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I’m 19 years old, in college at a university and pregnant.

My mother and father are alcoholics and irresponsible for my four younger siblings. I cant leave my siblings to deal with my parents alone but I want to create a safe home for my child.

So I’m going to try to get all of us out of here.

I want to rent a nice house where my siblings and my child can feel safe and cared for.

I want all of my brothers and sisters to have a clean and stable environment to learn and grow in so they can go to college and become functioning members of society.

And I really just want this madness to end.

My parents cant provide for us, so I’m going to.

Emotionally I’m capable of giving them a good home, though I’m young, I’m a smart and responsible adult.

The only thing that’s stopping me is money.

If anybody knows about any grants, sponsors, organizations, anything, that can help me and my family create our safe house, I would greatly appreciate the information.

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Josh1:9 offline Verified User (2 months, 3 weeks) Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 3 weeks ago (7 minutes after post)

Hope everything goes great. welfare maybe, atleast youll be using it for the right reasons. I would do that if i were you. Welfare is not bad, its only bad for those lazy bastards who like making babies and not take care of them.

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babacup offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 14 #
Indianapolis, IN, US | 2 months, 3 weeks ago (9 minutes after post)

What you want to do is wonderful. You are a good caring person. It is not so easy to just leave with your four younger siblings. Would your parents just voluntarily give them up? You need to be their legal guardian if you are going to take care of them. That way you can get financial support for them. Your parents would have to pay child support. I have a feeling they would not be willing to do that.

Are your parents abusive to your siblings?

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jsesgrl offline Verified User (2 months, 4 weeks) Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 3 weeks ago (48 minutes after post)

What you will have to do find a legal aid to speak with for free legal advice. If you really want to persue getting them out of the home, you will also need to speak to someone in Social Services. If your parents lose their rights to them, you may not gain those rights because you will likely have to prove yourself as being financially stable enough to do this. If you already had the nice home and the income, it would be much easier.

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