In-Kind Support

Question: what can i do to get child support for my son? my son is 4 yrs old and he used to live with his father's parents and now he is with me. His father doesn't want to give support either financially or in kind. Is there a way that i could get support from him? He has a regular job and so do I but I have two children and a sick father to support.

Answer: first get yourself a lawyer and show proof that these are his kids. Once that is done, take his but to court. If the court find he is the father he will be ordered to pay support. Once yordered, the money can be withdrawn from his paycheck (safest way to guarantee you will get it) and sent to you. The judge can even hold him responsible for back support if he was not in the picture when the kids were born and he knew they were hid kids. It's always best to have an attorney help you thgouh this process, you might even get more out of him than you though.

Question: If you know the charity to support the orphans and poor? Do you know the charity who support in developing countries? New Shrine http://www.newshrinefoundation.org is supporting poor and orphans on education and we are looking for fund. We found - pencil project Do you know charity or non-profit who provide the fund or in-kind for developing countries

Answer: try this... http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/300/320/324/324.2/hizballah/emdad/index.html

Question: where can i get funding for my 501c3 youth program? I am VP of a 501c3, non-profit organization, in Wilmington, NC. We have been in existence since 2006, but we are not getting funded. We have received some in-kind support, but monetarily, we are suffering. Can anyone suggest where we can go for help. We are House of Champions Boxing Academy, Inc. and the at-risk youth in the community really need us and the program that we offer. If anyone has any suggestions or are willing to be an angel investor for our organization, please respond to this message. Thank you.

Answer: The way we all do. Apply for grants and hold fundraisers. The State only contributes 1500 a year and it takes 130k to run our programs.

Question: a company makiing a differents,,,,petro canada....do you support this? Petro-Canada to Sponsor Project Homeless Connect for 2009 11:57 AM ET, February 5, 2009 CALGARY, ALBERTA, Feb 5, 2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Hundreds of homeless or near-homeless Calgarians will receive needed support through Project Homeless Connect (PHC) in 2009 due to the financial and in-kind support of Petro-Canada. "Petro-Canada is pleased to be able to help Project Homeless Connect," said Ron Brenneman, Petro-Canada's president and chief executive officer. "This is a practical and immediate way to help the growing number of homeless in Calgary." PHC is a one-day event, to be held four times in 2009, where homeless or near-homeless individuals and families are provided with many services in one location. On-site access to materials and services include: medical treatment, counseling, housing, new identification documents, income support, employment and education opportunities. In addition, hair-cuts, meals, clothing and comfort kits containing personal items are provided. "We are thrilled to have Petro-Canada's support for Project Homeless Connect," said Tim Richter, President and CEO of the Calgary Homeless Foundation. "With Petro-Canada's investment, as well as their direct participation in staging the four editions of PHC in 2009, the Homeless Foundation has a strong partner in helping provide much needed resources and supports to homeless and near-homeless Calgarians." PHC events for 2009 will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Petro-Canada Centre, 150 - 6th Avenue SW, Calgary, on February 28, May 23, September 19 and November 23. Project Homeless Connect (PHC) in Calgary The Calgary Homeless Foundation organized and hosted Calgary's first PHC on April 26, 2008, serving 650 people. The next two PHC events saw a steady increase in participants, with 1,038 people served in the most recent event on November 22, 2009. PHC is an initiative from Calgary's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness and is based on a model used in more than 170 communities in Canada, Australia and the United States. Petro-Canada Petro-Canada is one of Canada's largest oil and gas companies, operating in both the upstream and the downstream sectors of the industry in Canada and internationally. The Company creates value by responsibly developing energy resources and providing world class petroleum products and services. Petro-Canada is proud to be a National Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Petro-Canada's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol PCA and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol PCZ. Calgary Homeless Foundation The Calgary Homeless Foundation leads the implementation of Calgary's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness. Issued in January 2008, Calgary's 10 Year Plan was created by the Calgary Committee to End Homelessness, a community-based, multi-stakeholder, leadership group, who issued the Plan and selected the Foundation to implement the Plan. The Foundation is moving forward on Calgary's 10 Year Plan in partnership with the many homeless serving agencies, the private sector, our government partners, the faith community, other foundations and all Calgarians to end homelessness in Calgary once and for all

Answer: Sounds good to me

Question: Would You Support Nuclear Retaliation on North Korea? If the DPRK attacks its neighbor, Japan, or the United States with a nuclear weapon, would you (Americans) support a retalitation in kind? It's long been the policy of the United States to respond in kind, but would the American public support it if Seoul, Tokyo, or Honolulu were hit with such a weapon?

