What do you do when you don't have cs?

[1boy1girl1mom]

I find it frustrating to have no cs. I have twins and work two jobs and I hear others like my cousin complain about cs and it's annoying because if I had just 500 in cs I'd have nothing to think of with rent. Anyway what are ways to like replace cs? Any single moms know?

do you mean child support?

yeah child support

You should contact the CSA. The sooner you apply, the better. I don't think they backdate claims. You should be able to get at least £5 a week for your little ones.

I can't get it it's not an option I was just wondering what could be in replacement?

Are you in the UK?

There's no replacement for child support, it used to count against benefits but doesn't anymore. Are you applying for all the benefits you are entitled to? You could get housing benefit if on a low wage etc.

Here you go - www.turn2us.entitledto.co.uk/

um no this place for the uk?

I get food stamps but no cs I don't have a legal dad to go to really. So it's not an option. It's like in the cases of prison or mental facilities it's not an option not the case here but very similar.

There is nothing, really. I brought up 2 DD's alone while their father lived abroad and the csa wouldn't help me. I used to dream up all sorts of ways of getting money to survive such as finding a nice man with a job to take my kids on, getting a lodger, shoplifting, dodgy insurance claims, selling a kidney etc.

In reality I survived by working hard, not eating enough, living in bad housing, no decent clothes or shoes, walking rather than getting the bus, taking advantage of absolutely everything that was free, e.g. Reading the newspapers in the library. Sorry, I know it's depressing. I think I would have gone for the lodger idea if my house was habitable enough to charge someone to live in!

Ah, are you in the US? This site is pretty international but us UK-based so I can't help you with what's available in the USA. Do you have a local welfare office you could speak to?

My oldest child's father left the country, like Tupperware's. It was a horrible struggle, I look back on those days and just feel so sorry for the me who struggled and fought so much. But my DS doesn't really remember it, and we did get through it. Luckily for me, the government here at the time had introduced various schemes which meant I was able to study part-time for a degree while raising my DS, I graduated at the same time as he started at nursery school and it was easier from then on in.

There will be help in place for you but I don't think you can have child support 'replaced' in any country.