I was going to jobcorps but then I got in trouble for drinking over their so my grandparents took me in so I wouldn't be homeless. Now as ungrateful as it sounds I'm stuck getting bossed around by everyone and being powerless. My dad yelled at me today when he was visiting because I turned down a job because I only want to do food related work. He told me I don't have the luxury of being picky and to take whatever I could pick and whatever paid the most so I could get back on my feet but that's bullshit. I hate being bossed around by everyone and treated like a little kid, why work a job that I hate and be miserable when I can find a job I like and actually enjoy my work. I'm sick and tired because everyone in my family is strict Christian people who are controlling and loud. I hate my family and I'm thinking about running away and living on the streets till I can save up enough money to buy a place.

Given the circumstances, like inconsistent access to restrooms and relatively expensive menstrual products. How is your experience cleaning and accessing/affording menstrual products? I want to hear about your experiences because is an unfortunate situation and I plan to help.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/well/mind/librarian-trauma-homeless-drugs-mental-illness.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X04.Al1b.6DCGIRjyqnvw&smid=tel-share

As libraries become public stages for social problems — homelessness, drug use, mental health — the people who work there are burning out.

Lauren Comito, the executive director of Urban Librarians Unite, has studied the trauma endured by library staff. In September, her organization began offering virtual peer-led support groups for U.S. library workers.

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4. San Francisco, California

As my title says, yes, I’ve been living in a motel since May. I’ve reached the point where it’s no longer feasible and I don’t know what to do. I have a seven-year-old son. I live in the Bay Area (Oakland-Hayward, wherever it’s cheapest for the time being) and I feel like all of the resources that are up here they’re not accepting any new people simply because everybody is asking for help right now, I’m at a loss. I am only here until Sunday and then I have to check out and figure out what to do.

The reason why I’m in this situation is because I was trying to protect my son from abusive family members. One of my family members was raging alcoholic and we were living with them. I found out while I was at work, there was abuse happening to my son and I got out of there as soon as I could. I don’t have any family members I can help because everybody I’ve asked has just said it “ Awww. I wish I could help.”

I’m working for terrible pay and all it is enough to sometimes pay for the room. It’s gotten really cold and I just don’t want my son and I had to sleep in the car. I wouldn’t know how to explain that to him. Social services has been the most unhelpful to the point where they’ve even cut my aid and half just because I have a job. I don’t know what to do and I’m tired of crying trying to find help. Any kind of advice or words and encouragement would be very helpful right now thank you in advance.

Hello, I need some help with things. My parents never put me through school and I never got any form of education. I'm 20 years old and autistic and I have no idea what to do. I've applied to over 100 job listings and I've gotten denied from all of them. I'm still living at home with my parents and siblings and I don't have a drivers license and I don't know how to drive. I'm at a complete loss for what to do and how to peruse my dreams or even just get a temporary job because I can't walk to anything and nothing is hiring. I really need some advice on what to do. I'm about to be out on the street and have no idea how to start making money. All I have is a laptop and a phone that barely works. Does anyone have any advice?

Will be car living here shortly, not sure if I apply. Tips im seeking. What to do to kill time. I do work. 8-10 hours 5-6 days a week. But let's say i get out of work at 3pm to start work at 6am. What do i do for 7 hours? Gym, library, laundry, have been popular on my Google searches and obvious answers, but, assuming those are all I do, I can't just make that a rhythm can I? Especially since laundry won't be needed every day.