Answer: Definitely. If North Korea uses a weapon in that way it should become an example to every would be rouge state in the world. Every strong man trying to control his own people and impress his will on the rest of the world wants to develop his own variant of a half century old bomb. We have a lot more and one American nuclear missile sub could take out most of North Korea. I would use one. And say to Iran, next?

Question: Getting the ex to pay child support?? My ex (she left me and the kids after 12 yrs of matrimony) owes me back child support. I know times are rough for her financially and have tried several times to keep the peace (ex. part of the money she pays, I send back with the kids) but I still find myself arguing with her and having to stay on her to pay what was ordered. Recently, I forgave about 3 weeks worth of support and, in kind she do me a favor or two to repay me (simple stuff like picking the kids up for me so I can go workout or taking them out for an extra day on one of my weekends). She became irate and, long story short, felt she was hoodwinked into signing an unfair decree. She made it clear that what support I get from her should be enough because I make more than her. I really don't want to report her to the court or the authorities but the kids need both of our support. Any ideas on making the situation better?

Answer: Get over it. If you make enough money to support the kids and she's paying you what she can, just deal. Most parents don't pay ANY of their child support and court would cost you alot of money.

Question: Who pays for the fighter escorts and other associated expenses in case an airliner has to be escorted down? Recently a Northwest Airlines DC-10 was escorted down to the Schiphol airport. I am not sure if this is right, but I seem to have read somewhere that the pilot of the plane requested an escort. When offered other emergency support such as fire engines, he declined it. Who pays for the money spent on scrambling the fighers and other associated expenses in such cases? Does NW Airlines have to shell it out, or does the US government pay for it, or does it work on the principle of reciprocity (i.e. if the Dutch airlines/government ever needs help, US will respond in kind)? Or is such support covered under the NATO treaty, even for civilian airlines?

Answer: First off, I have no clue why a moron would bother to answer a question... any question, with; "dunno"... OK, now to the question... One would think that the Airforce would tack it up as a training mission, since pilots have to get their practice in, but somehow they bill it to the federal govt... which (in either case) is still paid for by the tax payers... the difference to the Airforce is that their operating budget is not affected, and they can continue to go along with their planned training/operating schedule.

Question: what improve unicef to support bangala to to briging ford the to world? to me when mass support from unicef to bangladish hope that will be greatefully to global limit support to religious kind mary would struggly for lovely masking helth joyfully cheers and good luck to that issue hope yahoo hand in kind hit jason protect

Answer: UNICEF will be of little help to change the Islamic mind set of the Bangladeshi Muslims.

Question: Y do courts count military "in kind" benefits as $ 4 child spprt, but not those of new spouse (house, util,)? My husband is in the AF. One of his kids live with us, the other with his mom. We send her child support every month because her current spouses income does not/cannot be used to compute child support. As a military member, housing, and other things are provided by the government. But, she also receives these kinds of things from her current spouse. Her house, car, food, utilities, spending money, medical, etc. are provided to her by someone else. How come her "in kind" benefits aren't counted as income for her like they are for the military member when computing child support amounts? Why does it matter where the "in kind" benefits are coming from?

Answer: I can't figure out why he has to pay support if each parent is raising a child. Is there anyway he can fight this in court. He is providing equal care for a child and she is providing equal care for a child. There should be no support at all in this case.

