Brittany With Bipolar Like Disability Seeks Housing Repair Grant Money
by Brittany
I am 23 years old and I have 2 beautiful children. Their names are Kylee and Destiny, age 3 and 2. I am currently in a relationship with their father Brad Anderson. I was born in Colorado Springs Colorado. I have lived in several states due to my father serving 23 years in the Army. I lived with my parents until the age of 12. I was put into foster care that year. My mother was very abusive and a friend of the family was sexually abusing me. I was admitted to 2 mental health hospitals in Missouri. I ran away from home and spent some time in a Juvenile treatment center in Kirksville Mo. There I was placed in several different foster homes and also placed back with my mother on several occasions. During this time I had been in a treatment center for youth called Butterfield Youth Services. I was placed back with my mother and we moved to Kansas where our family was because my father went overseas to Iraq in 2003. Later that year I was placed back in foster care for the same abusive behavior from my mother. I was in several different foster homes in Kansas. The first couple was not very good. Someone that my foster family thought was safe for me to be around sexually assaulted me. Another friend of the family. I was also in one where the foster mother was a drug addict and an alcoholic. I ran away. I had run from one before and got sent to Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility because I was very suicidal. The last time I was on the run for 6 weeks before getting caught. I was then placed in WaKeeney Juvenile Detention Center where I stayed for 6 months. I was then placed in my last foster home. I loved it there. Anne and Mike McGlocklin were my foster parents. I worked for her dad because he had a heart attack and Anne's mother Mary had Alzheimer and my duty was to take care of Mary and the house. I worked for them until May of 2006 and earned enough money to get my own place and my first car. I aged out of the foster care system and moved to Hays Kansas. I was supposed to attend college but found that I was really nervous. I was uneasy due to the fact that I earned my High School diploma through a Learning Center where I did not have to sit in a classroom. Therefore it was a very uncomfortable situation sitting around all those people. I panicked and I quit college. I met a man by the name of Russell Lell. We married in October 2006. He was really abusive and I left him 11 days after we married. I then moved to Norton Kansas, again with my mother. Then later I met Brad Anderson. We have 2 children together. Things haven't been the best here either. I have had two domestic charges due to my anger, one disorderly conduct. I have been in another mental hospital for suicidal idealizations and acts. I self admitted myself into Mary Lanning Memorial HealthCare in Hastings Nebraska in November of 2010. We separated for 2 months, then got back together and have been in counseling for the both of us. I filed for disability last year and got approved since April of 2010. I have been dealing with this since I was 11 years old, but I made too much in 2010 to qualify for being disabled that long. My disability is major depressive disorder, anxiety and anger. I am not sure what they classify that as, it prevents me from keeping jobs. I have had many as many as 12-15 a year. I am on Paxil, Valium and Risperdal for my disabilities. I am in counseling and it helps a little. Not as much as I would hope. Financially it is hard here. Brad does not work due to medical conditions. Our house needs repairs. Our children's bedroom is unfinished because we don't have the money to fix it. I have a 2002 PT Cruiser that I have only had for one year. It needs major repairs. Mechanics all say that it will be up to $3,000 to fix it. I don't have reliable transportation to get my children to their pediatrician, whose office is 90 minutes away. I don't have the money to pay for my medication most of the time. I had to get samples just to get me through a couple months. I also have medical bills over $5000 that I cannot pay. I do not have Medicaid. Medicaid said that I make too much to qualify. I am trying to get the Medicaid for needy families but am unable to meet my spend down which is over $1300. I get $736 for myself, $36 for Kylee and $36 for Destiny. I have my car payment to make among other bills. Our electric bill alone is $262 this month, which leaves me with $50 or less a month for whatever the kids need. I just don't have the money that I need to get things fixed or repair the house. I need help and don't know where else to get it. I have SSDI. I have talked to the churches and they can only give $200 a year. I have talked to family and they can't help me. I am looking for grants that can help me with all my financial needs.
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