I am 20 and I am a female. I am an unaccompanied youth. I have not lived with my parents since I was 18. I have lived in 4 different homes since I left my parents house. I live in the state of Georgia. I am having trouble finding homeless shelters for single young females in my state. Going back to my parents home is not an option and I am having trouble getting in to college a independent because I haven't lived in a shelter. Many of the financial aid counselors are ignorant when it comes to the rules of the law of who qualify as accompanied youth and the fact that they the counselors can qualify one as an accompanied youth through a financial aid assistant interview. I have not been able to go to college because my parents would not help me at all. They would not even cosign a loan. Financial aid expects that parents help their child with money. That's not always true. Anyway, I think if I go to a shelter, it would ease getting the independency status as a student. That is NOT the only reason I need to go to a homeless shelter. I am not living in a good environment and I wake up in this horrible place everyday. I live on the living room couch. Where I live is a house full of trashy people that have really ugly hearts. No one needs to answer this question saying well it's not that bad or have their say of my attitude they pick up from reading this. Nor say how these people I live with are nothing like the monsters I say they are because really no one knows unless they have seen what my eyes have seen. No one knows the emotional abuse I go through everyday just to have some shelter. The world beyond my home is a big maze to me, I have no idea how to get out. I easily get lost my first days in a new school. Having trouble finding a room number. That's how the world is to me. I need a homeless shelter.
Additional info, added Tuesday July 24 2012, 9:13 pm: Oh and I am scared to live in Atlanta.. Want to answer more questions in the Miscellaneous category? Maybe give some free advice about: Doesn't Fit Any Of These Categories? rayadvice answered Friday July 27 2012, 10:07 am: Listen to me, stay calm sweetheart . You have to make a decision what is right for you . Stay with friends or other family if possible . Trust me do Not give up on your search, you will get into a shelter or you can go through foster care until the age of 21 and apply for college . People are going to be rude and they are going to try to prevent you from going somewhere but its up to you whether you succeed or fail . Just remember them financial aid counselors always have someone over top of them and it is possible to get to them and report the person . I understand this whole situation and I've been through that i have but yet I've made decisions on what was best for me and i can tell you after analyzing the situation yourself and dealing with it the situation gets easier . Some parents will be ignorant and try to put you down and the fact that your parents are them parents makes it worse but hold on and NEVER let them get to you. There is nothing to be scared of in the real world just know that god is by your side always if it happens it is his plan . [ rayadvice's advice column | Ask rayadvice A Question ]
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