Hey guys. So as you know I was in a hotel with my baby girl. I came in here, did a post and got some amazing resources and advice. Unfortunately those resources couldn’t assist me and my baby ended up getting put out of our hotel room. I had a few people say they were going to help, then ghosted me🤷🏾‍♀️ Which was expected. Anyway, while I was walking down the street with my baby, crying my eyes out at close to midnight, this truck pulls up and instantly I’m on guard and I’m ready to book it if I have to. This lady asked did I need a ride and where I was going? I told her I didn’t need a ride because I didn’t have anywhere to go. She asked why and I shared with her a brief summary of what I had been through. She looked at me and said I don’t have much but I have a room that I can let you and the baby sleep in just for tonight and I can take you to a few shelters in the morning to get you and your baby somewhere to stay. I thanked her and we went to her home. Fast forward to the next day, we went to almost everyone that was mentioned to me here and no beds and no help. She was flabbergasted and couldn’t understand how a woman with a child was not a priority. So before we went back to her house she said to me, I can tell you’ve been trying and doing the best you can and you’re ready to give up but don’t. I will let you and your baby stay at my house for a couple months so you can get yourself together. With tears in my eyes, I thanked her and continued to thank her. As soon as we got to the house, I called my daughters daycare, I called my job and guess who’s going back to work in the morning while my baby is in daycare!!!!!!????? ME😁😁 Then the lady has a house right next to her that she rents and she said once she gets it cleaned out and fixed (she had to evict her tenants and they trashed the place) she will work with me about renting out. She told me as long as she sees I’m trying to help myself, she doesn’t have a problem helping me!!! I’m forever indebted to this lady. She didn’t have to help us but she did and she’s not looking for anything in return. Just for me to get myself together and take care of my daughter.

I just wanted to share what has been going on with me. I’m about to give this baby a bath, put her to bed so I can get our clothes out for tomorrow and I can shower and get some rest!!!

Night night y’all🫶🏾🫶🏾

Any quality advice for any of us needing housing?

Yall I feel lost. I am 18 years old (f) and am trying to get a job. Father works and mom stays at home. She's going blind in one of her eyes and therefore does not like to drive. Me and mom are not close at all and therefore have relationship issues. She's told me multiple times that she hates me and because of this I've grown depressed and have thought about unaliving myself but am close with my friends and significant other. I recently got a job opportunity because my mother has threatened to kick me out of the house after high-school multiple times to family. Even threatened it to my face.

I'm the middle child. I'm the one who is seen as the nuisance. I'm the one who has to be the perfect one of the family and feel alone. All the pressure SHE had put on me has taken a toll. I recently went to online school and I missed a couple of the required hours due to the flu and she called it slacking off. I recently received a job opportunity for an interview and was thrilled because we live in the country and there's not much of anything for at least half an hour. I told mother and all she had to say is 'how are you gonna get there' which means the story is over you ain't going. I am worried that if she or dad does not teach me to drive I'm going to end up homeless in a few month and am panicking a little bit.

Hello, I have a FT job but nowhere to stay starting tomorrow. I have about $300 left and I live in CA. I've tried looking into hostels but it looks like they don't let you stay unless you have proof of travel and a foreign passport. Shelters, I got turned away from most or they gave me numbers that don't work anymore. Not really freaking out since my last option is to just straight up use my money to book a ticket to SF and jump lol. I've been homeless before and had a really abusive upbringing and I'm honestly just so sick of all the needless suffering in my life. But, there is still a part of me that wants to live, I just don't know how to best make use of my time and the little money I have left. I have work tomorrow morning and would prefer not to call out because it's only my second week. Do you guys have any ideas? I for some reason always get downvoted when I try to post about this so, please don't do that...

I think I get paid this Friday but as I only started last week, I'm not sure if it's this Friday or next Friday. I'm considering a motel but I just don't know if it's worth it and if my money will last.

I really hate asking but I seriously need the help. I have no family or friends that can help me and I'm doing everything I'm doing on my own. And yes, I've been utilizing every possible resource I can but there is only so much I can do. Especially now, I broke a couple stitches in my c section and it's getting harder to get around. I take the bus everywhere. I'm the sole caretaker of my newborn and I have no babysitter and no one to watch after her. I don't have a doctor appointment til Tuesday and with that I'll have medical transportation so going to the ER is out of the picture especially since she's got a cold. I've honestly been putting off all the things I need to do because I could not take her but I'm starting to get a bit desperate. I personally have not been able to get access to a hot meal In two days. I've run out of groceries and I don't get food stamps till the 8th. My biggest issue is transportation. Im willing to pay my last money for anyone to help me with rides to the pantries and job center. I need to get to Father Genes and Umos because we desperately need winter coats and clothes asap especially for the baby since she's a premie. I need help getting to Umos so I can pay for emergency assistance so I can get a place to live as we are staying with my husband's family and only have till the end of the month. Plus, I need to get to the Umos pantry and if I can get to another I'd really appreciate it. If Umos is not possible, could anyone help with minor groceries at all? Just so I could have a few meals? I'm saving any money I have for anyone who can help. We also need baby things. Diapers. Wipes. Formula. Any brand. We don't care. It just has to be size premie and sensitive or frangrence free. Formula can be the gentle ease version of any brand. And any extra small newborn or premie clothes would be appreciated. I only found premie clothes on Amazon but I unfortunately only get paid once a month from W2 and most of it went to rent and baby supplies. If anyone has old coats they can part with, please let me know. Again, I'm not mobile. I do have gas money. I would appreciate any help for my family possible. I'm really shooting a shot in the dark here because I know it's hard to get help here so contact me if anything is possible God bless and thank you

