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daredtowork

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21. I understand about housing assistance

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:06 AM

Oct 2014

The Section 8 Waiting List will NEVER open up where I live. But if I had a child, I would be able to get the General Assistance for that child and the food stamps for that child. In California there is also the CalWorks program that provides support for housing, basic needs, and even education for 5 years.

I totally understand about the trying to earn the outside money. Click my sig to see how well I understand. I also lost Medi-Cal for a month as well as all the issues mentioned in my sig.

I do believe what you're saying about the system tries to punish women for having children. After all the GOP are constantly grandstanding against the "welfare queens" for having children. But for your tiny amount of GA, imagine the single person trying to find a place to live on only one single GA check. It is possible to be even MORE frakked because you didn't have children.

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"A Social Worker Advised Me to Have a Baby if I Wanted Public Money" [View all] daredtowork Oct 2014 OP

I was barely 18 when my son was born... Wait Wut Oct 2014 #1

Social Worker is kind of a contradiction in terms daredtowork Oct 2014 #3

probably there's a lot of pressure to reduce budget redruddyred Oct 2014 #25

Yep daredtowork Oct 2014 #33

pretty much. redruddyred Oct 2014 #34

Those are not Social Workers. DeadLetterOffice Oct 2014 #29

I've considered getting pregnant to get help IVoteDFL Oct 2014 #2

It's not brilliant but daredtowork Oct 2014 #4

Wait! The GOP could find a way to destroy welfare Stargazer99 Oct 2014 #5

This is my point daredtowork Oct 2014 #13

reward childbirth with various perks? Trillo Oct 2014 #6

Ahhh....but we criticized the Chinese for the one-child policy. On the other hand, some religious kelliekat44 Oct 2014 #8

I agree that the GOP schizophrenia on the issue has a lot to do with race daredtowork Oct 2014 #15

Whether it makes sense or not daredtowork Oct 2014 #10

I'll give that a resounding 'NO'. redruddyred Oct 2014 #26

That is a sad article BuelahWitch Oct 2014 #7

Her story could be told over and over. daredtowork Oct 2014 #11

I was informed by a couchsurfer redruddyred Oct 2014 #27

The term here is "benefit scrounger" Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #9

The scrounging occurs because people need it daredtowork Oct 2014 #12

Preaching to the choir, dude Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #23

the contempt is magnified by ignorance daredtowork Oct 2014 #24

Nothing you said about women and children is actually true. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #14

Hmm you mistake my purpose I think daredtowork Oct 2014 #16

It doesn't though. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #18

I understand about housing assistance daredtowork Oct 2014 #21

I have to take a little issue with this. The women aren't encouraged to have a child because of GOP hughee99 Oct 2014 #17

Welfare Reform daredtowork Oct 2014 #19

The title quote is from 25 years ago. Just want to make sure any skimmers catch that. nt LeftyMom Oct 2014 #20

I was told the exact same thing a month ago. daredtowork Oct 2014 #22

For people who insist that a woman's only real goal in life should be to produce babies, they sure kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #28

home truth.nt daredtowork Oct 2014 #31

Pah, small potatoes. As social worker advised ME to design a trillion dollar jet fighter that Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #30

LOL! nt daredtowork Oct 2014 #32