<div>Last year I was blessed to work with many dedicated union members of the San Antonio Teacher's Alliance which housed the great startup, Our Schools San Antonio. I spent one whole year fighting with parents and people in SAISD to keep our schools open. 15 schools are closing 2024, and it feels I've failed. My contract ended December 8, 2023, and since then I've been applying for unemployment and SNAP so I can finish job training to maintain the income I've moved into. This is the first year with a salary, most of my year the AGI never exceeded $15k. Last year I made $50k on paper, but net $38k due to deductions, paying my kids $780/month health insurance, and drained my savings when I had to move into a home and pay double rent for a month ($1500 deposit + 1500/month). I tried preparing as best I can for this moment, even having my withholdings be about 15% annually so I'd have some EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) . 
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<div>The needs for this year include finally replacing and repairing my vehicle, which survived a fire during the pandemic. Between broken engine mounts, a leak still over the area of the exhaust that started my fire in the first place, and my exhaust barely hanging on by weld and hangers. It's dangerous to drive and at the very least we need it to work and get around. We're also looking just to make it long enough to finish some job training and get back to employment. 
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<div>My family and I are doing the best we can, but we've hit this hiccup. SNAP/HHSC denied us benefits under the auspices it believes I still have income as of 1/18/2024 even though I've presented my approval for unemployment and showed my employment ended 12/8/2023. I've since also been unable to attain unemployment due to the question asking if I had adequate childcare during the holidays when even if I had been working, I would be on vacations. The state of Texas have black out times apparently for single parents who don't have childcare during holidays. Now that SAISD closed their schools, I'm looking at another week (month according to my claim) of no unemployment eligibility. 
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<div>We've been using all of our funds just to stay afloat but now our savings are tapped, I'm about to use my last $5k in my IRA, and just don't want to fail and be on these streets again. I'm doing all I can, I literally spent the beginning of January training in Javascript on Sololearn. I've been part of Discord and  Youtube community Fireship doing everything I can to be ready to work. 
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<div>Please consider helping me stabilize and transition into a new job. We're doing all we can in appeals and working with the state in getting things we paid into and are entitled but while we contest that, we're still having to live our day to day. Thank you so much for listening and considering help. 
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platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

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NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

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fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

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Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

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3DS payment method

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GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

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anyword

openai

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manual_entry

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userId

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npoProfileOptIn

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fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

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