Immigrant Mother Of Disabled Bipolar Daughter Asks Key Questions About Government Grants

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Immigrant Mother Of Disabled Bipolar Daughter Asks Key Questions About Government Grants

by Anonymous
(NJ, USA)

Before I tell my whole story I would like to ask these questions:

1) Will you eventually ask for money in advance? For example, after I write my story will you then tell me that I am just one step away from getting millions, and the only thing I need to do is to send you $20 or $500? If this is the case, please tell me now!!!

2) How much could someone ask for? For example, is it realistic to hope that I can get money to buy an apartment for my disabled daughter? I cannot imagine what would happen to her after my death. She suffers from sever bipolar depression. Sometimes she's able to work, sometimes not.

3) Please explain how it works. Will each case be considered individually? Will you find a special program for each case?

It doesn't sound realistic since there are millions of disabled people with no place to live in case their relatives die. Please do not tell me about affordable housing since it involves many years of waiting.

Plus, it's only for totally disabled people, because once you get better and are able to work, you will lose your line since your income is bigger that allowed.

But later, if you are disabled again, you will have lost your chance to get an apartment you were waiting so long for.

People having serious depression should have security (backups). Not every family is rich enough to buy an apartment for their loved one.

We are a first generation of immigrants. We came to America as refugees and are now US citizens.

I could write a lot! But first, please help me believe that it's possible to get a government grant, one that's substantial enough to really change our life. Thank you!

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Answering Your Questions
by: Don from Accessible.Org

1) You asked, "Will you eventually ask for money in advance?" No, no, no!!! The mission of this page at Accessible.Org is to help those in need get their story seen and heard. This is explained in detail on the page you reach when you click on the "Get Help!" button on the menu to the left.

2) You asked, "How much could someone ask for?" The amount of money you can get from a granting agency depends on the mission of the agency and its rules. Every agency has its own unique mission and rules.

3) You asked, "How does it work?" If you mean, "How do I go about getting a grant?" the answer is to first go to grants.gov, which is the central point for all federal government grants. Each case is considered on an individual basis.

Note that getting a grant is not so easy. It involves quite a bit of work finding the right agency to ask and then more work submitting an application.

Getting your story in writing here is a first and important step because no matter what kind of grant you try for, you have to put your story in writing.

At no cost, we read and polish up every single story submitted. We then encourage you to use the edited story as you see fit, for example, sending it to the White House.

It may not seem like much for someone in financial ruin and needing money right away, but we're doing what we can with what we have.:)

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1) You asked, "Will you eventually ask for money in advance?" No, no, no!!! The mission of this page at Accessible.Org is to help those in need get their story seen and heard. This is explained in detail on the page you reach when you click on the "Get Help!" button on the menu to the left. 2) You asked, "How much could someone ask for?" The amount of money you can get from a granting agency depends on the mission of the agency and its rules. Every agency has its own unique mission and rules. 3) You asked, "How does it work?" If you mean, "How do I go about getting a grant?" the answer is to first go to grants.gov, which is the central point for all federal government grants. Each case is considered on an individual basis. Note that getting a grant is not so easy. It involves quite a bit of work finding the right agency to ask and then more work submitting an application. Getting your story in writing here is a first and important step because no matter what kind of grant you try for, you have to put your story in writing. At no cost, we read and polish up every single story submitted. We then encourage you to use the edited story as you see fit, for example, sending it to the White House. It may not seem like much for someone in financial ruin and needing money right away, but we're doing what we can with what we have.:)

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Bipolar Disorder Help!
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I am the mother of a bipolar adopted daughter. I am a United States Citizen and also a disabled nurse. It took me three years with the pathology to get my disability. It was heart wrenching. In 2004 after bringing my daughter to see different psychologists, who never said bring her to a psychiatrist, and three months before she overdosed on pain meds and muscle relaxants, I had sent her via ambulance to the local hospital.

