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This single, 26-year-old motherremembers vividly the day she realized she could not stay with her boyfriend. It was too scary.<\/p>\n
\"The hotline scoured the entire state looking for a shelter that could accommodate me and my (child),\" she said. \"I thought I might end up in Pittsfield or Chelsea, but they eventually found a family shelter on the South Shore.<\/p>\n
After spending six months in the shelter, she was able to find a permanent place to live in Eastham, where she now lives.<\/p>\n
It is an awful lot for a young mother to try to make a normal life for her young child, who is shuttled back and forth between parents on weekends under court order at least for the time being.<\/p>\n
A court-appointed guardian currently is investigating the case, including home visits to both parents, before making a final recommendation that she hopes can begin to normalize their lives.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, she lives week-to-week trying to make ends meet all the more complicated by court and guardian expenses and child support payments that don't arrive on time.<\/p>\n
A friend suggested she contact the Cape Cod Times Needy Fund. I was hesitant at first … but it was the best decision I made at the time.<\/p>\n
\"I called them up one day when I was really feeling down. Even working, I couldn't meet all my bills without the child support,\" she said. \"They listened carefully and made me feel like I had a friend on the other end of the line.\"<\/p>\n
She emailed herapplication and all herbills to the Needy Fund, where they were studied before providing financial assistance.<\/p>\n
The woman's lawyer paid for the gas needed to drive her child to her father's home on the weekends, but hercar needed repairs.<\/p>\n
The Needy Fund paid for one month's rent, which enabled her to buy newtires and get her brakes repairedso her carcould pass inspection.<\/p>\n
\"I am very fortunate that I have found myself here. The Cape has welcomed me,\" she said.\"I have never felt so much a part of a community as I do now. And the Needy Fund is a big piece of that.\"<\/p>\n
She now is forging a more entrepreneurial path in her own business.<\/p>\n
I have to cultivate my own clientele, but it gives me some sense of control over my life,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Many human service agenciesoffer assistance tothose in need, but the Cape Cod Times Needy Fund has been helping with a host of immediate, short-term emergencies such as food, rent, medical costs and other basic expenses since 1936.<\/p>\n
No cash is given to Needy Fund recipients. Instead, the agency pays vendors through a voucher program. The case described above was provided by the Needy Fund on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
Donations, which are tax-deductible, may be made atneedyfund.org. Checksalso canbe made payable to the Cape Cod Times Needy Fund and mailed to Cape Cod Times Needy Fund, P.O. Box 36, Hyannis, MA 02601.<\/p>\n
Those needing assistance may contact the Needy Fund at 508-778-5661 or 800-422-1446.<\/p>\n
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