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Thanks Angelgirl...you're an Angel.

Thanks for the information. I woman at work is losing her home and being in not such great financial state myself I was wondering how I could help her some. I will pass on this information to her.

I'm glad I took another look at this one. I haven't been able to work for several years, and am retired on SS. But I finally found a doctor who has helped my health isues so much that I'm thinking about trying to go back to work. There were a couple of mentions of places seniors can go for possible support in going back to work. Just what I need.

every state has sites for help in that state, i can give you all the ones for wisconsin. and as for ssd, i have that now, and i found a lot of sites for help based on my illness.

here is one for milwaukee county.

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Another area where help can be needed is when there's an illness. When my husband had cancer treatment, he had to go 5 days/week for a month. There was the possibility that he'd have to stop work, and it would be weeks before any disability money came our way. At the time I worked 4 days/week, and we sure couldn't afford for me to be off. My boss was great, and I changed my hours 2 days, but the real saviors were those that helped the other 2 days. One day he got a ride home from the local seniors' group, and the other he got a ride from the cancer society. During that time he went to work with his regular ride in the am, took the bus (and later a taxi, when weaker) to the afternoon treatment, then 3 days I went and got him, 2 days the other rides. It was really stressful, but with a little help, we got through it without getting too far behind. Keep these wonderful resources in mind when there's a health problem.

Also, try a Goggle for "resources for the unemployed" ... it came up with what looks to be helpful links.