ARCHIVED Resources For Struggling Cammodels

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RESOURCES FOR SEX WORKERS WHO MIGHT BE STRUGGLING

This is a list of resources for those in our community who might be struggling. I hope we can add to this list and share vital information with our fellow community members.

GENERAL ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND GRANTS


1. CATHOLIC CHARITIES
With over 160 different agencies in the country, Catholic Charities works to end poverty and help individuals, regardless of their religion.

The organization offers community food banks and serves meals at soup kitchens. They also provide food for children who need a meal after school hours, including on weekends or during the summer.

For families trying to manage a strict grocery budget, they offer cooking classes and educational programs to help you maximize every dollar.

If you’re in danger of losing your home and becoming homeless, they even provide emergency housing assistance through one-time financial aid to pay your rent or mortgage. If that’s not an option in your situation, they can connect you to housing options in your area.

For more information, please visit www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/find-help/


3. SINGLE MOTHERS GRANTS

This website offers the largest directory of single mother grants help with rent, utility bills, childcare, education, medication, housing, medical bills, and mortgage among others. Grants published on this website are made available from a variety of sources - state, federal, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions. Many of these financial assistance programs have limited funding and some programs might stipulate that the single mother meet specific income requirements.

For more information, please visit www.singlemothergrants.org


2. FREE CHARITY CARS
For many people, transportation is a major issue. Particularly for those in suburban or rural areas, public transportation may not be an option. Not having access to a train or bus line can limit employment opportunities, reducing your earning potential.

Free Charity Cars strives to address this issue by providing free cars to people on the path to self-sufficiency. By getting a car free of charge, the hope is that individuals will be able to better access jobs and other resources.

To find out more or to apply for a car, please visit www.freecharitycars.org .


3. GRADIENT GIVES BACK COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM
The Gradient Gives Back Community Outreach Program aims to help poor and distressed Americans at risk of losing their homes.

Whether you own your home or are renting, the organization provides mortgage payment or lease assistance by making payments for you. While they are based in Minnesota, they assist families nationwide.

For more information or to apply for assistance, please visit www.gradientgivesback.com/foundation


4. THE MODEST NEEDS GRANT
Unlike many charities, Modest Needs tries to prevent financial disasters by helping families before they become homeless. They focus on those who are just one or two paychecks away from an emergency.

The organization provides short-term financial assistance to those in a temporary crisis, such as a sudden job loss or big medical bill. Many recipients are ineligible for aid from other organizations because they are technically above the poverty line but are still on the brink of losing everything.

Modest Needs offers self-sufficiency grants to help give you a hand. They give particular consideration to single persons, public school teachers, and first responders struggling to make ends meet.

If you’re unable to pay rent this month because of an unexpected car repair or you’re worried about paying the utilities because you have a hospital bill, this grant can help.

For more information or to apply for a grant, please visit www.modestneeds.org


5. NETWISH
NetWish is a nonprofit focused on paying it forward. Individuals provide help to others by granting small “wishes” or requests for help that cost $200 or less. The charity will send gift cards to recipients to help them pay for rent, utilities, medical bills, or to buy clothes for a job interview.

While the amounts are relatively small, $200 can be enough to buy groceries for a month, keep the power on, buy school textbooks, or put gas in your car. It can be an important safety net in an emergency.

To submit a request, please visit www.netwish.org and click on “Make a NetWish.”


7. UNITED WAY 211
The United Way 211 Information and Assistance Helpline is a free and confidential service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. By calling, emailing, or texting 2-1-1, you can get connected to local resources to help you through a crisis.

Whether you need emergency food stamps, housing, medical aid, or are a victim of domestic abuse, 211 can help you find services in your area.

For more information, please visit www.211.org .



8. NEED HELP PAYING BILLS


Find information on programs that offer a number of ways to get help with paying bills. The resources available that may help with these payments include: financial assistance programs, social services programs, housing assistance programs, food assistance programs, medical and dental care assistance, debt assistance, transportation assistance, legal assistance.


For more information, please visit www.needhelppayingbills.com .



FOOD ASSISTANCE RESOURCES


1. FOOD PANTRIES

www.foodpantries.org


2. FREE FOOD

www.freefood.org


3. FEEDING AMERICA

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank


4. AMPLE HARVEST

www.ampleharvest.org/find-pantry/



MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

1. PINEAPPLE SUPPORT

Pineapple Support is a non-profit organization that provides 24/7 emotional support and professional therapy sessions to adult industry performers and producers. They offer anonymous 24/7 peer-to-peer listening support through a secure online therapy platform. They also offer free or subsidized professional therapy and counseling sessions with sex-worker friendly therapists. These sessions are offered both face-to-face and by online video therapy sessions. With the lack of mental health care for those in this industry, Pineapple Support is dedicated to making these critical services accessible to those who may need it.

For more information, please visit www.pineapplesupport.org .

