10 Success Stories with Code of Support 2024
Car Repairs for Single Mom. TD Foundation was able to get this single mother back on the road by providing $2,867.91 for the repairs. Post 9/11 combat veteran with 3 deployments and 100% P&T single mother of 3 kids (15,14,6). She was out of work but has a new job and has another job offer coming soon. She needs car repairs to her only car. She has been driving it anyway because she needs to have transportation, but she is causing more damage by doing that. She is self-sustainable and has a side job doing photography to help out here and there. She has worked hard to clean up her finances and get out of credit card debt but cannot pay this amount for repairs right now.
Divorcing Single Mom Needed Rent Help. Active Duty soldier with one child, who returned from a deployment in Poland a few months ago. Her husband filed for divorce upon her return and she has to pay him spousal support until the divorce is final – hopefully next month (February). She will start school this month and her stipend will be enough to deem her sustainable – but she has fallen half a month behind on her rent. They sent her a notice saying she would be put in eviction status on the 10th Jan. TD Foundation paid the half of her rent for $600.
Rent For a Single Mom. A single mother of an 11-year-old boy, Post 9/11 Army 100% P&T no combat, who is behind on her mortgage due to unexpected moving expenses. She ended up getting behind one month and a half. She went to our financial coaches, who are positive that she will be self-sufficient moving forward now that she has a promotion approved for her job at the VA in Mississippi.TD Foundation paid $3,806 towards her rent.
Rent For a Single Father of 5. A combat veteran who is 90% IU, combat with deployment to Iraq, has PTSD. He is a single father of 5 kids (ages 14,12, 8, 5, & 10 months). When he came to COSF in September 2023, he was homeless and with the youngest 4 kids and no transportation. With the help of SSVF he was able to get a place for them to live and his older son came to live with them. He had a couple of month’s rent paid by Gary Sinise Foundation so he could pay off the payday loans he had and pay back friends, he thought that February rent was covered, too, so he used that VA check to also pay off stuff. In the middle of all this he could buy a car with some of his VA check. He therefore is behind on rent for February. TD Foundation supported this veteran by providing $1,350 towards rent.
Mental Health Treatment for Single Mom. A post-9/11 Army Female veteran, 90% service connected, in Mississippi. She has a child (age 15). She is diagnosed with severe depression, anxiety, and PTSD. She had multiple triggers these past months that paralyzed her to pay bills on time. She is currently behind by two months. She has been accepted for inpatient Mental health treatment through the Wounded Warrior Project but can not be admitted or given a date of admission without having her affairs in order. In order to achieve a date for inpatient treatment she needs to pay the past due rent, utilities, and car. I am working with her to raise her disability to 100% so she can become employable, getting in contact with the Women’s Vet Center, and peer support groups. TD Foundation was able to help with this request for $5,246.17.
Money Pit Home in Foreclosure. A 100% service-connected, post 9/11 combat veteran with a wife and 4 kids (12, 10, 8, &5). He and his wife had purchased their dream home and hoped it would be their forever home but it turned out that it was a money pit. He had come to us asking for help a year ago with their septic tank. They got that repaired then found out their HVAC system was going down and they had 2 units. Most recently they discovered the whole sewer line needs replacing which runs under the entire house. They are unable to afford the repairs and worry that the house is going to continue to have problems so they are letting the mortgage company go ahead and foreclose. TD Foundation supported this request by providing $2,745.
Preventing Homelessness for Single Mom. A post-9/11 Army single mother of 4, 80% disability from the VA, including PTSD. The mother was facing eviction and had gone to court to pay the money but the landlord would only accept the payment if she included the amount due for the next month. She needed $2.545 by the beginning of the month to avoid her and the children being homeless. TD Foundation quickly responded to keep the family in their home.
Rent for 5 kids. A post 9/11 combat veteran, with 100% service connection, he lives with his partner and their 5 kids (ages 7,6,5,1, and 3 months). Last summer he lost his job and fell behind on rent and his truck payment. He did start working in September and was working on catching up with all his payments. But then in March he lost his father and wanted to see him one last time so he flew across the country to see his father and helped his mother with funeral expenses. He is sustainable moving forward but has been trying to catch up so he has not been able to build his savings yet. TD Foundation provided $2,750 to help with the rent.
Mortgage for a Single Mom. A Post 9/11 Air Force with an 80% rating by the VA, a single mother of an 18-year-old girl still in high school. Her hardship happened when a garnishment was taken out of her pay for a debt that she had owed years ago. She had been working on getting all her bills taken care of, and even though she was not able to pay for the whole amount on her mortgage, she was making sure that she paid some. TD Foundation provided her with $3,182.55 to catch up with her mortgage.
Rent For a Single Mom. A single mother of 5 (between the ages of 15 and 3), 90% rated by the VA. She had unexpected car repairs that she needed to pay for to get to work and take her children places. Instead of paying rent she made the decision to repair the car to continue working. TD Foundation was able to assist in getting her rent current by paying $1,700.
