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Hello, I am a Social Worker for a family of 3, family includes a mother and two children. One of mothers children has been admitted to hospital since birth (7 weeks old currently). Infant remains admitted for critical cardiology care. Upon birth, mother was admitted to hospital as well due to kidney failure. Mother recently was discharged but due to her own health condition along with infants current admission she has not been able to return to work. This has impacted mothers income and has caused the family financial strain. Mother has reported falling behind on car payments ($380/biweekly), car registration ($2,000) and car insurance ($500). Mother stated the biggest priority she would need assistance with is car registration. Mother stated assistance with registration would help offload total car cost she is facing with repossession. Mother does not have consistent transportation for her and her other child (17 years old) who has recently signed up for college course this summer but is having a hard time getting to college course. Due to transportation needs, mother is not able to visit her infant as much as she would like as well as follow up appointments. At this time, there is not a definite discharge date for mothers infant as she continues to need monitor of pacemaker and mechanical ventilation due to cardiorespiratory failure from congenital heart disease. Mother would be appreciative of any assistance she could receive at this time.