We alert you today to a family that is dealing with the aftermath of a near tragedy. A few weeks ago, their 16-year-old daughter attempted to take her own life by ingesting over 100 pills. Doctors were able to save her life, and now the family is trying to get her more help. As with many needs we come across, there are multiple layers to this Need Alert. The parents of the child are divorced, and they do not have a unified front in addressing ...

Today we alert you to a 55-year-old woman who became a widow on January 17th when her husband of 35 years suddenly passed away in their home. She spent her marriage as a stay-at-home mother and wife. Her husband managed their bills, and after his death, she realized that she had no understanding of how their finances were handled. While trying to figure everything out, she discovered late fees on almost every bill, with some bills being two month ...

Today, we alert you to a 34-year-old single woman who reached out to our local church partner for counseling support. Her fiancé died from a drug overdose last year. This woman has been healing from her own drug and alcohol addiction in a full-time recovery program. She has been sober for over eight months and is now ready to move out and re-enter the workforce. She also has an opportunity to lead a sober living home that is being started by the ...

We alert you today to a 51-year-old homeless woman undergoing cancer surgery today. Our local church partner has ministered to her for the past ten years while she has been in and out of homelessness. (She currently lives in a tent.) She was recently diagnosed with uterine cancer that has spread to her ovaries and fallopian tubes. We have been tracking her situation with the care pastor from our local church partner, and we were already making pl ...

Today we alert you to a single mother who needs a little help with her young child's tuition. She is caring for the child independently from the father who has given very little help, even though he is court-ordered to cover half the cost of child support. The child completed pre-school, and his instructors confirmed that he was ready for kindergarten. Because of his birthdate, they missed their county’s kindergarten enrollment cut-off date last ...

We alert you today to a 71-year-old man who is battling throat cancer. He is very frail, and the doctors are trying to help him gain weight through a feeding tube before he undergoes surgery in a few weeks. He draws a social security check but still needs to work to make ends meet each month. The feeding tube and pending surgery have taken away his ability to work. He is current on his rent, but he will not be able to pay the $800 rent at the end ...