{"id":15477,"date":"2019-12-02T17:14:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T22:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crisisassistance.org\/?p=15477"},"modified":"2019-12-18T17:23:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T22:23:09","slug":"its-not-too-late-to-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crisisassistance.org\/2019\/12\/02\/its-not-too-late-to-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Not Too Late to Make a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crisisassistance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Donna-and-daughter-for-web-1024x897.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15478\" width=\"768\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crisisassistance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Donna-and-daughter-for-web-1024x897.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crisisassistance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Donna-and-daughter-for-web-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crisisassistance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Donna-and-daughter-for-web-768x672.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Women can become independent&#8230;believe in yourself.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Donna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donna wasn&#8217;t always so self-assured with the confidence to move forward and inspire other women to realize their potential. Just a few years ago, she found herself without a job and with a new baby, Aynsley, as her relationship fell apart. Left alone to support her family, Donna struggled to figure out how to make ends meet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She finally found a new job and was able to begin picking herself up emotionally and financially.  But when she made too much money to continue receiving daycare assistance, Donna was forced to make a difficult choice. Either pay the rent or pay for daycare &#8211; a decision no parent ever wants to make. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/crisisassistance.org\/community\">GIVE HOPE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After exhausting all of her possible resources, she and her young daughter found themselves at Crisis Assistance Ministry. 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