Just another single mom

Hello all those within the aidpage world.  I originally started this website with hopes of getting help for Christmas.  Christmas went great.  I did not receive any help but managed to come up with some ideas of my own, which included working heavy hours at my second job to help. 

 My children are all teenagers 14, 16, and 17.   At the time of our unexpected abandonment by their father my children were 6, 8 and 9.  It has been a very long, hard road.  The courts are very challenging and expensive when it comes to collecting child support.  To my surprise I was informed that temporary assistance was not an option since the child support that I do not get is considered income since it is court ordered.  Therefore, according to the state, I make too much money.  Would'nt that be nice.....This is a very messed up system.  But, I can hold my head up high knowing that I managed to keep a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs.  We are definitely not living on easy street.  Teenagers are much more expensive.  Once they are legal to drive the insurance for an auto triples.   I am now going to school full time as well as working 2 jobs.  This can be challenging but it works.  Any extras are always a blessing. 

I would like to take steps to change the way that the help is processed within my state anyway.  I am assuming they are the same all over.  If anyone has any ideas please respond.  Our kids deserve the right to a happy life with all the things they deserve and would have with two responsible parents.