Question: Deducting spousal maintenance "in-kind"....is this possible? Here's the deal. I was paying $1200/monthly in alimony. Then, b/c my ex can't come up with the $500 in child support, the Court ordered me to reduce my alimony by $500, making it $700/monthly. So, as I see it, I should still claim 1200 as expense and declare the 500 as income. Or do I just claim the 700 as expense, since I have received no actual check from her in child support? (Actually, I would like to claim the 1200 as alimony, but my checks only show 700.). What do I do? If you are a tax consultant, I would be happy to compensate you and discuss this over the phone. But I am happy to hear from anyone!

Answer: Well, that's a moot point, since child support payment are not "income", and don't appear on your tax return. So you just deduct the alimony that you actually paid.

Question: Do you think politicians should not accept money from Industry? I think health care reform should have the Public Option included. Most Americans and about half of all republicans actually support the public option, but the republican politicians oppose it because of the insurance industry's money that keeps their political futures alive! It is sad that these politicians are so selfish and focused on themselves that they would neglect their constituency and passing good legislation for personal gain. This is the central point of my commentary. The real breakdown in American politics today is the relationship between industry and politics. My feeling is that it should be illegal for politicians to accept any money from industry PERIOD!! It should be like the separation of church and state... the two should NEVER mix or have influence on each other. This way, politicians can focus on passing legislation that is for the good of society and not for the good of industry! If we want real change in America, this is where the current administration should focus their efforts! I support a bill that would make this idea the central focus of campaign finance reform. Make it all small individual donations only with no industry contribution and make the consequences severe enough to deter politicians from accepting any in-kind gifts, bribes, favors etc. I hold legislators to the same standard as I would hold a judge; they should not be rubbing shoulders with people who can influence their decisions. It is a clear conflict of interest. As a check, the investigative media should be keeping tabs on all those who rub shoulders with corporate leaders and expose this conduct.

Answer: I agree with you completely. Even on local levels, there is much politics that pretty much govern or dictate laws or judicial decisions. As far as the Republicans, why is it hard to believe? Republicans tend to have more money than Democrats, on the whole, so they have no problem when they are sick. If they dont already have insurance, they can simply pay for their care. So, why worry about the rest of the world? And hey, keep that campaigne funding comming in! The American people are bought and sold each and every day by some corporation. And that is the reality. Greed is a human thing. Kind of like a cancer. If fed, it keeps growing until it gets out of hand. It gets in the way of justice or any type of fair treatment. So, when the constitution says we are all equal, well, that is really a nice sentiment, but it really does not hold water.

Question: WHY IS IT FAIR THAT EX WIFE CAN USE BASE, BAS AND BAH AS INCOME FOR CHILD SUPPORT WHEN I AM REMARRIED? my husband has 2 children with his my ex wife in NY. Hes been divorced for 7 years and has been married to me for the past 3 years. He just reenlisted and we just had a son. The ex wife took him back to court and awared her 25% of his base, bas and bah because they said its an in kind benefit. after we pay our rent, he has $400 left to support our family. I can't work because of the cost of daycare $1000 for full time. So now shes been awarded $884 a month plus back support from the time court papers took to file so she get $1326 a month. We have nothing left everyone says we should get a lawyer but we only bring home $400 a month we have to eat, pay carpayments buy diapers and pay utilites on that. Federal laws indicate she can only take 50% of disposible income so that means we either pay her everything or go $6000 in arrears a year. I think my husband can be brought up on charges if we owe that much if hes serving in the military. The judge also indicated that when base housing does come available they are still going to take the value of the bah into consideration. thats bull crap. I am so glad my husband defends this country and this is the way he and all servicemen are treated just because they have an ex. He didn't complain about paying child support he just doesn't want his bah and bas to be considered, because thats what is supporting our family. If you just use his base pay he was paying $500 more than he was supposed but she wanted more...she always wants more. If anyone can help with this situation we are objecting to the ruling but I don't know what good its going to do. if anyone knows anything I can used to help support our case it would be great help. I already addressed Code of Federal regulations 581 and the judge didn't want to hear it. I have no one to watch my baby, i have no family that lives here I PCS with him and I sure you wouldn't leave your 4 month old with anyone. I had a job but all the money I made went right to daycare. I am licensed in ny but not here at our pcs location so I can't make the big bucks. By the way she made $47000 with the amount of child support paid last year after child support we survived on $12000. Its not our fault she claims broke because she spends more than she makes. My husband only get bah because we are married he divorces me, no one gets bah and he lives in the barracks. right now all bah we get goes to rent it not extra money in our pocket.

