I really dont know what to do about school or work.
I was doing both, a buncha times..heh but havent managed to stick with anything.
I dont know what it is, I feel so empty inside.
All of my friends are either done college or almost done college....or some even still in highschool. But theyre DOING things with their life....and I'm not.
I feel like I'm going through yet another teenage phaze..lol eventho im 21. But I had to grow up so fast....and eventho I did alot of partying and wild times and stuff like that, I feel like Im just not done yet.
I dont want to settle down. (to a certain extent, i do...but im not talking about drinking every night and doing hard drugs or anything like that) I'm over alot of things, and have changed ALOT. But I still just cant get serious about my future.
I have honestly noooooooooo idea whatsoever what I wanna do or who I wanna be. I cant decide. And it has already been 21 years of me trying to figure out who I am inside..lol :S I'm just gettin nowhere....
Anyways, Im pretty much just rambling now. But my point was, that I'm all alone in taking care of my son during the days and most nights...I have no income except for my baby bonus every month....and I cant go on welfare (for other reasons).
Lets say that I did decide to go back to school (most likely an adult school to get my highschool diploma), am I even still able to get subsidy with pretty much no income at all? I know I am definately going to need daycare for my son......
We all know how much baby bonus is, and as much as it helps out....it definately doesnt pay any bills....or ALL the bills in my case :S
I dunno....I'm pretty much clueless when it comes to all of this stuff. This is my first kid...
Anyone live in Ontario that would possibly know this?
hmm i live in BC, and my only income right now is my child tax credit which i think is the same as the baby bonus that you mentioned? i am going to school and not working right now because im making things work fine for now and i dont really need the money or have the time. My son doesnt go to daycare, but i know in this province the gov. will substadize alot of your daycare for people with low/no income. BC just started this new thing too where they send everyone an extra $100 towards daycare every month even though idont use mine for daycare, but im not sure if that goes for ontario too? You should go to your local government office and find out everything that you might qualify for. I live with my parents and we just recently found out that theres a tax credit called "child living with relative" that we now get and its an extra $255 dollars a month. My mom keeps that because it makes up for the days she takes off work to watch my son while i go to school. Its defnately worth looking into what the Ontario government has to offer. good luck with everything.
I'm not sure - I know how you feel. Sorry, I am going to post (even though I'm not in BC) ... I'm 24 and still in school. I probably won't be done until I'm 26 or 27 and I will only have my Bachelor's Degree and I have no intentions on stopping after that - I want to go into a couple of other things ... like this will probably be my Bachelor's in Art and I want to go into nursing and women's studies.
I have my associates in graphic design, but it hasn't been working out - just been doing freelance stuff.
And dude, I so feel like I am a teenager still, sometimes AND feel like I am 40 ... I think it'll always be like this. Eh ... I hope you figure out things.
In Ontario, you should be getting your Child Tax credit with the NCBS supplement on it as well as the $100 Childcare credit. If you aren't getting all of those, you should call the CCTB office to get it straightened out. Also, if you worked at all last year, you may be eligible for the Ontario Childcare Supplement For Working Families. And if you worked at all this year, you may be eligible for it next year. You have to apply for that separately, but the people at CCTB would know how to go about that. It also comes on a separate cheque. You should also get a GST supplement every 3 months, are you getting that?
You should be able to get subsidized daycare without any income to complete your grade 12. If you have no income, it would probably be fully subsidized. I haven't lived in ON for 2 years, but when I did my SO and I both stayed home, I was waiting for my EI for mat leave to kick in and we had no income. We were able to get a full childcare subsidy for our son to attend a daycare for developmental issues. Things may have changed since I've been there, though. I think the childcare subsidy in Ontario is different from one region to another. But any I've found say you are eligible if you are working or attending school.
If you don't mind me asking, why aren't you able to collect welfare? There aren't too many reasons that a parent with a young child are able to be denied assistance.
I do receive the Child Tax Credit which is 266.66 a month, plus I get that universal child care thingy for 100 bucks. But thats obviously still not enough to pay for everything.
I tried to go on welfare but they were forcing child support from BD, which he will not pay......he said if he has to pay child support he will fight for custody, which is a whole other BAD issue on its own. I DONT want that.
PLUS, i got denied for legal aid anyway.
So ya...thats why I cant get welfare.
Wow, another person from Ontario! (Sorry, I'm new). That's awesome.
Is it possible for you to tell welfare that you don't know where he is? The BD, I mean. My best friend was receiving welfare benefits here in Ontario, and she was not forced to pursue child support from her deadbeat BD. She just told them she had no idea where he was, which wasn't exactly true, but he didn't have a (legal) income anyway, so there wasn't much point. What she did was start out with full benefits- then, once she started looking for work, they gave her a full part-time subsidy. So she paid nothing. She started working at a coffee shop (just above minimum wage) and was still able to have her wages topped up by welfare, plus she had a full subsidy. So no daycare costs!
After about 6 months of working, she decided to enroll in college. She had dropped out of high school in grade 10, so she had to get her GED first. Once she had it and had enrolled in college, she did lose her welfare benefits and took out student loans. Her daycare was still fully subsidized though. Her loans were about $9, 000 for each semester. She took in a roommate, a single girl, to help with the rent and bills. Three years later, she has graduated and is working her first full-time job in her new career. It was hard, but she did it!
Anyhow, the child support thing just doesn't seem right! I know that when I received welfare in Nova Scotia, they didn't make me pursue child support. Not that BD would've paid anyway! :twisted: I'm just wondering if you could fight that...?
well when i tried to go on welfare last time, i gave them all of BD's information....his name, address, phone number..lol EVERYTHING.
but when i found out there was no way around the child support thing, i didnt go back.
I dont know if they would still have the information on him, if they do....then i guess im screwed, but if they dont...i will tell them I dont know where he is. But he is on the birth certificate so ya i dunno