by Michele Cagan | Oct 20, 2022 | Get Help When You Need It, Making Ends Meet, Managing Debt
More than 40 million Americans struggle to pay off medical debt. It can affect everyone, including people with what they believe to be “good” health insurance. Healthcare costs have gone up at an alarming rate and health insurance covers only part of those costs,...
by Michele Cagan | Jun 22, 2021 | Building a Nest, Making Ends Meet, Protect Your Financial Future, Single Mom CPA
Your situation feels impossible: You need to earn extra money to take care of your family. But you feel stuck because you can’t afford to pay for more childcare. So many of us – single moms especially – find ourselves in exactly this position. We...
by Michele Cagan | May 8, 2020 | Get Help When You Need It, Making Ends Meet, Managing Debt, Single Mom CPA, You Need to Know This
What to do if your limit was lowered or your card was canceled When you’re stuck in a financial crisis situation, credit cards can give you some extra breathing room. That’s especially true if you’ve already burned through your emergency savings… slashed your budget...
by Michele Cagan | Apr 19, 2020 | Building a Nest, Get Help When You Need It, Kids and Money, Making Ends Meet, Managing Debt, Owning Your Own Business, Protect Your Financial Future, Single Mom CPA, You Need to Know This
When you’re a single parent, it doesn’t take much to knock you into a financial crisis. Sudden job loss… flooded basement… a sick or injured child… dozens of things can make you dip into and use up your emergency savings. And those financial setbacks can leave you...
by Michele Cagan | Dec 22, 2017 | Making Ends Meet, Managing Debt, Protect Your Financial Future, Single Mom CPA
As single moms, we face the highest student loan burdens. Our loans are bigger…our salaries are lower…our monthly budgets are tighter. According to Deeper in Debt by the American Academy of University Women, student loan debt has become a women’s issue as more of us...
by Michele Cagan | Dec 22, 2017 | Get Help When You Need It, Making Ends Meet, Managing Debt, Protect Your Financial Future, Single Mom CPA
If your student loan payment is squeezing your budget too hard, change it. On average, monthly student loan payments run about $350 a month – and that’s an expense many single moms really can’t afford on top of childcare costs and regular monthly bills. Unfortunately,...