Thread: Poor 2 year old dd

Thanks. I called the school, swallowed my pride, and explained the situation.
I am kind of a rock head that way. They will work with me. I can pay them next week instead. As far as dh goes, they advised me to just bring up his lack of payments at the hearing next month. -Joy

Originally Posted by ezmoney163

I agree. As long as he is to pay it they are not going to make her leave. Also in Pennsylvania, there is an early headstart program, also there are grants that are given to the truely needy that would like to send their child to a private school. Also If you are receiving benefits from the state, which I believe you said you are, they will refer you to programs that help with (or cover completely) the cost of childrens education. Also, If you are truely sincere about wanting a job, the pennsylvania department of welfare allows you to do a job search for 60 days to better your situation, if you choose to further your education (but you may not choose to since you already have a degree) they will help you pay child care, transportation, clothing, fees charged at the school, and other misc things while attending. I know for a fact there are programs out there that pay for everything you could think of, quite a few of fellow students in nursing school received this help.
Also I highly doubt with DD's school being a Christian based center, they would do anything rash, since hubby sent a letter stating he would pay, they must know the situation.

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Correct, they know the situation. They are going to work with me. Yes, I happen to be on public assistance. I will ask my caseworker what help is available. I also have more than 60 days. I have what's called a waiver for good cause for both domestic violence and medical problems. I documented what I was saying, and have an extension of the normal time limits. As far as Early Head Start, dd is enrolled in it. It is not a classroom setting, but a home visit based program. Helped dd a lot, but she is about to transition out of it. She turns 3 4/05. Anyways, filled out papers for Head Start, etc, in past few weeks. It happens to have a long waiting list, and the quality of her education is strong where she is now. I will just continue to work hard to improve my situation, the old fashioned way.
Thanks for your help and reply.

Talking to DHS in the early AM, after take dd to school, and talking to them about how to straighten out my financial house with him. As far as the ptr I was given, nothing happened to it, literally. I sat on it on the backburner, because I believed I should straighten out a lot of my burning personal issues first, before taking on things like a ptr, which requires a solid daily committment. I did not want to be someone that started, and petered out a month later. I posted and thought I was going to run monthlycash.com.
Spent a lot more time than I expected sitting in courtrooms. And I mean a lot of time. It resulted in my ex finally getting off his butt to get his belongings, and got the ball rolling for other orders that are keeping me safe, and future hearings for support, etc. So it is not making any money because I elected to put it on hold for a while. I underestimated how big some of my problems were. I have been making progress. I lost weight, and my arthritis got better. Kept dd and I healthy through a hard time. Resolved a lot of my medical issues that were severe even a few weeks ago, through better meds, therapy, and old fashioned hard work. Also did a lot of research on proper PTR administration, hosting, etc. It should really be starting soon. Wasn't planning on being in and out of a women's shelter, and other things that happened to me. Thank you for your post, and help. -Joy


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DD was put on a waiting list for a classroom based program called Head Start when I posted about the RAOK. She *will not* be 3 until April, and not even eligible to start until then, if there is room in the classroom. When I said about to be 3, I meant in a few months. It is common with a lot of these programs to enroll a child a few months ahead of time. DD's school is a private one, so tuition is assessed. Early Head Start is not a classroom based setting, but a home visit based one. It is true it costs me nothing, and is great. It is not a pre-school or a daycare, however. It is a home visitation program where they work with you on assessing your child's development, provide a few services like transportation to the doctors, referrals to other agencies, etc. So, yes, I posted correctly that she is enrolled in both of the above. She is sitting in Early Head Start until 3, and should be in a home based visitation program with Head Start, until there is room in the classroom.
Until that happens, she is sitting in the pre-school she is in now. Since this was posted, I worked hard and started to find ways to work out her staying in school.




I guess I'm just kind of curious why it's costing the OP for the school program for the early head start program....... because I could have sworn your daughter was in the Head Start program (based on this post and a few others prior to this one that I don't have time to locate right now)

http://www.bigbigforums.com/showthre...3&page=2&pp=15

Head Start is state funded.... http://www.paheadstart.org/hsfunding.html

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Originally Posted by twinkiesmom

at the risk of sounding stupid, can someone tell me what a ptr program is? TIA.

Paid to read program. You get paid little (yes, fractions of a penny) to read emails, visit site's, use specific searches etc. It adds up, sometimes slowly, but it does add up. Those types of programs are in the referral madness area.

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