Hello my name is Kristen I am 40 years old and the mother of 3 wonderful children (Gavin 15, Ethan 13, and Taylor 7 I left my marriage back in 2020 because their father struggles with alcoholism and have been on my own with my children and year after year it is getting increasingly harder to survive with inflation and how much rent keeps going up. I am lucky to have been able to be employed by my father who has a small painting business but recently the amount of work we get has gone down I think because so many blue collar workers like myself are also struggling to get by and simply to have the extra funds to have there projects or homes painted therefore the amount of hours I use to work and the amount of money I use to make has also decreased making it almost impossible to get by. I get help with food by qualifying for SNAP and thankfully my children qualify Medicaid which I am truly thankful for however where I am (In a small town in Central Pennsylvania) their is no more funding or help for those struggling to pay rent so it has been an enormous strain on my mental wellbeing to struggle with this month to month without putting that worry of possibly being homeless every time the rent is due on my children so they can just focus on being kids and going to school and having friends. My rent is 1,295 a month for a small 3 bed ranch home and that’s is actually considered somewhat inexpensive for what other places are being rented out for and I’m still barely gettting by and don’t know how much longer I will be able to by the skin of my teeth. It terrifies me because I know I won’t find a decent place to live for less and will then possibly have to be put on a waiting list for section 8 housing (which can take years to get into the program)so we would in fact be homeless for a very considerable amount of time I’m afraid. So I am asking for help with cash to be able to pay my rent for the next few months at least because there are no other resources out there to help with this at the moment I’m hoping and praying that work will pick back up eventually and I won’t need to do this anymore but at this time and any amount given would be a blessing to us my cashapp link is $kphillips1985 and my PayPal link is @kphillips1985 🙏❤️