where can i go in Louisiana to help me pay my bills? Question: I am in lake charles louisiana and i was recently fired. All our bills have come due, mortgage car insurance, internet which works with my house phone. If i don't have my internet, i have no phone. can someone please tell me where i can go to get help?
Answer:
Have you filed for unemployment compensation? Getting fired doesn't necessarily mean that you're ineligible. I'd suggest trrying the salvation army as far as getting help keeping your utilities on. And you have just identified my objection to internet phone service. You may be out of luck on the phone. With such limited funds available to organizations who provide aid, they won't help you with *everything*, just bare necessities. And the internet just doesn't fall into that category. You may need to consider going the other direction and get basic landline phone service and dial up internet. You can always upgrade again later. You may be able to get a little bit towards your mortgage from charitable aid agencies, but don't count on it. Depending on the size and make up of your family, you may be able to get food stamps and *possibly* some financial assistance from your county welfare agency, but they consider your assets, including house and car, when determining eligibility. It's a bad time to be unemployed...mostly because there's just so much of it going around.... Resources are stretched to the limit and there doesn't seem to be any relief on the horizon. Best wishes to you for a speedy, successful job search!
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