Answer: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Years ago, I had a father based in Hawaii that was living in an on based apartment. In setting child support, they calculated the off base rental value of his apartment and added it to his earned income. The result was him owing 110% of his net income in child support. He did appeal, but lost. He committed suicide after a year of stressing on it. I can't make a clear recommendation here, except to file a complaint against the judge with the state supreme court. If they investigatem he gets removed from the case. You might check with this group for help. http://www.erff.org/ Also email Glen Sacks [email protected] He has a fathers rights radio show http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/DadsHouse/ http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/

Question: if you were on life support........? and in kind of a vegetative state which most say was unrecoverable (like Terry Schiavo for example) would you want to........ remain on life support indefinitely in hopes that a cure or treatment was found........... or would you just want the plugs pulled and be done with it?? (yet another inspiring question....if you weren't depressed before, you sure as hell are now, lmao)

Answer: Cheer up, Please!!! Pull the plug

Question: How to make sustainabole an orphans school? New shrine is supporting orphans and economically poor children on education. We are supporting 300 kids now thru donations in in kind and cash. Is there way to make it sustainable ? Thanks, Sushil

Answer: Grow a garden, get pigs-cows-chickens

Question: Why do we go on and on about supporting the troops? We have a professional army which is well paid not only in salary but in kind. The life benefits accorded to the military are not found in any other sector. Our professional soldiers join the army for many,many reasons and not all of them altruistic.Poor foreign nationals fight in our armies to get citizenship. All of them know that they they have to go where they are sent. This is not heroism. This is doing the job they are paid for. If we really cared for the lives of these troops,we would be scrupulous about putting them in harm´s way. They are dying in Iraq to further some scheme dreamed up by Bush and the Neocons;they are not dying to protect us or our freedoms. Those who REALLY care about the troops have opposed this war from the start. It is wanton and criminal and has caused many needless deaths. Our freedoms and rights are being taken away from us right here at home by legislation like the Patriot Act. And no one is protecting us from this theft. Support the troops! END THE WAR Mr. T.Wolf:Thank you for your comments. I understand from them that you too are not immune to putting pat labels on people. No,I am not a leftist. I do not believe in Big Government intervention. I am an old fashioned non-interventionist,a Conservative without any handles to the term. Believe me,I deplore the Democratic party almost as much as I do the Republican. It is not leftist to say that our foreign policy stinks. We have almost never gotten it right. Our CIA armed Castro and smuggled him into Cuba! In the 50´s we royally screwed the French in Vietnam and armed and supported HoChi Minh!! We armed and supported the Taliban in Afghanistan ,put Noriega into power and ditto for Sadam Hussein. We create these horrible embroglios and then send our troops to go and die to clean up the mess!! We forced our European allies to give up their colonies in the 50's to outright rogues and monsters and have all been suffering from the consequences since. We should not be the World Police!

Answer: I support the troops every time I get paid. When my paycheck comes this little thing called Federal Tax is collected. Families that have soldiers overseas are upset because of what? The army in the United States is an all volunteer army. The soldiers are doing their job, nothing more nothing less. As for the National Guard, I know several "weekend warriors" who simply put in their time for years, drawing a paycheck by going to the armory once a month for two days and playing 'war' in the woods for two weeks during the summer. The guard members I know were not doing this to serve or for other high moral reasons, it was easy money and they were looking forward to the nice extra retirement benefits that my 'troop support' (taxes) would provide for them. They are now bitter because they are having to earn the money they have collected for so many years. As for supporting the war, well I kind of agree with the asker. It is time to End the war. I find it interesting that the person who says you need to go to Iraq before you get to complain about it worked for an oil company.....the very reason this war is being waged. I say that as a registered voter and citizen of the United States of America, it is not only my right to complain about things my government does that I disagree with but my obligation. END THE WAR, RECLAIM OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE. LET IRAQ FIGHT IT'S OWN CIVIL WAR, WE ALREADY FOUGHT OURS.

