So this post is mostly about economics and society…

I know that can cover a lot of areas, but I can only talk about what I am experiencing first hand. Maybe with this post someone will read it and understand what it’s like so we can all try to work towards a change.

In Ohio it was very easy to get a daycare voucher. All you needed to do was sign up, meet the requirements, and pay the co-pay depending on your income. With this kind of help you could easily go to work or school to better yourself, but here in Florida it’s a whole different story.

I thought with Ohio…having one of the top 5 poverty level cities which is where I am from Florida would be better, but no. I was wrong. The whole daycare assistance thing is separate from getting Medicaid and/or food stamps if you needed it. And currently there is a waiting list as of May from what I heard to get help because they claim they is no funding right now. How in the world are you suppose to work if you can’t pay for childcare?

I have 3 children and childcare would be $1500 a month!

Now if I was making $12/hour full time that’s $1920/month before taxes. I have rent ($595), utilities ($100-$150), gas ($100), food, etc. After paying the cost of daycare I would only have $420 left. That’s not even enough to cover the rent?!

People are always downing anyone who is on assistance, but look at the situation. It’s either don’t work so you can get cash assistance and stay home with your kids which is nothing or work and become homeless trying to pay for childcare and rent, etc.

It’s like you have no choice to get on welfare and after 4 years is over then you have nothing..unless you went to school and somehow got a great job paying $30 an hour.

So you see now that this is something I am about to go through you can now see first hand what it’s like. I do not want to get cash assistance. I want to work and then go to school to further my education even further than I already have as a Medical Assistant…which I did on Cleveland and found no job.

I do not want to live off of the government. I hate depending on anyone. I want to be able to care for myself and children without the help of no one, but it’s hard when jobs don’t pay much and the cost of food, living, childcare, etc. is so expensive.

Just wanted you to see how fucked up it is. I have a headache now.