She was 20 years old and I begged them to evaluate her. One month after my mother's death, I had let her come home, as she had been living with her boyfriend at his mother's trailer. I got up to call my only living sister and could not find my cordless phone. I knocked on her door and there was no answer. I found her unconscious, with barely a pulse and in respiratory arrest.

My husband is deaf, so I had to physically go get him. This is her stepfather, her adoptive father. I divorced when she was 13. I feel he caused her much grief and exacerbated her depression. I immediately got her to the floor and started rescue breathing. I had my husband hand me the phone and called 911.

We nearly lost her. She was in ICU for a total of 10 days, six of them on the ventilator. The consulting psychiatrist said she was not to be discharged at all. She was to be pec'ed, which means Physician's Emergency Committal to a Psychiatric Hospital for further diagnoses.

She talked the internal medicine doctor into discharging her and I got a call at 10 pm. The pulmonologist told me she would be dead in front of her in 72 hours, mainly because of third-degree burns on her lungs, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and subcutaneous emphysema due to the perforation of her trachea. She also had a central line for medications, as her veins were poor.

I feel so very bad for you. They constantly have ads on TV if you cannot afford your medicine. Montel Williams sponsored it for a long time. Check online. I say this to you because prior to my daughter getting her disability her meds were costing me over $500 a month. You also might want to try Canada they were cheaper there.

Is your daughter a citizen of the United States? I mention this because it was asked for on every paper I filled out on my daughter's behalf from May to whenever. By that November she got her disability. She is now well controlled on Topamax and Wellbutrin.

She is also the mother of twins and is an excellent mother. The babies are now near two ears old. Her father helps her out by renting her one of his. God does not sleep. That is another whole story. Well good luck! I know how difficult it is. I hope I helped you with some insight. God Bless.

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I am the mother of a bipolar adopted daughter. I am a United States Citizen and also a disabled nurse. It took me three years with the pathology to get my disability. It was heart wrenching. In 2004 after bringing my daughter to see different psychologists, who never said bring her to a psychiatrist, and three months before she overdosed on pain meds and muscle relaxants, I had sent her via ambulance to the local hospital. She was 20 years old and I begged them to evaluate her. One month after my mother's death, I had let her come home, as she had been living with her boyfriend at his mother's trailer. I got up to call my only living sister and could not find my cordless phone. I knocked on her door and there was no answer. I found her unconscious, with barely a pulse and in respiratory arrest. My husband is deaf, so I had to physically go get him. This is her stepfather, her adoptive father. I divorced when she was 13. I feel he caused her much grief and exacerbated her depression. I immediately got her to the floor and started rescue breathing. I had my husband hand me the phone and called 911. We nearly lost her. She was in ICU for a total of 10 days, six of them on the ventilator. The consulting psychiatrist said she was not to be discharged at all. She was to be pec'ed, which means Physician's Emergency Committal to a Psychiatric Hospital for further diagnoses. She talked the internal medicine doctor into discharging her and I got a call at 10 pm. The pulmonologist told me she would be dead in front of her in 72 hours, mainly because of third-degree burns on her lungs, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and subcutaneous emphysema due to the perforation of her trachea. She also had a central line for medications, as her veins were poor. I feel so very bad for you. They constantly have ads on TV if you cannot afford your medicine. Montel Williams sponsored it for a long time. Check online. I say this to you because prior to my daughter getting her disability her meds were costing me over $500 a month. You also might want to try Canada they were cheaper there. Is your daughter a citizen of the United States? I mention this because it was asked for on every paper I filled out on my daughter's behalf from May to whenever. By that November she got her disability. She is now well controlled on Topamax and Wellbutrin. She is also the mother of twins and is an excellent mother. The babies are now near two ears old. Her father helps her out by renting her one of his. God does not sleep. That is another whole story. Well good luck! I know how difficult it is. I hope I helped you with some insight. God Bless.

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