help Ashley and her babies

Here's the situation, my friend Ashley emigrated from Canada to Florida when she fell in love with the man who would very quickly become abusive In different ways towards her and eventually even her young children. After years of compulsive infidelity, which she found out about at 8 months pregnant with their second child, the narcissistic and abusive behavior became too much for her to make excuses for. There were a few dangerous incidents that took place which created an unsafe environment for herself and her children at which point she got the courage to finally end the toxicity and break the cycle.

Ashley has now been taking care of her children on her own, and has full custody of her children with few friends and no family close by for support. The people who offered to "help" her completely vanished when things went south with her husband. The money he would put in her account for bills was cut off, he had full financial control and all access to money that was used to support the children. She's spent her last money on baby supplies. Ashley has two children, one who's two and one who's five months and she needs our help in order to put food on the table for them and to pay for necessary medication for her 2 year old. She's received a few very much appreciated donations from a local church but will soon run out of essentials to care for her children as the court date during which support will be decided has been pushed back for a couple of weeks leaving her with nothing financially. Since she is not divorced yet she does not qualify for certain programs that would help with food. She needs milk and diapers and groceries, as well as money for bills to keep the lights on for her children.


Eventually she will need to move as well so everything we can help her with with allow her to create a new sense of stability for her babies. She just  needs enough to get by for basic essentials but anything else will also help her restart her life away from the abuse. I know Ashley well and I know it's hard for her to accept help because she's fiercely independent and can handle herself so she never likes to put that responsibility on others. She doesn't have family nearby and the in laws are radio silent, anything will help, even so she can pay for childcare  while she goes to work. Let's help a woman in need out of the emotional abuse cycle and get her on her feet so she can become a better woman and raise her boys to be men on her own with a strong single mother as an example.