I have other barriers to employment:
I am in my late twenties. I never liked school, didn’t get very good grades and dropped out after 11th grade. I ran around with some friends that got into trouble in my late teens, never had a steady job and even got arrested a few times. I got pregnant when I was 19 and got together with the father for a while but he wasn’t always so nice to me and even hit me a few times. I was glad when he left us, but now I am trying me best to raise my son alone.
Money is always tight, I have help on my rent from DSS and get some food stamps, once in awhile I get some child support money, but can't count on it.
I have had a series of jobs over the last few years, but it is hard to support ourselves on minimum wage. It is even harder to find a job that will allow me to still spend time with my kid and if he is sick and can’t go to school, I have no one reliable to watch him, so I have to not go to work.
I decided to work on getting my GED so hopefully I can get a better job in the future, but I need help figuring out what to do next. I have trouble reading, I never was very good at that in high school and have a hard time concentration my own work and also helping my son with his homework. I am not able to afford my car anymore, after the last time it broke down. I have to either walk to work or call a cab, if I have enough money.
I really want to better my life for my son, and me but don’t know where to turn sometimes. I need a better job and some supports to help me day to day deal with all this!
I need help finding a new job and keeping it !