Meet our college moms
Meet our courageous moms! Single parenting is hard. Everything is up to them. They drop their children off at daycare or school, go to work, pick their children up, make dinner, help with homework, tuck them in to bed, to do it all again the next day and the next. Now they are adding school and homework!! 
Why? Because nearly half are working minimum-wage jobs and are unable to pay all the bills. Hope for Single Moms uses a “teach-a-woman-to-fish” approach. With a better paying job, single moms can provide well for their children. With better food, children will grow better physically and do better academically. See graphs about poverty’s effects on children.
We plan on working with these families a minimum of two years. This includes helping them transition into the workforce.
Hope for Single Moms has two single moms on their student parent journeys. Jasmine is working on growing her business. We have two additional women preparing a firm foundation in order to go back to school.
These women and their families need YOU to invest your time and resources to go back to school. By doing so you fight poverty and childhood hunger in single mom families.
Become part of one of our single mom success stories!
MEET OUR CURRENT STUDENT PARENTS
Consider joining a mom team as a monthly donor. Consistent monthly donations ensure our families’ basic needs are met while on the student parent journey with Hope for Single Moms. Your investment in a family stops the long-term negative effects of poverty on children.
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NEKIA plus Aily, 10.
Nekia and her daughter, Aily, recently moved back to MI from TX. They joined Hope for Single Moms in August, 2024, just in time for the Fall, 2024 semester.
OPPORTUNITY: Nekia is attending GRCC to get her pre-requisites done. She then wants to transfer to GVSU for her Bachelor’s in Business Administration.
THE BARRIERS:
Kia had some past due bills, a need for a laptop and school clothes, as well as school supplies for her daughter. BARRIERS REMOVED. Thank you donors!!
She continues to work two part-time jobs while going to school full-time.
THE NEED: Assistance with basic needs for her and her daughter.
- $100 per month for groceries.
- $100 per month gas for her commute.
- 50 per month for clothes.
Join her team.
TIANNA with Aurora
Tianna joined Hope for Single Moms in November, 2024. She’s been taking classes at GRCC and working towards her marketing degree part-time.
OPPORTUNITY:
To go to GRCC full time and complete her degree quickly to get into the workforce.
THE BARRIERS:
Tianna recently moved into an apartment she is sharing with another single mom, to save rent money. However, she needed help with move-in costs.
Thanks to our donors, HSM was able to help.
THE NEED:
- $200 per month for gas
- $100 per month for groceries
- $200 per month for rent
SASHA with Luca
Sasha and Luca recently moved to Wayland from Kalamazoo. She is looking forward to moving on with her life and providing for herself and Luca.
OPPORTUNITY:
To go into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program at GRCC.
THE BARRIERS:
As she’s trying to navigate her new life as a single mom and provide for her son, paying for their basic needs is a problem.
Sasha had two months of rent that needed to be paid. Thanks to you, our faithful donors, HSM was able to take care of that.
THE NEED:
- $200 per month for gas
- $100 per month for groceries
- $200 per month for rent