| If you are a single mom looking for help with child | | | | non-profit organizations that offer support for |
| care, you need to know how to find it. Public | | | | single parents. Some of these are run for |
| Assistance Grants do not directly give single | | | | extended hours and their selection criteria are also |
| parents cash, but assist by providing programs | | | | not very strict. They also relax their fees for |
| such as Head Start, to help you with child care. | | | | church members. Another hope is given by some |
| Head Start provides services such as education, | | | | private schools which support single parents. They |
| health and provides a safe environment for your | | | | offer financial aid which is linked to your income. |
| kids. Eligibility for Head Start is income based and | | | | You are required to fill in a form and give your |
| the parent usually has to be considered on the | | | | financial position and support it with documents |
| federal poverty level. | | | | such as tax returns. You will benefit from their |
| There are many different types of Head Start | | | | services if you are eligible. So help is available not |
| programs that offer child care regardless of how | | | | only from the public sector but also from private |
| young they are. Early Head Start promotes | | | | schools and churches and it is up to you to take |
| healthy prenatal outcomes as beginning as young | | | | advantage of these affordablechild care programs. |
| as new born infants. There's also family and | | | | Also, contact a few daycare centers and offer to |
| community programs Head Start offers that | | | | do clerical work in exchange for reduced child |
| allows parents to identify and eventually meet | | | | care. you'd be surprised at how often you can |
| their potential goals. | | | | actually do this. |
| It may happen that your income exceeds the | | | | The main thing to remember is to not lose hope. |
| federal level for public assistance and Head Start, | | | | It's extremely difficult for a single mom to raise |
| but don't give up, there are many other options | | | | children, but there's a lot of help for single parents, |
| you can explore. For example, there are many | | | | and as long as you do your homework, you and |
| preschools affiliated with churches and other | | | | your family will be just fine. |