Modest Needs

I wish that your situation becomes easier. Good luck!

Joshua...that's such a good idea!! Thank you for posting that. I don't need it but I am sure there are many others especially with children that could use that service. I remember years ago when I was first divorced and living as a single mom with 2 small kids, money was very tight. There were several times I needed help like that and had no where to turn.I remember having to go to a friend or actually having my electric turned off more than once because I couldn't make the bill till payday.

Well, it took a month for my Modest Needs request to be funded, but they sent the email saying help is on the way! I am so happy to be caught up on our utilities again. We are doing much better financially after we got the payday loans out of the way, but this the Modest Needs grant is a relief to have!

Joshua, I am glad that your situation will be resolved. It was so smart of you not to get a PDL , thinking it would correct your problem. It is a very short term solution, with what seems like forever ramifications. Good for you seekig out a different way .

Hi Joshua. I am so thankful that you posted this. This is a great alternative to a pdl. :-)

Congrats Josh I was just thinking about you the other day. I am glad to here that things are looking brighter for you these days:)

ladybug

Hi Josh, glad to see you again!

I took your advice on Modest Needs and am waiting for funding now on repairs for my van. After I had the estimate done, thinking it needed maintenance items only (belts/hoses replaced, new tires, maybe brakes, tune up, etc.), I found out it needs much more major work (wheel cylinders, brakes, radiator replacement, etc.) and the total for everything is around $1700. So I had the estimate pared down to just the absolutely necessary things - the things that might cause the van to leave me on the side of the road one day soon - and got it just under $1000, so I could qualify for a grant from Modest Needs. All of my documents have been approved, I'm just waiting for funding now.

Josh, thank you so much for bringing this organization to our attention - it brings much-needed help to those who ACTUALLY need it. :D

Well good luck Sue I hope that you get your accounted funded quickly. :lol:

ladybug

thanks, Ladybug...I'll just have to do the other repairs (the other $700) in stages...a little here and a little there.

Tha's what we have to do with our cars, SueeBee. We fix the most desperate thing first, and go from there :lol: Good Luck, and I am glad yu are getting some relief!!..Karen

Good luck with your grant Suebee! I just wanted to provide another little update. I received the notification email from Modest Needs last Tuesday and got the check in the mail by Friday!!! So it does not take very long to reach you once you get the notification that your grant has been funded. I sent my check to the utility company on Monday and they got it this Wednesday, and I am so happy!

Thanks for the update, Josh! I'm still waiting - and I'm curious - did your qualification score bounce up and down all through the process before funding? Mine has been everywhere from a 6.0 to a 7.33, then back down and back up again. I'm really hoping it gets funded before my time runs out and I have to reapply again. When I applied, I was only doing it based on the maintenance the van needed, but then I found out it needed much more work than expected...but I can't change the application for the grant once it's submitted, so it still appears to be a kind of non-urgent need.

SueBee- is there any way to contact them, it seems like it's been a while since you applied, but I don't know how long it takes.

Can you maybe tell them your van was in alot worse shape than you thought, and now it is more an urgent need? Good Luck,let me know what happens!!..KAren :D

Yes, my score started at 9.0 from the first day, but as more votes and time went on it went from a 8 something but finally settled down to about 7.25 to 7.10 range for the last couple of weeks. It took me about a month for me to hear anything, so you may have to give it some time. Also, if you saved the first email from that states what documentation you need to send to them, there should be phone, fax number, contact name, and email address of your state's Modest Needs advocate that you could try to contact.

Thanks Karen & Josh - I did contact Modest Needs about a week ago and asked if I could insert a bit more information into my application indicating that the situation is not as "easy" as it first appeared, and is actually more urgent - they said I couldn't change anything about my application unless I cancelled it and completely re-applied. If I don't get funded by next Monday, I may do exactly that. I won't delay things any further than if I waited for the month's time to expire for funding and then had to re-apply anyway. (Apps are only valid for a month, then they expire and you have to reapply.)

I think I would do that too, Sue. This time, you canadd all the other stuff you didn't know about. It is an urgent need- you depend on this vehicle for transpotation to your job, for your boys, etc!! Let me know what happens..KAren :D

Yes, that is the best route for you to reapply and then you can add details about how urgent your situation has become. I've noticed that even though a lot of apps do get funded, they usually don't get funded the first time around.