Mount Zion UMC

The Department is working with a family who is in need of a small used push lawn mower for their lawn. The family has limited income and the landlord does not provide mowing services.

A student and his parents are evicted from their home effective April 30, 2025. The present plan for the student is to stay with his brother while parents live in their car. Parents may be able to stay at a nearby campsite a couple of days a week to have access to showers and other facilities. Assistance with non-perishable food items and some cold food items that can be kept in a small cooler is needed. Additional assistance with a couple of nights each week in a local hotel (preferably the one in Independence) will be helpful so parents can have access to basic necessities, and the mother can get to work in town. The family is on a waiting list for a local apartment in in the Independence town area. The anticipated availability is within a couple of weeks. The father's cell phone will be turned back on April 30th as he is searching for employment.

The Department is working with family who is assisting with the care of two children. This is requiring the family to transport the children to different areas around the community. This has placed a financial burden on the family.

The family is currently served as a parental placement in an effort to prevent the child from entering foster care. The family is limited in income and has filed for custody. The family is having financial hardship while adjusting to the additional child in their household. We are requesting funding for a $300 dollar gift card to help the family purchase groceries. If this need is met, then it will assist in giving the family time to financially adjust to the additional household member and court expense.

Mom and children are located here in Marion, and mother is a single mom of 4 children that are in her care. Mom escaped a domestic violence situation and while going through that she lost her job but has hopes of returning to work at a new job May 12,2025 but due to having to have an emergency surgery she may not get to start her job right away. She is in need of financial assistance with rent, car payment, insurance, and utilities.

Family is in need of a full sized mattress and bedframe to provide a bed for a mother who has been sleeping on an air mattress for years. Bedframe needs to be sturdy to support an adult and due to limited space, it can be a frame only, no headboard or footboard needed.

Kinship placement is requesting black bunk beds with a trundle bed, two twin mattresses and a chest of drawers to help provide adequate sleeping arrangements for girl sharing a room. Family has taken in a friend's daughter to prevent her from entering childcare, and due to kinship placement's home, the teenage girls are having to share a room.

The Department is working with a biological mother to a child in foster care. Child came into foster care, at no fault of the mother, due to death of a relative who had custody. The mother and her husband own their home and have limited resources. The family has been renovating a room in their basement for this young man (age 16) to come home to. The room is just in need of new carpet. This is the only thing needed to complete The Department is requesting any help that can be provided.

This family is located In Marion. The mother is a single mother with a baby girl due in July. She has a six-year-old son that has behavioral issues that she is struggling to maintain but is getting supports from the department to help her navigate this. She is unable to work due to her son's issues. She is in need of ALL things for a baby girl. Things such as cloths, bottles, crib, stroller, diapers.etc.

Updated on May 05, 2025 by an Agency Worker
This request has still not been met.

This family is located in Smyth County. The grandmother has custody of her Grandkids and has had for 10+years. She had sewer problems, that took a significant amount of money probably close to $700.00 The funds came from her tax return that she was hoping to be able to use for a payment on a handicap van, as one of the children are wheelchair bound. The Grandmother is either looking for a handicap van, or monetary donations to try to get one, to better care for her grandchild.

Carroll County DSS is currently working with a father and daughter. The father is a single parent and is the only source of income within the home. Recently, the father has been out of work, resulting in a financial hardship. The father is in the process of seeking other employment due to not having enough work through his current employer. In the meantime, all finances will need to go towards bills within the home. The child's bedroom door broke, and for some time the child has only had a curtain up. Being a teenager, the child is requesting privacy, by having a door on her bedroom. The door measurements are 32in x 80 in. There is no specific color request by the family to meet this need. If this need is met through care portal, it will allow the father to put money towards other needs of the home.