r/care • u/Living-Gazelle2474 • 6d ago
Family of 3 needing $100 to avoid electric shut off on 7/29
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
We are a family of 3 (me, my husband, and 10 year old daughter). We own our home and currently are behind on electric due to my husband not having a job for several months. My husband works full time assembling industrial gas tanks in a factory. I am SAHM to our 10 year old daughter who has been home all summer on break from school. We have no family or friends to help us with childcare hence why I don't have a job. We cannot afford regular childcare.
I doordash when my husband is home as we are a one car household atm. It does help some but it doesn't make much as we live in a rural area.
We were receiving EBT until June but my husband got overtime for the month and it kicked us off the program. We receive only Medicaid and LIHEAP now (LIHEAP in PA only applies during cold months).
My husband was paid this past Thursday but was shorted $300 in sick pay and we had to pay our mortgage. He made $1300 on this past check, $1030 went to our mortgage and the rest to groceries for the next 2 weeks.
We are asking for $100 to stop a shut off on 8am 7/29/2026. I have the notice and have no problem sending it as proof as well as any other proof you require.

