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Government Aid And Assistance For Single Parents
from: Karlie BestlerThe number of single parents is rapidly increasing in the United States and other countries. Raising a child or children alone is not easy. Single parenting can be very hard and a responsibility that only the strong willed, courageous and responsible people chose to take on. According to one social poll, if given the chance, the majority of the population in the United States would not willingly be a single parent.
Many single parents struggle financially. Having to live on a single income can be very challenging. Younger single parents who are not well established usually have low incomes. Many single mothers have not been in the job market long or at all and struggle with low paying jobs.
Financial assistance is given by the government to any single parent who obviously and direly needs financial support. The government recognizes the very imposing responsibility single parents have. That is why financial aids are given to single parents to reduce the hardships and pressures experienced by single parents.
Government assistance for single mothers is accessible to the general public, especially the needy single parents. If a single parent wants to seek financial support from the government, he or she must obtain an application form from the local or nearest City Hall. The application form should be honestly and clearly filled out because the information will be verified and will form the basis for approving the financial aid application.
Financial aid for single parents is available and open to every single parent in the country, but qualifications and eligibilities do exist and are set to protect the funds from abusive. Financial aid is meant for the needy. Financial aid will not be given to single parents whose salaries and compensation is more than enough to comfortably and even luxuriously support the child or children.
To Be Eligible:
*One way to qualify for the financial assistance provided by the government to single parents is to be divorced.
*Another case for eligibility for financial assistance is when the other
significant parent is dead, seriously injured, disabled or handicapped. The government assumes that during these cases, single parent financial support for the children is almost impossible and hopeless. Thus, the government intervenes and provides financial aid until the children reach 18 years of age.
*Another case for eligibility for goverment assistance for single mothers is when the other parent has abandoned the child for about or more than a year.
*Imprisonment of one parent can also be grounds for financial support for the other.
*If the child has been born while the parents are not legally tied or married.
*Another way is when the father is not identified, which is a case rapidly rising nowadays.
Those Not Eligible:
Children and single parents with the following situations are not eligible for filing or seeking financial assistance or support from the government.
*The child is a rightful heir for any property or pension due to the single parent or both parents.
*The single parent receives or attains additional disability pension funds either because of his disability or because he has children.
*The child is under the custody of foster parents or a daycare center.
*The child is currently being raised and supported by the single parent's domestic or current partner. Partners bound by common-law marriages are covered by this provision.
*The single parent is also eligible to receive or be granted public pension benefits.
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