Help This Family Afford Braces for Smiles

Hello everyone who takes the time to read this. I am a mom of three, two of whom need braces that insurance will not help cover. All three of babies are smart, funny, kind, and loving children that face their own set of struggles I’m helping them overcome. Due their individual struggles I have had to cut back my work hours to be 100% available for them outside school hours. I juggle four self employed jobs during school hours just to barely get by. I am looking for a way to fit a 5th job in. I wake up at 4am every day to do work I can from home as well as school work as I’m currently obtaining my bachelors degree to create opportunity to obtain a higher paying job where I can still be there for my kids. I am just over the limits of receiving any type of assistance as well through the nonprofits for help with braces.

I haven’t ever asked for help for myself and family before. I try to do the right things, I donate to others, I’ve bought people in need groceries, I’ve helped people get housing, and I’ve created gofundme pages for others. I feel bad asking for help as I know there are others that struggle more all over the world. I am not expecting any donations because I know there’s others in such greater need but I have to at least try to see if I can get some of this financial worry off.

The total cost of the braces for both of them is going to be somewhere in the vicinity of $10,400 but there’s payment plans each month for $168 per child. That will be difficult to find the extra money each month but I’m working on figuring that out. $1500 is the deposit, $750 per child. I am trying to come up with it for 1/8/25 which is the date scheduled for them to have braces put on. My son’s dad is also seeing if he can get the $750 for the deposit for my son. I know times are hard for everyone right now but if anyone can help at all, I would appreciate it more than I can ever say. All I want in life is to raise kind and confident children who can take this world on with a smile.