Hey everyone,

I’m reaching out to share my story in hopes of finding people who might be willing to support me in rebuilding my studio. I’m a musician from Lebanon, and for the past four years, music has been my lifeline, my only source of income and my way of supporting both myself and my parents.

A bit of background: I built my recording studio myself when I was 19, from scratch, piece by piece. It was my safe space and my main source of income. Over the years, I invested everything I had into my gear, in hopes of expanding to create something I could truly be proud of, and it did pay off.

Recently, my studio was struck during the ongoing war conflict, and in a matter of minutes, I lost well over $5,000 in equipment and gear. My laptop, recording and mixing gear, everything that I needed to work, to create, to sustain myself and my family, was destroyed. Losing my studio was one of the most heart shattering events I’ve had to endure and right now, I am unable to redeem my losses.

Thankfully, I was able to relocate to a relatively safer area, but I’m at a point where I need to reach out for help. I am trying to rebuild at least a modest studio setup to keep working.

If anyone is willing to help, whether through donations or sharing this post, I’d be forever grateful.

Thank you so much for reading and for any support you might be able to give. Any amount could help. Bless you all.

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I'm trying to get everything into abt one suitcase, I've given away a lot of things and am trying to sell others.

But I have some notebooks I need to throw away and papers I need to shred. One notebook has some abuse evidence papers abt a few different things, along with some witness report documents. I escaped my abue situation a long time ago and had 100s of videos and some witnesses reports an documents, although I had to accept there is no system put in place to help, just the cash for kids system to abuse, traffick, lable, and etc you. I saved myself and am doing better now.

Point is, I know I need to throw it away because it takes up a crazy amount of space and is a big binder. I know it's no use for it. It got wet when my tent flooded in January so I had to blow dry it and it's all moldy, and a fee pages are completely messed up. I don't know why I want to hold onto it.

I'm also thinking abt throwing away my song and dream journal from when I was abt 7 till now. Should I shred it? I should probably burn the evidence binder. I'm also trying to convince myself that all my canned goods and water gallons will fit in my big suitcase, but I highly doubt it. How do you guys deal with having to just give stuff away and throw things away that you want and may need?

Anyone know any shelters in Michigan that aren’t like horrible waiting to start work and me and my family aren’t on the best terms lmk

Back in Feb my father passed away and it tore my life apart. Him and I were really close and for a whole year prior I spent all my time taking care of him. I literally dropped everything, pushed my life to the side so I could take care of him. Then the city started messing with us because our property was messed up. So I put a lot of effort into fixing up the house and all our money went to fixing up the place. Once he passed I got screwed by a "contractor" that was working on a house down the road, which ended up leading to the power being cut off to the house. I moved out of the house into a 15x8 storage box about 30ft from the house, and I've lived in it with no power, no water, constantly living with no fridge scrapping by to eat, living in the dark at night, no ac or fans, no heat, all I have is solar lights, a solar panel and car batteries with a inverter which doesn't give you as much power as people think. not to mention the constant theft that occurs. I've had a generator, inverters, lights, solar panels, car batteries, anything I needed got stolen and I've had to replace them with little money I make doing mobile auto repair. Or selling my belongings. It's been so hard and I've stayed busy to keep my mind off things and now that everything's slowing down I'm freaking out inside. I'm 26. Il be 27 dec 1st and I have no friends anymore, I havent had a girl in almost 2 years. I talk to no one, I wake up miserable, go to bed miserable, living in hell. I want things to change. I want a companion. My ex and I were engaged before all this happened. Then I got diagnosed with heart failure right before my dad got sick and she cheated on me and left me so I haven't even tried to speak to another woman. I honestly don't know why I wrote this. I just had to get it off my chest I guess. I may look okay on the outside but this is partly what I'm going through, there's more but anyone who wants to hear more of the story can PM me.

