This family has been working with the Department to address barriers for the child in school. This single father has been working to provide supports for his 8 year old daughter. To address these barriers for transportation, the family needs financial assistance paying for repairs on their vehicle. The total repairs cost $451. The vehicle is repaired, but waiting to be picked up.

Two children, ages 6 and 4, are in need of wooden bunk beds and mattresses. Their mother has just left a severe domestic violence relationship, and needs assistance with bedding for the new home. The mother is employed. The family is requesting wooden bunkbeds.

A single mother with 4 special needs children has been working hard to maintain a safe and stable home environment for her family. The mother ensures the children's medical needs are meeting including multiple appointments and services. The family has limited income and is used to ensure the children's needs are met. The family is need of a new vacuum as the previously one has broken and also a baby gate.

This is a single great grandmother who currently has her 1 year old great grand daughter placed in her home. She is in need of more diapers, size 5 for the little girl.

We have a foster family with 4 children in the home. 3 are females ages: 15, 12 and 4 and a male age 9. These children are in need of some new winter clothes and all of the children need a winter coat. Gift cards would be best so the children can select their own clothing/coat. The foster parents said the 2 older girls like to shop at Rue 21 and the younger children are fine with WalMart gift cards. (WalMart or Target gift cards work for everyone! )These are wonderful parents who are very dedicated to the children in their care and any help will be greatly appreciated!

The youth is in the process of searching for his own car in order to go to college. He is hoping to go to Tidewater Community College's auto-mechanic program beginning next Fall. He has his own money saved up from working 40-50 hour weeks and is continuing to save, but is requesting assistance in finding and purchasing a reliable car no more than $5,000. If he has his own car, he will have the opportunity to move to and work in the Virginia Beach area for school. He has also talked about living out of his car if he is not able to afford housing.

Two children ages 11 and 12 are in need of bunk beds. They are currently sharing a twin bed, or one child will sleep on the couch. Their mother is employed but is unable to purchase these as the cost is above her means.

The grandmother has been the caretaker for her seven year old grandson and is having trouble with making her rent this month due to some setbacks. Neither parent helps her financially and the child has been out of school due to behaviors which has hindered the grandmother in working. The rent for the month is $750 and the grandmother is typically able to cover it, however she has not been able to do so recently.

I am working with a family who shares joint custody of a child. Both parents do not work because of their disability, and have limited funds available, but the child they do have needs to receive ABA therapy. One parent is struggling and needs financial assistance (money for gas) for this current month as well as next month. Father has potentially secured other funds, but won't have access till December. Medicaid cab/van is available, however the van is not always on time and reliable. Would anyone be able to provide gas voucher? Thank you !!!

My client is a single father. His son is in desperate need of clothes and shoes as the family recently lost some of their possessions and transportation. Any donations would be beneficial in making sure his son has the essential items he needs and transportation for appointments that may be needed.

Relative assisting a child from entering Foster Care became sick with RSV and had to Quarantine due to a COVID exposure. Her and the children are now doing well. Due to the different illness she was not able to work for about 3 weeks. Her electric bill is pass due and she needs assistance paying since she is just getting back to work. The bill was due on 10/04/21 for $291.88. After 10/12/2021 $296.03 is due.

This family has recently moved from public school education to now being homeschooled. The family has two school aged children, 5 and 9 years old boys, and one laptop to complete online schooling. The children are enjoying their new schooling environment, but need assistance for another laptop to allow for both children to continue their online education. This family is not able to provide a second laptop for the children.

Mother recently fled a violent situation to protect her baby by escaping to a shelter. Baby is 14 month old girl. After leaving home to start over, she is now starting over from scratch. Right now she is in need of a bigger car seat for the baby who is growing like a weed! She is also in need of a high chair for when she obtains housing independently by working with local resources. Please consider helping Strengthen this bio family, this mom has worked very hard to keep her and her baby safe and are very close to getting a place to live on their own. Thank you

We have a mom and her 12 yo daughter who have been hosted with a SFFC family since early July. Their move out date from the host family home is the first week in November. This mom has been consistently searching for housing but keeps getting turned away because her work history is too short. Prior to the situation that led to mom/daughter leaving their home, mom did not have a steady work history because her husband provided most of the income. Also, mom has recently switched jobs to a higher paying one to be able to provide better for her family's needs. Mom has savings to pay the deposit and first month's rent - she's able to afford approximately $700/month rent plus utilities. Unfortunately, potential landlords keep giving the same feedback - they are scared to take on someone with such a short work history because of how renters acted during the pandemic (non-payment of rent, entitlement, etc.). This mom just can't get anyone to take a chance on her. Her kiddo is in school in the Forest district but they're originally from Gretna and are happy to live anywhere that will take them that is SAFE. Her kiddo was traumatized and safety is a high priority. This mom has exhausted all traditional housing avenues - she has no family to ask, the wait list is almost 2 years for housing voucher programs, she keeps calling and interviewing as a potential renter when housing comes available in her price range. So, here's the ASK we have for careportal community responders --- does anyone have a home with 2-3 bedrooms that they would be willing to rent to this mom? She can provide a letter of reference from the SFFC host family who's hosted her since July and she can provide a letter of reference from her current employer (even though the current employment is short, this employer has known her professionally for almost 20 years). Mom has 2 other kiddos who will visit her frequently in this new home. She's honest, hardworking, and dependable.

This request is for two window air conditioning units for the kids rooms. Even though the weather is getting cooler the children have reported the house to be extremely hot and uncomfortable.

This family consists of a mother who has three young boys. At this time the boys have been diverted out with different family members. The mother is working on making progress so that the boys can either be returned with her or visit with her on a frequent basis. They are in need of a set of bunk beds, a dresser and washing machine.

My client is the mother of a disabled child. She is currently moving into a new household for more space. She needs assistance paying for one month of her rent to decrease the financial load of paying for the move and her child's treatment. Any contribution would be very appreciated!

Mother is working to regain custody of her 2 year old son. The mother is on multiple waitlists to receive treatment for her health condition. The mother is struggling to work because of the health condition that she cannot get treatment for and is receiving zero income. In order to work and make it to appointments and visits with her child, the mother needs help with car repairs to be able to get back on the road and driving again. The Department is assisting the mother with independent living services but unfortunately cannot help with this kind of request, so I am asking our local churches to please assist this mother to get repairs covered for her vehicle to get back on the road. She could also use a gas card until she is able to work long enough to have some income coming in. Please consider covering this need to get this mother one step closer to reuniting with her 2 year old son!

This family consists of two children, their mother and father. One of the children is disabled and requires complete care by his family. This family has recently been dealing with COVID. The father who primarily takes care of financial needs for the family has been out of work for several weeks due to this. They are needing financial assistance at this time. They are behind in rent and their light bill. Any assistance for this family would be greatly appreciated.