Sharelle F

Child(ren): 2 children, youngest Aniyahlyn, age 2

Issues: Food and Hunger, Breaking the Cycle

“Plenty of times if I run out of milk I have to borrow money from somebody just to buy some milk, or go somewhere to get free milk, just to last until my next appointment."

Sharelle is a 21-year-old single mother of two children. The father of her children is unable to help with child support due to incarceration. Sharelle is on Welfare and receives WIC, but she is ineligible for food stamps because she lives with her mother and is under the age of twenty-two.

Often there is not enough to eat in the house and Sharelle must rely on charitable organizations to supplement her food. These organizations also help her with diapers and have assisted with paying her gas bill when it was turned off. Sharelle admits that she sometimes has had to resort to diluting her baby’s formula with water in order to make it last longer.

Sharelle was an excellent student through high school and attended DPT Business School, where she received a degree as a Pharmacy Technician. In order to provide a better life for her children Sharelle would like to go back to college someday. At the present time it is difficult for her to secure a job or consider attending college because she has no options available to her for child care.

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