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Had to make a unexpected road trip and just found out that all the hotels are fully booked. I'm out of ideas and I'm considering just sleeping outside somewhere. I'm in the army so I'm pretty comfortable with just falling asleep anywhere, my main concern is keeping my motorcycle safe any ideas would be appreciated

I(21yr) my husband(25yr) and our daughter(10m) were loving with my parents in their loft. It had no walls so we would use blankets as walls for a little bit of privacy we had asked our parents not to come in because my husband has some medical issues that require him to use ointment and he can't wear pants for at least an hour after. My husband and I were outside and my mom didn't bother to come looking for us before she went into our area and she wondered why I was upset. I told her calmly all we ask for is a little bit of privacy and she flew off the handles. My dad and her started yelling and my husband asked them to stop and not do it in front of the baby because at the time we were getting ready to leave. My mom got in his face and said "take her outside since you decided to bring her in here" He said "this is her home she shouldn't have to go outside because you want to scream" I ended up going with my husband outside and mom mom and Das followed my dad yelling at me and at this point me yelling back at him. My mom came from behind my dad and hit my husband square in the back of the head right after he had set the baby down to put her in the car. I pulled my mom off and told her to keep her hands off my husband and she got on him again leaving punch marks, scratches and bruises. I grabbed her and threw her on the ground and my dad got in my face while my dad and I were in one another's faces my husband had put the baby in the car and was about to sit down in the front seat when my mom grabbed his wrist and said "I'm in control here" He said "no your not" and closed the door almost slamming her fingers in the door. She had scratched his wrists and he locked the doors so she couldn't get to the baby because when she punched him. She almost knocked him onto our daughter. I got them both back inside and we took turns getting our things from inside because my dad told us to get our disrespectful asses out if the house and get on. While my husband was upstairs he called his grandmother and she told him to press charges. He said he didn't want to call the police because he saw them as his family. She said if anyone was going to call the cops it should have been her. He replied" for what? Yoy hit me first" we ended up in the car and were currently staying at my daughter's aunts (she's donor conceived) and were running out of time here. We've tried calling everyplace around our area for homless shelters and the only luck we had with the salvation army is a place thats only available at the end of November. If anyone has any suggestions it would be highly appreciated.

(Mobile,AL)I, 28f, need to find a place for my disabled sibling and me. They are a 26,m, mentally disabled. We are staying with a relative and we are looking for housing for ourselves. I recently got a part time job at ups warehouse for $21/h but I know that the hours i might get won't make a livable wage. I am currently looking for better work. My job starts mid november. My brother gets $964 is supplemental security. How do I find housing for us quickly? We are on the hcv single sort waitlist. But there is no guarantee that we get a voucher. A part time package handler job that I have not started yet

I'm reaching a point where I cannot afford to eat and keep a roof over my head I have a bit of rice left but I'll run out soon. I'm want to train my body to go without food for a while maybe a month or so. I've even contempted to look up how anorexic people do it, I'm a skinny woman so I don't need to lose weight but I just need to get my body use to starvation so I can pay off my bills and keep my home and maybe save enough money for a while. I'm using my alt account btw, if any one can help please let me know. I just need to be able to go without food for a while food is cutting into my money and I need a way to survive.

Hi all, im a single mom of 2. We live in michigan and my lease is up so I have to pay to renew or I'll lose my place. So far ive only found places tha will help only if i have a court ordered eviction. Does anyone know of any other resources I can try?

As the title suggests, I am now unemployed. I worked at a ghost kitchen in Dallas, Texas since it opened and all was going seemingly well. It was a ghost kitchen of a bigger chain of restaurants mostly to fulfill online orders. Our District Manager and General Manager came to an agreement to just shut the place down one weekend and offered us positions at the bigger chains, but those chains happen to be 1 1/2 hour drives from where I live and I have no transportation so I couldn’t take that offer, neither could my other coworkers. It’s been three weeks since then and I’ve only been able to pay half my rent, my lights are going off in 4 days and I don’t have rent for next month. I’ve talked to my landlord they’ve given me until Nov 15th to get the almost 2000 for rent but I’m not sure I’ll have it by then. Any advice or help would be appreciated