Financial Blog
First time with FAFSA? Here are some quick tips to get you started
UPDATED FOR 2019 If, like so many single moms, you are the custodial parent of a child (under 24 years old) who’s soon heading for college, it's time to FAFSA. To get any cash for college – grants, work-study, scholarships, and federal loans – you have to fill out the...
How Single Moms can turn $1 into $30,168
It can be really hard for single moms to save money – let alone saving up $30,000. But saving $1 – that you can do. And that’s really all you need to do to end up with $30,000. Because you can turn that $1 into $30,000 without breaking a sweat, without depriving your...
Credit Card Calamity: How ONE Day Can Cost Single Moms so Much
I was one day late – literally one day – with my credit card payment. I’ve had the card for more than 10 years, and never been late before. But the last few weeks have been really crazy around here (sick mom and sick kid, plumbing disasters, etc.), and in all the...
Single Mom CPA Insurance Guide
Single moms, you need insurance – many kinds of insurance. Figuring out which types and how much coverage you need can be overwhelming, especially if you’ve never had to be in charge of this before. That leads so many single moms to stick just with what they get...
My Everything-Wrong-at-Once Week
Why Single Moms NEED emergency savings You already know part of my unfortunate last week (sick kid, sick me, hot water heater snafu). But that’s not where the “oh, no” ended. It’s so crazy, it almost sounds made up...but this all really happened. My son was still...