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Government assistance in WI

sheenabobina10sheenabobina10 member
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According to the W-2 website, you have to earn $2391 or less (gross) with a family size of 2.  I earn slightly above this (earn less net) and so i'm assuming I don't qualify.  I've never applied for assistance before and I'm unfamiliar with what is all out there as an option to me.  I am going to be a single mother, working full time, and i'm afraid I will be spending so much on childcare (I have looked around and its looking like $600 a month) that I won't be able to afford my rent!  Does anyone know of any alternatives for assistance out there in Wisconsin?  I will be taking the father to court for child support but he doesn't make much and i'm not expecting to get much in that regard.  This is my first child so I don't know if the court will require him to pay part of child care.  I'm assuming he is below poverty level, which my research has shown I will only then be granted 11% of his income.  I don't know his exact income but I know that won't be much/enough to help with the costs of child care.  Any help would be appreciated if any of you have went through the court system for child support or state assistance.

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Re: Government assistance in WI

  • blumerblumer member
    Go to your local county courthouse and go to the economic assistance department and apply. The majority of the programs are all in one department. If you don't qualify for one they will be able to point you to other ones. The worst they can tell you is you don't qualify.
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