RoxanneKeep reading, and you’ll breathe a sigh of relief as you see how the government can offer financial assistance.
1. Section 8
A housing voucher from the Section 8 program can help you pay the rent so you can offer your children stability without having to move constantly.
2. Medicaid
Health insurance can be impossible to pay for on a single mother’s income. With Medicaid, single mothers with the most financial need won’t have to worry about high insurance premiums, as they’ll receive medical care from the government.
3. Unemployment Insurance
Just because you lose your job doesn’t mean you can stop bringing in income. You have kids to feed, which makes replacing that list income a must.
With unemployment benefits from your state, you can fill the gap from lost income until you find another job.
4. WIC
Pregnant women or single moms with kids under five can buy infant formula, baby food, milk, and other nutritional staples through this program.
5. SNAP
Also known as food stamps, single moms can use this popular program to buy food with an EBT card at grocery stores.
6. TANF
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families can give you money each month to help with your child’s or family’s expenses. Single mothers can often use this program to pay for such necessities as clothing, shelter, food, and more.
7. Early Head Start and Head Start
This pair of programs can play a huge role in prepping your children for their long school careers. From birth to age five, you can rely on Early Head Start and Head Start to offer things like dental and medical care, nutrition, parental help, and more.
8. LIHEAP
When you can’t afford to pay your utility bills, LIHEAP can step in to keep your lights from being shut off.
9. Lifeline
As your bills mount, you may find it hard to even pay for your phone and Internet service.
Lifeline steps in to make those services more affordable with a monthly discount.
10. Diversion Cash Assistance
DCA or emergency cash assistance can give you up to $1,000 to help for a one-time crisis. To find such a program in your state, search for the term along with your state via Google.
11. Federal Pell Grant
You may have a great desire to go back to school to get your degree and improve your family’s future, but you may lack the funds to do so. With a Pell Grant, you can get free money for school (up to $6,495 per year) to make it much more affordable.
12. Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
Here’s another form of funding from the government that can minimize your college expenses to let you pursue your degree-getting dream. With the FSEOG, you can receive up to $4,000 per year.
13. Federal Work-Study
As you go to school, this program can help you increase income by allowing you to work on or off-campus. Best of all, FWS lets you get your feet wet working in your field of study to gain some much-needed real-world experience before graduating.
14. Federal Student Loan
As the programs above help you pay for college, you can get a student loan from the federal government to cover the rest of your school expenses.
