Things are getting dire again for Jonmeshia. The father of one of her children has persistently worked to file fraudulent reports to keep her trapped in a cycle of benefit cancelations, appeals, and renewals. The latest fund upper attached to my teaching with Executive Dysfunction weabinar is stalled out. If I had focused this one on working with/out AI it would be doing better but I'm not ready for that one yet.
For those of you who don't know, Jonmeshia is a single Black mother of 3 who used to live local to me. I used to help her out with her kids and errands and such but she lost her housing and had to move back to Michigan. I have organized several small fund raisers to get her back in housing and keep her there. She is at risk of going to jail again due to persistent abusive harassment from her ex.
I'm going to link the page and I want people to also pay attention to these asks. If I can get people committed to working out some specific problems Jonmeshia faces in a lack of community, we might be able to stabilize her life.
Other ways that you can volunteer to support Jonmeshia, especially if you are local to Kalamazoo:
Volunteer to help find suitable GED programs for Jonmeshia, and help Jonmeshia apply. The program must provide child care or there must be free child care available to support Jonmeshia while she is in class.
Help Jonmeshia find child care for respite that she can trust.
Help Jonmeshia determine if her youngest child is elligible for the A&D waiver, and help her get on the list.