Escaping an Abusive Relationship – with a twist (only $700 to get to safety)

Post 9/11 Army veteran, Barbara Shore was in the Army for 3 years and was honorably discharged. She also holds a disability rating.

She has 2 kids, they are 3 months old and almost 2 years old. Currently, Ms. Shore is in an emotionally and financially abusive relationship. Her partner has taken over access to her disability pay and will not allow her to pay for her car registration. She wants to leave and her father has asked her to come stay with him in Ohio, but he doesn't have the funds to assist her with her car's registration. Once she is able to get away, she can change over her direct deposit but if her car isn't registered, she will get pulled over and ticketed, and she doesn't want that because that's a larger expense.

$250

Now the TWIST (can ‘t make this up)… the next day she was in a car accident involving a deer. Her car, along with the car seats for her children, was towed. She was planning on leaving her abusive relationship today; she had managed to use the money you gave her to fix up her car and pay for the registration and then this happened. She has filed for child support from her boyfriend, and he will be served soon. If she is still in the home this could put her in a potentially dangerous situation. She has figured out her financial situation, and her next disability check will be deposited into a new account, so next week she will be able to get everything else figured out. Right now, her brother is willing to come pick her up and take her to meet her father halfway or help her with a hotel for the evening to get her out of the home. The problem that is presenting itself is that she now has no car seats and has used the money you gave her to get other things figured out for herself and her children. If she doesn't have car seats she cannot leave as her children are small and require car seats. There are resources that can assist with car seats; we understand that, but because of the urgency of the situation, we don't have time to utilize those. I am requesting another $450 for car seats. Please consider this request.