We alert you today to a single grandmother who has taken in her grandchild and two other young children to keep them out of DFCS foster care. Her son has a one-year-old child with his girlfriend. The couple also had custody of the girlfriend's two other children, ages 4 and 6, from a separate relationship. Three weeks ago, both of the parents were arrested on drug charges and are currently incarcerated. The grandmother has stepped up to care for ...

We alert you today to a single mother of four (17,12,6,5) who has been living in a homeless shelter with children since June. Her husband, the father of the children, abandoned them due to addiction, and she was unable to sustain housing without his support. She has found housing that will fit her budget and needs $900 financial support to help her with the security deposit. We want to help her with the deposit as she transitions out of the shelt ...

We alert you today of a resilient single mom and her college-age daughter. The mom was laid off in January without a severance but began working full-time with a legal firm in May. Her daughter is in college and is also working to pay all of her bills. She has been able to share some of her pay with her mom when she has had extra. The almost four months the mom was out of work set them back, and they have been struggling all year to get back on t ...

Today, we alert you to a single woman working through a layoff. She has been in the same industry for thirty years and at that same company for four years. Last month, she was unexpectedly laid off. She immediately went to a temp agency and began working, but the pay is much less than she normally makes. She has several interviews in the next couple of weeks and hopes she will secure new full-time employment. She needs help making ends meet this ...

Today, we alert you of a need for not one person or family but many. Hurricane Helene devastated our neighbors in North Carolina, South and East Georgia, and Tennessee; hundreds of thousands are still without power or water. Over 150 roads are closed, with some not scheduled for reopening for a year because of the extreme damage. If you have seen pictures of the flooding or of homes that have been destroyed, I am sure, like me, you were shocked. ...

Today, We alert you to a 55-year-old single woman who has gone through a dark time and turned her life around. Her backstory is essential to her current need, and I will do my best to provide the condensed version for the sake of this Need Alert. Three years ago, she lost her mother, whom she lived with and cared for. After losing her mother, she entered into a deep depression and was diagnosed as bipolar. She lost everything, including her h ...