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Single mom, no support

I am interested in hearing from all the single parent nurse students out there in all nurses.com land! I am a single mother of 3 and I will be starting my nursing program in January (daytime only at my school). Any ideas on how to support your kids and paying rent and bills while in school? I have an awesome job right now, but I can't just stop working.

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    I am not sure what state your in. I am in WA. Here I can get help through DSHS with food and medical for myself and kids while a full time student. Then my college has a BFET program for people receiving food assistance. They pay 100% of books and tition if you dont not qualify for grants or financial aid other than loans. Our nursing program has a lot of start up costs (2 years of book at one, uniforms, lab kit, lab fees ect.) The BFET program is picking up most of these. Plus worksource has a worker retraining program and they are covering some as well. I also applied for about 30 scholarships last spring and was awarded two good sized ones. So look up all the scholarships your can possibly apply for. try for everything it never hurts. Start at your college talk to financial aid department and see where they point you. I will have about $600/month to live off on through financial aid while in school. Plus I pick up shifts as a CNA when I can only a few per month though. But it will work. Just take it one step at a time.

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