Single MOM Pro

The Federal government made it clear that they wanted to stop the welfare mom culture and get single mothers back to work. To that end, they reduced welfare for single mothers and implemented programs and policies to reward single mothers for working. If you are a working single mother, there many options available to help [...]

Single mother help comes in many variations. Many people think of financial assistance when they consider single mother help. Many federal, state and local programs do offer some form of assistance for single mothers, but much of that assistance is not sufficient. Some single mothers can not find work that will allow them to pay [...]

The philosophy that the Federal government currently upholds for teenage mothers is to promote values of abstinence, education, and paternity identification. With that in mind, many services for single mothers on the Federal level have been curtailed or delegated to local agencies. Private organizations have also stepped in to fill the gap. Although Aid to [...]

A lot is changing within society. As the divorce rate went up to 50%, more and more single parenting households began to appear on the landscape. With them come social and economic changes that have affected all levels of our society. Single parenting today is becoming a mainstay of our culture, and it is interesting [...]

The Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, also known as Public Law 106-107, was enacted to help individuals and organizations to seek grants for a variety of reasons. This could be free assistance for single mothers that could solve many a single mother?s problems, though not directly. A variety of Federal agencies that [...]

There are a variety of child effects single parenting has on minors. Some are positive and some are negative. All in all, one can't judge a non-traditional household based on positives and negatives because each household can be uniquely different. However, there are some studies that suggest that single parenting does have an effect on [...]

California provides several services for its citizens. Some California single mother assistance can be found online at the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) web site: http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/. This site allows individuals to find services, report abuse and generally gives the citizens of California an opportunity to easily interact with their state government. In addition to [...]

A lot is changing within society. As the divorce rate went up to 50%, more and more single parenting households began to appear on the landscape. With them come social and economic changes that have affected all levels of our society. Single parenting today is becoming a mainstay of our culture, and it is interesting [...]

So, you're one of the lucky single mothers that have made it: You're thinking of buying your own home. The greatest drive in a single mother's life is to provide food and shelter for her children. However, either keeping the home after you divorce or managing to buy a home later, it all boils down [...]

The current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program was reauthorized in February 2006. This particular program is a major source of single mother assistance programs and took the place of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Through this program, the United States government provides money to the individual states for single mother assistance [...]