About gogettah

Hello Go-get tah,(smile)I like that, and 1faith. Anyways, my name is Tameka, and I can understand what your saying. BUT, I am one of them that get foodstamps, and its STILL HARD. What I mean is , YES, i get stamps but you should see the BULLSHIT that you have to do now to get them because the system is so screwed up. I have 7 kids, I'm 35 , 20 years ago,you could apply for stamps, and BOOM!, you get them. REGUARDLESS what your situation was or whether the father was there or NOT. BUT NOW! you can't get nothing, unless you turn the FATHER'S NAME in to them, because they want their money BACK. THAT, I can understand. AND, you have to be working or going to school or disabled. I am NOT PROUD of MY situation, but, I KEEP IT REAL !, I have 7 KIDS with 6 babydaddy's and my last 2 kids have the same father, and i lost 2 from him so i would of had 9.( no, I can't have anymore) I MARRIED him LAST year, and they are making him pay CHILDSUPPORT. as long as i am getting foodstamps and mediciaid not cash assistance. HE has to back pay them too, from the time our 3 year old was born. WE havent been to court for the 1 year old yet but we will. I just found out today that I was SANCTION (means you cant get your stamps until you comply with childsupport) They said I miss my court date back in JANUARY for my last child, but i never received anything in the mail. But they do not care so, i have to go to the childsupport office FIRST before im able to get my foodstamps this month even though it wasn't my fought. They take 82.00 out of his check a week so they can get there money. That's not including all the taxes. On FRIDAY, when he comes home he brings less than $150.00. AND the sad part about it is they don't care about what is being tooken out of his check. I had ADDED him on to my household at one time, when he moved in, (because you have to report that to within 10 days) they gave me to $350.00 a month. And that is whats suppose to feed us all month, for 9 people. BUT, we're separated right now.I STILL have to spend ALOT of cash on food. They were only able to get Support for 3 of my other children because they dont ENFORCE it like their SUPPOSE too.BUT HELL, one of them quit their job so i dont get that no more. ONE time they cut all my childsupport checks OFF , for $20.00 a month for 7 KIDS they said thats all i QUALIFIED for, and i could not receive BOTH, their cash assistance and child support, it had to be one or the other. SO, I called them and told them keep the cash assistance. WHAT is $20.00 a month going to do? I had to WAIT til the FOLLOWING  month to get my checks back. SO, for a whole month they gave me $20.00. GIRLS! I WAS CRYING! THEY still don't care to me . well, i will write you  again tomorrow. IF you THINK the SYSTEM is SCREWED up? WAIT untl I tell you about what the section 8 program in TAMPA terminated me for. KNOWING i'm disabled and not working with 7 kids. When you TRY to do the RIGHT thing, IT STILL can BACK-FIRE in your FACE. SO, NO! YOUR NOT the only one. DON"T FEEL ALONE. HOPE to hear fom you. mekababy07@yahoo.com

Hello, today was my first post too "1faith".  I was once a single mother like you. I know what you mean about working and not making enough to survive and making too much to get any assistance. It is not fair.  I wish you all the best. I will look for you from time to time on this site. God Bless.

My children are 11, 15, (would have been 18 this year), another 18 year old (no not twins), and a 20 year old.