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This is a very good list. I volunteered a lot in Vegas and Catholic charities is amazing!!! Also..I wanted to add to this list. I know we all get in a cash flow problems every now and then...like due to SM contests lol..and many modes do those payday loans. Those are bad but if you are in need it's an option. I'd like to say that if you are a model with Boleyn Models..they have an advance program that is amazing and very cheap compared to the others out there. There are rules of course but if I'm robbed and no money and need cash asap..I know where I can go in a true emergency. I am a model with them an I just wanted to add it to the list here. Just another resource. You do have to be with the agency to use the advance system.

1. Jewish Family Services is another non-profit organization with around 140 chapters through out the United States. You can do a Google search for Jewish Family Services to see a list of chapters in your region. Just like Christian Catholic Charities you don't have to be a person of Jewish faith. They provide assistance via food pantries, bill payments, job training and more.

2. If you have children and want to save money on daycare and babysitters consider the 4-H Club. Depending on your local chapter they may have a daily after school program, sometimes it's twice a week. Some chapters have 4H Camps during the holidays, spring break and during the summer. They're not sleep over camps but more like a day camp setting where your kid can go for a few hours.

3. The Legal Aid Society - If you need help and advice regarding issues due to bankruptcy, evictions and foreclosures, there are Legal Aid Societies all over the United States. They are a non-profit organization composed of lawyers willing to offer legal services and advocate for disadvantaged persons.

Extreme Couponing
It's a tried and true way to make ends meet a lot easier. I should know, as I personally turned to it when hard times fell on my household. Yes, it's entirely possible to save hundreds per week doing it and even end up with a pantry full of food/extras.
Here is a great site to learn more on
https://thekrazycouponlady.com/beginners

These are great resources for the USA. I only know of local to me resources but if anyone happens to live in Western Canada I can point you in the right direction!

You can add those resources here in the thread, it's not a problem.

Greater Victoria Resources

Mustard Seed - Food Bank - Christmas Hamper -Family Centre - Addictions Support - Meals
https://mustardseed.ca/

Women in Need - Crisis & Referral Program - Gift Certificate Program - New Start Program - Self-Sufficiency Program - Transformation Program
https://www.womeninneed.ca/

Burnside/Gorge Community Centre - Housing Outreach - Christmas Hamper - Family Outreach - Family Self-Sufficiency Program
http://www.burnsidegorge.ca/

List of All the Food Banks & Meals in the Area
https://victoriahomelessness.ca/get-hel ... ood-banks/

Living Edge - FREE Fresh Groceries Weekly
https://livingedge.ngo/neighbourhood-market/

Our Place - Meals - Education - Acupuncture, Acupressure, Chiropractic, Craniosacral Therapy, Massage, Therapy Dog, Dental Hygiene, First Aid, Foot Care, Hearing Clinics, Mayfair Optometric Clinic, Doctors, Nurses, Mental Health and Addiction Counselling, Reiki, Reflexology, Showers, and a Smart Recovery Program
https://www.ourplacesociety.com/

TAPS - Income Assistance - Residential Tenancy - Employment Standards - Federal Disability Advocacy - Provincial Persons with Disability Application - Simple Taxes
https://www.tapsbc.ca

This is a good start for the Greater Victoria area. I will do one up too for Greater Vancouver tomorrow.

Does anyone know the likelihood of getting $4500 assistance (rent for grandma and I and medical cost of expensive perscription (1000+)? My bank account was recently hacked and I'm out everything I had saved in there (15000) and don't have enough time to make the money through camming. Landlord doesn't care and I'm trying to keep my grandma and I from getting kicked out.....any chance one of the places on the list would be helpful? I'm so stressed out....

Hi Hazel,

I'm sorry to hear about your situation. Is your bank a banking institution located in the United States? Because deposits up to $250,000 are insured by the United States government. Contact your bank and the FDIC to see what can be done. Hacking is a form of identity theft and usually money lost/stolen through identity theft is covered by banking institutions and credit card companies.

Also, unauthorized access to funds in your bank account may be covered by the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and other consumer protections. If a third party somehow gains access to your bank account and transacts business you did not authorize, you must contact the bank as soon as you notice the loss to learn about their procedures for recovering your lost/stolen funds.


https://www.fdic.gov/deposit/deposits/b ... glish.html

Someone hacked into my bank account last year and sent $500 using Zelle 'to mom' in Georgia. I reported to my bank and they reimbursed me the fund within a few days. 15,000 is substantial, your bank should take care of it ASAP!

There are many anonymous meetings.

https://www.aa.org/

https://www.na.org/

https://debtorsanonymous.org/

https://slaafws.org/

https://emotionsanonymous.org/

There are plenty more you pretty much search the major problem you have and find a meeting.

THANK YOU. This thread is very much appreciated and needed right now, as I'm preparing to leave this minimum wage daycare job, and get one of these jobs out here that are currently hiring at $15/hr and paying WEEKLY. Trying to get us out of this hotel room, and get back into an apartment for me and my son. I'm on waiting lists for subsidized apartments also (Their waiting lists are long).

If anyone struggle with affording prescription glasses. I recently just found a site https://www.zennioptical.com/b/u6.95-glasses
Where the glasses are $6.95 but you need to know your prescription.

*disclaimer i never ordered from them yet i just found out about them today. Right now im completely cash strapped so i cant buy any new glasses for a while.

