A single mother with children ages 10,15 and 16 has been homeless and is now staying with a friend. She is trying to move into an apartment and needs groceries, toiletries and clothing for the children.

A single mom removing herself and her two daughters away from an abusive relationship. she is starting over here in Austin and is working hard to make her new place a place where her girls can feel safe. All three of them are sharing an air mattress at the moment (mom, 3yr old, 13yr old). They don’t have a lot of space so a bunk bed for the girls would be perfect. Mom needs a bed as well but she asked that we focus only on the girls right now. They have zero furniture and little to no money right now. Any and all help is truly appreciated to help this mom make her kids feel safe and to provide them a clean bed to call their own.

Mother is needing assistance with catching up on her electric bill. She is currently paying as much as she can but having trouble paying both rent and her past due bill. Youth has been reunified with mother already, and we would like to keep the family from being separated again. The electric company is threatening service disconnection if the bill is not paid by 06/01.

Mu client is a single mother to a 1 yr old, 5 yr old and 7 yrs old autistic child. she recently lost her job due to her ex’ drug problems interfering with her ability to get the children to school on time, thus her to work on time. This led to her losing their home next. She is currently homeless, living in her car and sleeping in a 2 person tent with the children. my client is looking for work and housing but is finding it difficult with 3 children. They are cramped in the tent and have very little possessions and fees necessities such as blankets and pillows. we are asking for a larger tent to give them more space and sleeping bags and pillows to give them some coverage and padding from the ground. The gas card is so mom is able to move around to look for a job and housing; anything will help. My client just needs a little help to stay motivated that she can do this.

A mother was in a car accident and her car is no longer drivable. Her children go to different day cares and she is needing help paying for lyft rides to get the kids to daycare before she goes to work. She is needing gift card for lyft rides until her car is repaired.

A 15 year old female is going to be placed with a fictive kin towards the end of May. The fictive kin has been gracious enough to open her home to the youth, but is in need of assistance. The fictive kin is on a limited and fixed income and needs help making her home ready for the youth. The fictive kin is also working on getting licensed as a foster home, so that she can better provide for the youth. The family is needing items to ensure the youth's needs are met and to make sure she feels comfortable and loved in the home.

Child is needing a laptop in order to continue to do schoolwork. The parent stated that the teen had a laptop but it was stolen by another youth. If this need is met it will continue to allow the child to be able to complete school work assignments as well as looking for colleges and applying to those colleges

This mom has been participating in the Travis County Drug Court program. She has done well and remained clean and sober. She has just obtained her own housing and is need of furnishings and initial supplies to get her started. She has a one-year-old son that is also needing some supplies. Updated on May 31, 2023 by an Agency Worker
Sofa and bed no longer needed.

We are looking for assistance for a 67 year old grandmother that is raising her 6 grandchildren and has recently had to have back surgery. She is in need of a queen size mattress her current mattress is over 12 years and does not provide the needed support for her recovery. Her box spring is still good. Thank you for any help available for this family.

A 17-year-old is in need of clothing and new shoes. His current pair of shoes is peeling from the bottom. Youth needs a gift card to be able to pick out his clothes and shoes, as he is 17 years old.

The Caregiver is requesting help with a dryer.

this youth is a 14 year old foster youth in the permanent custody of child protective services until such time as an adoptive home can be identified. She has been in many placements and therefor has changed schools many times and has fallen behind in school. She was court ordered to participate in tutoring, and her team has identified a resource who can provide these services to her close to her current foster home. The service will cost 45 per session and the provider has agreed to waive the enrollment fee for this youth. We are hoping to raise $630 to fund tutoring for this youth for three months, in hopes that she can catch up on her basic fundamental math skills.

I have a FA on my case that is needing assistance getting caught up on rent. FA works now and is able to pay rent moving forward. FA is able to contribute 300$. This will allow for FA to have visits at his home and will also allow for a return when FA is able to. Any assistance will be helfpul.

This family is needing support with covering full price day care for days that DFPS were supposed to be covering in the grandmother's eyes. There are two days that the grandmother is needing assistance for.

Caregiver and bio parent are requesting a stroller wagon that a 3 year old and 10 month old may ride in for outings and visits. Caregiver will bring the wagon to parent-child visits and the two children as well as their 2 year old sibling who is in a different placement may benefit from riding in the wagon to assist parent in moving with them. It will also help the parent keep the young children safe during visits as there is a sibling group of 7 to manage. Caregiver saw one with a shade cover on Wal-Mart.com. 'Baby trend tour 2-in-1 stroller wagon' costing $185.

Please help a grandmother who is caring for 3 grandchildren in her home. She has has these children in her home for 6 months with no financial help from the parents. She is disabled and is struggling to keep up with her bills. Her rent is $400 and she is 4 months past due. She has applied for various community resources and is on a waitlist. she is worried the help will not come before the eviction notice. If she looser her home the grandchildren are at risk of entering foster care with no where else to go.

Bio parents have been having difficulty connecting to their virtual services. They are requesting an ipad or tablet that they can use with their sim card. They have a sim card that allows them to connect to the internet.

The child is in the home with his grandmother and his mother was just released from jail. The goal was family reunification but has changed to relative adoption. The child would be adopted by his grandmother. His mother had plans of being productive and coming home with a plan of getting her life together but that has not happened. The child's mother did not want him and tried to end her life while pregnant with the child. The child is living with his maternal grandmother, and she also has custody of the child's other three siblings that are also have the same mother as the subject child. The grandmother that has custody of majority of the kids, is overwhelmed and drowning in bills and is needing help to get caught up. I would also like to add that the grandmother is needing $1000 to get caught up with her rent and I understand that this is a high amount so if you could help with what you can, that would be greatly appreciated as well.

Single mother that has recently left a domestic violence situation is in need of a couch and twin size med for her and her son as she has recently relocated.

Kinship Placement/ Maternal Grandmother. Needs Washer and Dryer. Maternal grandmother is disabled. Once this need is met, grandmother will be able to complete laundry without the barriers of traveling to laundromat.