I just graduated from Highschool a few months ago and I am a Young Mother with limited services. I live in California (Bay Area) and remember someone telling me about a Grant, Fund or scholarship that Pays for college and childcare for single or young mothers(not really sure).

i remember looking for it online a long time ago and found it but it said that i wasnt eligeble if i signed up for financial Aid. I was going to go to Brooks-sv but they called me today to tell me that they were closing the school due to unsufficient funds, or something like that, and that my Application was terminated and so was financial aid.

Now, i tried looking for that same Single parent Grant but cannot find it. Does anyone know about it and where i can apply for it? I want to go to the Academy of Art but it is more expensive so, i really need that Grant….

My friend got divorced last year – about September, I think. She is a working mother, earning a good salary. She’s single, with two children. She is the main custodian.
Her ex-husband has moved in with another single mother, a divorced woman with two children. She also works and receives maintenance for her two children.
My friend’s ex has approached the CSA to apply for a reduction in his child support, as he is now living with two children. They are not his own children, their father accepts his responsibility for them and pays his own child support.
My friend is in the process of losing 20% of her child support, which wasn’t terribly high, in the first place. As a lone parent, she pays the bills, mortgage, childcare, etc etc
Can someone please explain the logic behind this reduction. I’m not interested in opinions of the evilness of single mothers, I just want an explanation of why my friend’s children are now to be deprived of quite a large portion of their support.
This is a decision by the CSA. Nothing to do with lawyers.
If you check the website (I didn’t believe this either) you will see that this is so. CSA is now run by the Pensions and Works department.

I have just had my new tax credit award notice come through and am devastated !

As a lone parent with 3 children 2,5&6 I returned back to work full time a year ago.This was working out perfect for the children and for me both financially and family life balance.

The new award based on my earnings last year before tax(note not what I actually took home which is £2500 less!) means that I will be paying £228 to go to work! and in addition to this will be in debt by £300 a month.

With the current climate my employer will not let me go down to part time hours(to cut child care costs)-and if I was to go part time with another job(I would be so upset to move after all the training and reputation acquired would be such a waste)then my in-comings would still be alot less than outgoings for rent etc

This doesn’t seem fair and that I am being almost punished for going to work,wanting to be a good role model for my children and contributing to society-If I was a single parent that chose not to work there seems to be more help from training,childcare for over threes grant,housing benefit,income support etc so why no help for working single parents?!
And to the person that just said dont have kids if you cant afford to pay for them. I was married for 6 years but for the sake of my children took them away from their violent father-How was I to know that he would be like that when I had them?! AND I am going to work to pay for them-instead of sitting on my bum on benefits asking state to pay!

Hi i currently claim Income support. I have a 5 year old, and i have been accepted onto a 2 yr fulltime course, im baffled about the fees student services have not informed me too be honest and a lone parent advisor was useless too. I’m sure the course should be free, and i am entitled to help with the cost of my kit. Oh and after school care..PLEASE HELP

i enrolled at college yesterday and i had to go to my jobcenter for info on childcare wen i handed my learners agreement in they pointed out my next of kin was my ex partner but the form did not say ex i have been claiming income support and am lone parent the only reason the formstated this was because i have a child with my ex and if anything happened to me i want my child to be the first to know…i did explain this to job center and he seemed to accept this reason but imnow worried incase i end up in some big investigation for something that is a genuine mistake
please help