I actually have ordered off of Zenni and I love it! They're pretty high quality for the price

Discount prescription card - they will send you a card to use but you can sign up and print out a temporary card to use right away - you can also shop/compare the price of your prescription at pharmacies near you by zip code

https://www.goodrx.com/

I ordered two pairs today
total 48.00/ 2 weeks shipping :)i am excited

my daughter buys from Zenni all the time and loves them and has never had any issues - i have been hesitant because I have bifocals

Firmoo is another spot for inexpensive glasses, plus they're on trend.

https://www.firmoo.com/z/eyeglasses-for-women.html

Look them up on YouTube to see people model their glasses.

I made the dumbass mistake of going to the hospital for a migraine. They treated me so bad, I ended up walking out because at that point, overdosing on migraine pills from Walgreens was the best option for me. But now I'm getting flooded with bills, even though the finance department said county would help. Which I'm sure was a lie. Who can I contact for medical bill help because I cant afford to pay them.

contact your insurer and see if they can help. most have low income assistance. if you're not insured, contact the billing company directly and see if you can get on a payment plan (many will work with you because they'd prefer that to sending you to collections). if you are not insured, next year PLEASE GET INSURANCE! most states have low income health insurance available for little to no money. you never know when you're going to have a medical emergency. I went from perfectly healthy to chronically ill over the course of a month & if i hadn't had insurance, it would have cost me over 25k out of pocket the first year.

I have had two hospital trips since November - the hospital had a specific depart Med-assist ( maybe different for your state) - they take all of your financial info and see what resources are available - Contact the billing department of the hospital and see what they can do?

there is help and i totally forgot about it... DSS usually helps and its called emergency medicaid
I have been hospitalized for weeks at a time in the past and emergency medicaid helped. talk to the hospital billing dept and that person is usually a social worker

I ended up at lenscrafters for a new pair after seeing my optometrist.
I was complaining about seeing orbs flashing in from the side.it was bad for driving mainly at night
He does recommend zenni if you know what you are doing.
He mainly recommends them for children
Zenni also is not monitored by higher up to make sure we are getting our proper prescriptions. i forgot what he called the high up.




my daughter loves hers
i love zenni prices

I have the flashes too. My ophthalmologist told me it would go away within 6 months but it still happens 3 years later. Do you also have floaters? I do but I don't notice them as much anymore.

I tried zenni but apparently I don't know what I'm doing. lol

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Does anyone know how long pineapple support takes to respond to inquiries? I applied for counseling and its been about three weeks and no response. I emailed support and no response either. Just wondering what to expect as I desperately need counseling.

no floaters. he showed me the image, went over everything with me.
i measured my own eyeball for zenni and that was the problem...

I compared the lens w lenscrafters and the difference was noticeable mainly driving.

Im going to try to keep these glasses in tact
I did not want to pay that price but I needed them that day
i got the blue block lens - much easier on the computer.

Im going to try again bc PDG posted that other link and I want glasses that are pretty and not expensive- there is a pair of blue cat eye that look carved.

what i really want is some hideous bling glasses. covered in bling.. i saw them on one of the sites ::)

I grabbed this info from the Experian website. It's a few tips on how to deal with lenders and your utility company during the covid-19 pandemic. Basically don't assume that they don't expect their money on time. Call them before the bill is due.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many lenders are putting policies in place to help customers who may need extra time to pay their bills.
Lenders may be able to temporarily lower your interest rate or payment amount, or pause your payments for a period of time. Lenders may also be able to place your loans in deferment or forbearance. You don't have to make loan payments when a loan is in deferment or forbearance, and the lender will not report late payments to the credit bureaus.

Lastly, your lender may report the account to Experian with a statement that indicates you have been affected by a natural or declared disaster, which can help protect your credit history and credit scores.

Contact your service providers. If you don't think you can pay your utility, cell phone, cable or other monthly bills, reach out to your providers to see if they offer flexible payment options during this time.

Pineapple is great but they can be hard to contact. I signed up for support group and they contacted me the day of to tell me the time and zoom meeting ID. They are great, but a little slow.


I just started working with this group, so I don’t know a lot about them. They help
girls transition out of sex work. They are located in Vegas and Portland, but they do take girls from all over the world.

https://thecupcakegirls.org/about-the-cupcake-girls/

I need a place to live. I’m in Louisiana. I don’t necessarily have to stay here, but I’m having a hard time finding someone who will accept a cam girl as their tenant. I thought maybe I would just pay a year in advance? But then what If I need the money. Like… I do need a small surgery (my choice) and I should have just enough to move and enough to have the surgery. So if anyone can tell me how to get a house… I’d appreciate it. For rent of course. Please message me asap. Phone numbers would be good. It’s like a new start for me… I have nothing to my name right now. I’m on disability but plan on dropping that to go back to camming if I can work it out. People don’t wanna rent to those on disability either. Ugh idk what to do. Venting about it does of course help tho

(im an ex cam girl who took a few years off.)

You do freelance work and provide bank statements
if you have good credit its a breeze but bad credit is where the problems lay
In my experience private landlords are the nosiest and corporate landlords don't care if you are human or not, they want money