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Cutting Grocery Costs without Cutting Nutrition Simple, healthy, and affordable ways to weather the rising price of food by Karen Collins, R.D., American Institute of Cancer Research Some simple strategies can help you cut food costs and eat more healthfully, too.
Eunice is Kid of the Month 91 Ways to Save on Almost Anything Here's how to stretch your dollars -- and pinch your pennies 'til they scream -- while you feel little or no pain. by Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Want to save a buck? How about a few hundred or a couple thousand?
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College Grants & Financial Aid Frequently Asked Questions
SingleMom.com™ welcomes all Single Moms! We've receive countless of emails on a daily basis from single moms that raising children while struggling on the daily basis with no support from the society. How hard they try to live one day at the time and try to make the best for their children. Many asking for advice and more, so we've decided to dedicate a special page to answer these questions. It's an advice corner where our staff & visitors like you will address the concerns of single moms.
So THANK YOU for visiting our website. We are proud to be a place where you can turn to when you need someone to talk to. We wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for your support throughout the years. Once again, thank you for your support and we will try our best to make this website your site of choice for resources, information and advice for you and your family.
SingleMom.com™ staff & volunteers.
College Grant & Financial Aid Questions
All these questions are original from our visitors like you:
Question 1: I am trying to see if you could help in aiding me to find grants and scholarships for single mothers for grad school. I am desperate and would really like to know where to turn. Loans are not an option for me. Please let me know?
Question 2: I was wondering if you could direct me to some clear cut info about how to get help for school, housing and daycare for him. I feel like I'm going 'round in circles all the time and with only a few minutes to steal away here and there I never get enough time to find the answers to my questions before I have to log off?
Question 3: I need to get student grants because I'm a single mother and can't afford it on my own to repay all that money?
Question 4: I would like to know how can I go to school for free? I am recently unemployed and I am a single mother?
Question 5: I am interested in finding out more on single mother grants would like to go to school?
Question 6: I'm hitting a brick wall. My divorce is final on May 3rd and I'm desperate to go back to school, but I can barely make it on my own. My FAFSA shows tax returns with my husband and his income is keeping me from getting aid. The only money I have is child support and temp. support. I'm trying to finish my pre-requisites to get into nursing school. Is anyone able to help me?
Question 7: I am currently seeking scholarships/financial aid. I am a single mother?
Question 8: I'm looking for information on funding for school, I'm a single mother, can you help?
Question 9: I am a single mom, raising my four-year old son by my self. I am looking for government grants, that will pay for my education, I am especially interested in grants for graduate school. Please let me know what's out there?
Question 10: I am an expecting mother and I still want to go to college. currently I am 3months pregnant and a high school senior I would like your help in assisting me to further my education so me and my child can have a good life?
Answer: Thanks for writing to us. We're a non government Website and a not-for-profit organization which we try to collect as many information as possible to provide single moms & visitors like you to visit. All our information is based on contributors, volunteers & visitors like you.
Best wishes.
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