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$365.00 still needed

Request: #242315 • Urgency: High • Demographic: Child-Centered Request • City: Grand Rapids • State: Michigan • Zip Code: 49504 • County: Kent • Submitted By: Catholic Charities West Michigan

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2 Children 1 Adult

This bio-mom I serve had her two children returned home to her at the end of August. This mom spent some time in a psychiatric hospital after the children were removed from her. Once she was out, she was fully engaged in her treatment plan with the agency and fully engaged in all of her services leading to her getting her children returned home to her. The mom and her two children are currently living in a transitional home where the mom has resided since her discharge from the psychiatric hospital. The family is able to stay at the transitional home for as long as they need to, but the mom has been working to get them an apartment. The mom has asked for assistance with her car insurance bill for the month of July in the amount of $364.45 as she has been approved for an apartment and needing to pay all of her typical bills plus first months rent and a security deposit for the new apartment. This will help alleviate some of the financial stress that is on the mom as she makes this move to an apartment for her and her children.


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River City church
River City Church • 0 mi • 49504
Crossroads Bible Church
Crossroads Bible Church • 2 mi • 49504
Sanctuary church
Sanctuary Church • 4 mi • 49321
Madison Church - Square Campus
Madison Church - Square Campus • 5 mi • 49507
Ascension Church
Ascension Church • 5 mi • 49507
Relevant Church Grand Rapids
Relevant Church Grand Rapids • 6 mi • 49519
New Life Grand Rapids
New Life Grand Rapids • 6 mi • 49525
Orchard View Church
Orchard View Church • 6 mi • 49525
Calvary Church
Calvary Church • 6 mi • 49525
Voyage Community Church
Voyage Community Church • 6 mi • 49418
Rivertown Assembly of God
Rivertown Assembly of God • 6 mi • 49418
Zion Reformed Church
Zion Reformed Church • 6 mi • 49418
Reslife Church - Grandville
Reslife Grandville • 6 mi • 49418
Christ Church Grand Rapids
Christ Church Grand Rapids • 8 mi • 49546
Fairway Christian Reformed
Fairway Christian Reformed • 8 mi • 49428
Belong Project Response Team
The Local Church • 10 mi • 49546
Kentwood Community Church
Kentwood Community Church • 10 mi • 49508
House Church
House Church • 11 mi • 49401
Georgetown CRC
Georgetown CRC • 11 mi • 49426
Spring Valley
Spring Valley • 11 mi • 49401
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