared to be a breadwinner. She does not want to live at home supporting her mother, but the state says that because she makes a certain amount, I (the mother) can lose my only lifeline I've had in poverty: food benefits, subidized housing, and free medical care for things like cancer treatment. If I were to lose my subsidized housing, she could never, ever move out, or I would be homeless.
For context, this almost happened when she was 16 and working part time at the mall. ANY extra income, even from minor children trying to get work experience, is considered income to the parents, and the state will cut you off of benefits. They do not intend it this way, but it dissuades young people from getting jobs, saving up, and becoming self sufficient. It reinforces the cycle of poverty.
Hey youngin, you aint getting off Uncle Sam's Plantation that easy.
It's terrible.
And I literally do not know how to live. I make less than 1000 a month in a West Coast city, on my SSI. And my section 8, I had to wait nearly a decade to get. It is my one protection against homelessness.
My building is also subsidized, a very rare thing in my city, where there is a massive homeless crisis. If I go down, we both go down. We really don't have any family connections to help.
How do I buy groceries? I'm getting a food box today, but that's only about a three or so day supply, and you can't get those more than once or twice a month from whatever agency or church.
I am so scared.
I just got cut off the program. I am in my forties.
I do not know what to do. I am so very scared of hunger.
I almost lost my housing too.
I am very scared.
I don't know what to do. How do I live?
My daughter is living at home, and she has a job, and is going to school online.
She is barely out of HS. She is an aspie and also physically disabled. She is not prepared to be a breadwinner. She does not want to live at home supporting her mother, but the state says that because she makes a certain amount, I (the mother) can lose my only lifeline I've had in poverty: food benefits, subidized housing, and free medical care for things like cancer treatment. If I were to lose my subsidized housing, she could never, ever move out, or I would be homeless.
For context, this almost happened when she was 16 and working part time at the mall. ANY extra income, even from minor children trying to get work experience, is considered income to the parents, and the state will cut you off of benefits. They do not intend it this way, but it dissuades young people from getting jobs, saving up, and becoming self sufficient. It reinforces the cycle of poverty.
Hey youngin, you aint getting off Uncle Sam's Plantation that easy.
It's terrible.
And I literally do not know how to live. I make less than 1000 a month in a West Coast city, on my SSI. And my section 8, I had to wait nearly a decade to get. It is my one protection against homelessness.
My building is also subsidized, a very rare thing in my city, where there is a massive homeless crisis. If I go down, we both go down. We really don't have any family connections to help.
How do I buy groceries? I'm getting a food box today, but that's only about a three or so day supply, and you can't get those more than once or twice a month from whatever agency or church.
I am so scared.
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