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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
I agree that there's a huge piece of this story missing. Who was watching this single mom's kid when she was in Iraq?? If she was close enough with that person to trust them with her kid, could she not stay with that person until she got a job??
ETA: You can get a pre-paid cell for pretty cheap anymore. That would be my first step if I didn't have a phone # and was looking for a job. Hell, even a pager (do they still sell those??) where a potential employer could leave a message so you could call them back on a payphone. Something.
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Bases have family support services that can take care of your children while you are deployed, so her kid may have been staying at a boarding house while she was in Iraq. Also, we are living in a time where the economy is not so great, many people out of work, and more people are applying for the same jobs. Employers have the opportunity to be more selective with who they hire. Hell, I've had my credit history checked by employers before they hired me, so I can only imagine the difficulty trying to get a job in todays economy while not having a place to live. Homelessness carries quite a strong stigma with it that turns a lot of people off, especially employers.
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