28th November 2008
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 [...]
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27th November 2008
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 [...]
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24th November 2008
Single mothers are often a very overworked, highly stressed part of our population. They are often used to working long hours, sometimes having to juggle one or two or even three jobs just to make ends meet. The idea of making rent, bill or other payments on time is often the goal rather than the [...]
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23rd November 2008
In the United States, the number of single mothers is on the rise. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in 2000 that one-third of all children were being raised by a single parent, with 80% of this number being single mothers. While divorce accounts for the majority of children being raised by single parents, over 40% [...]
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22nd November 2008
Most families do not want to hear that their teenage daughter is pregnant. However, teenagers of different cultures can face more severe expectations. When a teenage single mother's family is an ethnic minority or of a particular faith that has cultural beliefs that value virginity or has specific maternal expectations, her choices may become limited [...]
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20th November 2008
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 [...]
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19th November 2008
In looking for low-income single mother housing options, there are the conventional routes, and the unconventional. If you are a mother in need of low-income housing, make sure you look into all your options to determine what is best for your family. Public Housing, Subsidized Housing, Or Housing Vouchers These are the conventional routes to [...]
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18th November 2008
Although the rate of teenage pregnancy has decreased substantially in the last few years, there are still plenty of teenagers becoming mothers yearly. The U.S. still has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates of all the industrialized countries. But, welfare for single mothers has significantly decreased over the years; a teenage single mother still [...]
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17th November 2008
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 [...]
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16th November 2008
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 [...]
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