My neice is 21 years old and a single parent of 2 children, a boy 6mnths and a little girl 2 years.?
She is homeless and is living from place to place. The babys need a home and a christmas, I don’t have the help she needs, where can she go and what can she do. Im trying to find them a christmas miracle. Please Help.
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What about the father(s) of the two children? She didn’t get them by herself. The father(s) have an obligation to provide support for children that they have sired. I think those responsible (and your niece is part of this problem, not once but twice) need to deal with this. Looking for a hand out will just be a short term solution.
With that said, I hate it that the kids are looking at a bleak Christmas. Check around, there are plenty of programs to provide for the needy this year but it’s getting late.
Good luck and hope this helps.
what about another family member? her parents? the grandparents of the children? i would start there.
There are plenty of shelters for single mothers with small children. I have no idea where you live, but if you just look up family services in your area, there will be a phone number. Call them and ask. I’m sure they can give you a list of services available to your neice. They can give her food stamps, emergency money, a place to live, some clothes, help her find a job and pay for most her daycare. Then once she gets stable there’s also Habitat for Humanity which builds greatly discounted homes for lower income families.
She need to start off at some kind of shelter. From there she need to go online and apply for cash assistance etc and if she worked she might can get unemployment. Its hope out there believe me and trust me.
Surely there is a family member they can stay with until she gets on her feet? If not parents – grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins?
Once she has an address she can apply for work and public assistance.
You could let her move in for time being, and though you may not be able to offer more than a couch and have her babies sleep in 2 playpens… it’s better than what she has now. I hate to hear her living like this I think she probably doesn’t realize what is available for her. Are you in the USA? If so, does she have a GED? If not, that’s all she needs to start college and being her situation it will be all paid for most likely she might have to get some student loans but even those she won’t have to pay back until after graduation. She can apply anywhere for a job- McDonald’s may seem remedial but they are always hiring and pay $8 an hour. There are things like Section 8 where rent is very inexpensive for people in her situation, I’m sure she is getting child support and food stamps. As long as you have a job you can get free daycare or really cheap childcare especially if you go to school. As it is she should qualify for everything. I think if you step up and help her she can be in her own place as soon as her income taxes come in (she’ll definetely get earned income credit if she worked at all). That should be the beginning of February. It may seem like you have nothing to offer but if all you have is a couch and you are family she is going to feel at home and will be thankful for it.
Can she stay with you?
Why can’t she stay with you? Or her parents? All she needs is an address to get a job, and once she has a job she can apply for wellfare, food stamps and start college (it’ll be paid for by the goverment since shes a single mother, and low income). Why don’t you just let her live with you and help her get a job and stuff?