Today, We alert you to a 64-year-old woman in a financial tailspin due to a payday debt trap. Initially, she reached out to us for help with her February rent. As we spoke with her and reviewed her monthly income and expenses, we discovered she was paying over $400 bi-weekly ($867 per month) for two payday loans with over 500% interest rates. The debts total $2,300, yet she will make these bi-weekly payments for eleven more months. She explained ...

We alert you today to a 73-year-old recent widow who lost her husband of fifty years to suicide last year, leaving her alone and with very little family or support. After her husband's death, she began a long financial slide and lost almost everything. However, she and her adult daughter are now working to stabilize their lives after this tragedy. They lost their home, have been living in short-term rentals, and spend some nights in their car. Al ...

We alert you today to a 60-year-old woman who provides for herself by working as a restaurant server. She was forced to miss a little over a week of work earlier this month due to severe flu symptoms. She is back to work but is $500 short on her $1,200 monthly rent. She needs help with $500 to keep her rent current and avoid additional late fees. We want to provide her with $500 financial relief. ...

We alert you today to a senior citizen, husband and wife, who is being forced to move. They have lived in the same rental home for over eleven years and provided for themselves consistently. They collect social security monthly, and the husband works two part-time jobs to make ends meet. At the start of last month, they were informed that they had sixty days to vacate as the landlord was selling the rental property. The couple was caught entirely ...

We alert you today to a woman who is finishing up her recovery from brain surgery. She underwent brain surgery last year and was forced to take six months off work to recover. During her recovery, her husband of 20 years left her. He has not paid any alimony to her, and she has used all of her savings to make ends meet. She is back to work but needs help paying her $2,000 rent this month. We are confident that with this support, she can sustain h ...

We alert you today to a young family in need after the husband/father suffers a stroke. On 12/31/23, the husband/father suffered a stroke and is currently in ICU with a brain bleed. The parents work full-time to support themselves and their five-year-old son, but they have missed significant time from work and need some financial support to stabilize their housing. The wife/mother is back to work now, and we want to help them through this by prov ...