CalFresh can suck my non-existent balls!

[simplyn2deep]

THEY CANCELED MY CALFRESH!

Why? because they said I never provided proof of self-employment!

How am I self-employed? I try and am failing miserably, to sell Color Street. I was a good citizen and reported this because they said if there is a change in income, it needs to be reported.

well, report it I did...and this is what happens!

I told my caseworker that I don't get a w-2 as an independent stylist/contractor/whatever with this company, but I have access to the payment portal that keeps track of commissions I make.

Which...that a joke. In October I made less than $80 in commission. The most I made was back in June when I made like $220. In these 21 days of November, I've made ZERO! I haven't sold a damn set of color strips to anyone. I've given away probably $100 worth of sets to get people interested in hopes of wanting to buy themselves, but no dice.

When I get to April of next year, I'm probably going to sell off everything that I have and be done with it.

But in the meantime, I need to get my fucking CalFresh back so I can eat! the fucking state should have suspended discontinuing people's benefits because of everything that's going on right now.

Sure, I get money from IHSS, but that's like $687 a month. My cellphone is $200, the storage unit is $300. That leaves me with about $187 for groceries. My fridge can only hold about a week's worth of groceries so I'm shopping, online because of the pandemic, yo!, weekly. That's $46.75 a week. Less than $50 a week to get groceries! And now that I have to change my eating habits because I might be diabetic, it's going to be so freaking hard to get what I need!

Anyway, I filed an appeal online, probably several times because I don't know if the damn thing went through! When I clicked create/submit, I got a blank screen. I waited for about 20 mins and it remained. I refreshed and it asked if I wanted to submit again. okay, sure...but still a blank screen! UGH! Also, there was no email confirmation!

I have to call on Monday and hope they aren't super busy.

Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I will keep good thoughts for you on Monday.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm not looking forward to being on hold or playing phone tag.

The lady I care for has her own EBT and can cover her food for the month, but my diet will likely be changing soon and I don't want to take away from her or have to go without myself because I don't have enough money to cover my food.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. Good luck! *hugs*

[theskyyends.livejournal.com]

dude dan and i spend that much like 2-3 times a week at the store

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Between Kim's $204 and my $194, we were making it work with amazon prime. Sometimes towards the end of the month it would get tight, and we'd maybe have pizza twice a week, but there was always food.

Now we have to be on Kim's money so no more sweet treats or special meals because $51 a week will be our budget

[theskyyends.livejournal.com]

that's so ridiculous but i feel you, dude wheni was completely unemployed and technically homeless (i was at my parents house for a month back then if you remember that mess)cal fresh offered me 97 dollars a month to spend on food. i was stunned it was so low and never finished the process because I started working almost as soon as I got back home, but to expect any single woman to survive on 97 dollars for 30 days is abusive and stupid. ugh. im sorry.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

97?! That's ridiculous and virtually impossible! I'm sure there are people who would make it work, but at what cost?!