Pleasant Valley Baptist Church

This request is to help a family in need with a Temporary Alternative Placement Agreement. The parents are working on various items to improve themselves and to make themselves and their home a safe place for the child to return home to. The extended family that is placement for the child currently are sturggling financially to make ends meet. Currently they are in need of gas cards to help keep gas in the car to get the child to daycare. Without this aid they will have to miss more shifts at work and without work they will not be able to keep the child with them.

By helping with this request you are directly helping keep a child out of court custody and out of the foster system.

Clay County Children's Division tries to keep a clothing items in various sizes in our supply room for when kids first enter custody. These items are to assist the kids with clothing for 1 to 2 days while the initial clothing voucher is filled by the placement providers. We are running low on summer items in the following sizes. We would appreciate t-shirts, shorts, pjs, in the sizes listed below. These times can be new or used as long as there are no holes or stains. We are also needing a few bottles of baby wash.

Boys- Preemie: sleepers, onesies Newborn: onesies, sleepers 5T: shorts and T-shirts 7/8: shorts and t-shirts 8/10: Shorts and t-shirts 10/12: shorts and t-shirts 14: shorts and t-shirts Summer Pajamas needed in this following sizes: 18m, 2T, 5/6, 7/8, 10/12

Girls- 6-9 months: sleepers, onesies 18 months: shorts and t-shirts 3T: shorts and t-shirts 4T: shorts and t-shirts 5/6: shorts and t-shirts 10/12: shorts and t-shirts Summer pajamas needed in this following sizes - 18m, 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T

Family is in need of clothes and support with food. Mom and 5 kids are staying at a friend's home due to domestic violence issues and doe not have access to their money. There are 5 female children in the home

Shirts:

One of children is a size large women two of the other girls are size medium women the final two are size XL in kids

Shoe: vary (there are 5 girls) Size 9 womens size 7.5 womens size 7 womens size 5 kids and size 5 kids

Pants:

Large Womans - (14-16) S Womans - (6) S Womans - (6) XL - 14 kids L - 10/12 kids

If sizes are confusing, please let my supervisor (Benjamin Kaufman know I will be out of the office until 07/21

Thanks

-Emilio

The children cannot live in the home of their grandmother who can take them. They were in a single parent home and Mom died, they are staying with an 84-year-old great-grandmother in a very small home and need to get into grandmas. She needs a dumpster urgently so that she can clean out her 2-bedroom home to accommodate the kids. She has too many boxes, bins and clutter to have them live with her comfortably or safely and there are 3 kids, so it really needs to be able to have all the rooms used. PLEASE HELP!! Great Grandmother cannot keep them. Would be great if this dumpster could get delivered on MONDAY so that they can get the house cleaned out by Friday and the kids can get into the home. Great Grandmother is hanging on, but barely!! A dumpster that is going to be delivered is being arranged, we are desperate to keep the kids with their grandma they have had so much tragedy and loss.

Dad is having trouble finding a job as a felon. The mother left the baby and he is trying to remain connected with the baby. He needs and wants to visit everyday but not having money for gas is making it hard for him to visit. He wants to keep a strong bond with his daughter. He is needing gas cards to help him go see his daughter more.

I'm reaching out on behalf of a mother who is working hard to create a safe and nurturing home for her young child. She is in need of a few essential items to help furnish her space and support her child's development. Specifically, she is looking for a toddler bed, a small dresser, a kid-sized table and chairs set (for meals and activities). If you have any of these items gently used and or new at no cost to the mother, your generosity would mean a great deal to this family. Transportation is needed for these items. Thank you for your support and kindness!

This family has experienced hit after hit recently, and just when they think they get ahead, they take two steps back. Moving forward, they will be able to pay rent, and have already secured July's rent. However, due to some miscommunication the family owes a little over half of June's rent, utility fees, and late fees for the month of June. The family is looking for other resources to pay, and the school social worker has referred them to Northland Miracles, but getting this paid for and helping them have a $0 balance as they head into July would relieve the stress on the entire family. The total they currently need help with is 973.29, but there is a possibility that more late fees will accrue between now and July 1st.

Single mom who recently split with her ex due to a domestic violence situation. When her ex left the home, he took her washer and dryer. Mom has 3 kids under the age of 5 in the home and is struggling to afford to go to the laundry mat to wash and dry clothes. Mom is in need of a washer and an electric dryer. Mom reports that she has the hoses for the washer and the vent hose for the dryer. Gently used washer and dryer would be greatly appreciated.

The family moved from Iowa to live with family member’s in a trailer home, they have limited space and trash has piled up and smell is lingering in the home, they needed to work on cleaning to keep child safe. The family is needing help with a dumpster and carpet cleaning. The family moved in with additional family and is a lower-income home. Using a church dumpster is also an option for this family. The carpet cleaning that is needed can be professional or a unit being rented from a local store. Thanks!

A mother whom currently resides in Clay county has lost custody of her children and they are currently in Children's Division care and custody. The mother was residing with the father in their home; however, one day he never returned from "work" and had taken their only working vehicle, most of the money in their accounts, the mother's methadone, and left the mother in the home with past due bills. The mother could greatly benefit from assistance with paying her past due bills so that she can at least have another month or so in her home until a better situation is located for her. The home is way past due on mortgage, I believe she stated 3 payments are past due and we are worried about the home being foreclosed on and mom becoming homeless because of this.

Mom is in need of a new carpet and some new furniture. Mom has tried to clean up the carpet, but every time she attempts to clean it, it still get messy. Mom is wanting to get rid of it entirely, but doesn't have the funds. Mom also lacks some furniture in the home and could use help getting a couch or two.

This is a hard working mom of 2 young boys seeking safety after trafficking. She has established housing and has necessary papers but is in need of basic items - beds bedding housing items etc. for her boys and apartment. They came with nothing but basic clothes. Older child is a size 6-7, shoe size 1.5; younger 5-6, shoe size 12.5 or 13; mom Small shirts, medium pants, 8.5 shoes.