Is your daughter getting child support from the father of the children? If not, why? Are you eligible for government assistance? Look into it. Your daughter is old enough to take care of herself and her children, is she eligible for WIC, TANF, HUD, Section 8, Medicaid for herself and her children? Does she work? If not, why? She needs to grow up and accept her responsibilities. It cannot just fall on you.

She is getting a whopping $14.90/wk support, she is getting WIC and is on Medicade. She's gone to SS and told she basically can get no other hope, they feel it's up to me her parent regardless of my own situation. I'm not sure where else to turn not familiar with TANF,HUD, section * says they have a two yr waite. I won't make two years.

I understand your stress. I was a teenage mother as well. The only differences between myself and your daughter is that I am happily married to the father of my children and that at the time I became pregnant (17), I had a good paying job and was already enrolled in some college courses. I will tell you this, it was her decision to have sex. Part of that decision is accepting the risks and consequences. It was not your decision. She did a grown up thing. And now she is a grown woman. It is no longer your job to support her financially. TANF is temporary assistance for needy families, HUD is Housing Under Development, kind of like section 8. SS will not help her, SSI (supplemental security income, not social security) is for disabled or mentally ill persons. She needs to suck it up and get a job. She needs to go back to court and get the proper amount of child support. She should go to the local Department of Human Resources or Department of Health and Human Services. They can help a lot. You can look in the blue pages of the phone book for the phone number of an office near you. It is NOT up to you to take care of HER and HER family financially. It is her responsibility. No one else's. I think you did just awesome supporting her financially this long. But now it is her turn.

No I meant DSS, she went down there and they intimadated her and had her crying and told her they wouldn't give her any support. Told her to go back to school and get a job with benefits, as if that is so easy with soon to be two babies. I wish there was someone that could help lead her through all of it. They wouldn't let me be there with her.