I'm curious if I can share my venmo locally to see if I can get help with food and stuff. Chit bleak until Thursday payday.
I'm not familiar with venmo so I can't speak to that. I can however provide you with a website resource that can help with all sorts of benefits that you might qualify for. Its called benefitscheckup.org. Now it is more targeted for seniors but it can help anyone that meets the qualifications of the programs it promotes. It's basically a free service available to all 50 states. You start by entering your zip code and answering some basic questions that you would have to answer anyway if you went around and applied for this help directly. The more questions you can answer and answer accurately the more programs it will find for you. I would say that it probably more favors food programs but it can also provide links to cash assistance, rental assistance, prescription assistance (although not medical marijuana) education assistance, energy assistance, etc. What it will find depends on what is offered in your area and what you qualify for based on the questions you answered. It then returns a list of various programs and services in your zip code that you should qualify for, complete with links for either online applications if available or if not then addresses for where to apply in person. It will also tell you about local food banks, soup kitchens and Food Pantries. Which many tend to avoid because they're for the poorest of the poor and you don't always get the best or freshest foods there but it's a hell of a lot better then going hungry