Question: why do christians say that "thou shalt not kill" specifically condemns abortion, yet they still support war? Lets take this iraq war for example. over 100,000 iraqi deaths for the sake of maintaining the american hegemony. most all christians have supported the war from the beginning. Sadaam may have not been the nicest guy, but he sure knew how to keep islamic fundamentalist idiocy at bay. not one world leader sincerely fear(ed) an attack from iraq or north korea, neither country could put the slightest dent in any other country's infrastructure before it was met in kind with unmerciful retaliation from every other nation on this earth. You can say that this war is to spread democracy all you want, but the truth is that we now see that a large portion of the middle east absolutely WILL NOT have it, at least not when it is pressed upon them by the U.S. I think that when you are killing tens of thousands of people who just don't know any better, it's is just as applicable to "thou shalt not kill" as abortion might be. what do you think?

Answer: Because even already born non-Americans are worth less than American fetuses, of course.

Question: How can I find handle the death of my baby.? My little man passed away at two year old. He was my whole life, how can I go on. It has been awhile a year and a half sence I lost him but what can make this life worth living. I would never do anything thing to hurt myself becasue my mom and others would suffer and that wouldnt be fair, but how can i make this world worth living. I mean the way I think of it if I was to become rich and marry a 'perfect' man and have the most greatest kids I still could only have what I once had. So my life could not get any better then it was already. Ethan was my one and only reseaon for life. I have no idea where to go from here. His birth came about in kind of a complicated way but not once did i regret him or not give my all to make his life great. He was diagnosed with cancer at 7months and passed away 17months later. We fought so freeking hard and he was so strong. The last day when we went into the hospital I had to make a choice weather to put him on linfe support and I said no. I would have done anything to save him but I know he couldnt take it anymore. He was so sad at the last moments and he couldnt do it any longer. Was it selfish for me to let him go. I wounder all the time if I should have tried harder, but he couldnt do it any longer. I hate myslef everyday for letting him go but I just dont know. I love him more then anything in the world and would give anything to have him back. I was hoping somebody could give me advice on what they went through and anything that may help... thanks in advance

Answer: Answering you question about if you did the right thing. Yes, you did. At that moment you couldn't see your son suffer anymore of what he already had suffer. You took him out of his suffering, life support is only viable if its for any probabilities of survival. At that short age I would not think he had any chances. You are a strong woman, Do not blame yourself for the decision that you took at that moment. It most be hard for you. Just remember the good things you did for him, you fought for him and you never gave up, It is not your fault.

Question: Help needed for grant writing paper!? Need to write a 15 page paper on "Planned giving outline plan for households with $50,000.00 or less". Need to include outline for activity,timeline,staff & volunteers needs, training plans, budget, marketing/publicity plan, in-kind support, ROI, targeted donors, reference lists, chanllenges and list of funding sources. Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Answer: I read about a woman who worked in the government agency and sorted grant proposal, here are here recommendations: 1. Answer all the questions, every single one, like in school. 2. Try to make your answers short and to the point, as they have a lot of proposals to sort. 3. If you get rejected, apply again, because sometimes sometimes applications are rejected because there are not enough funds at this time. I simply summarized this article: http://government-grants.tv/blog/entering-a-grant-proposal-to-the-government/138/ Now as for the how you should write your grant proposal, read all the articles here: http://government-grants.tv/blog/category/grant-proposals-writing-guide/ The articles there are sorted from the bottom to the top, meaning the article at the bottom is the first you should read and the one at the top is the last, it should answer most of your questions. Hope my answer was helpful

Question: What are you willing to do as a Christian or otherwise to end discrimination and violence toward LGBT people? Ok I’ve heard the scriptures and so on, please don’t reiterate them for me…what I really want to know is how are we going to end the discrimination and violence, something I am hoping most of us can agree is not acceptable. It seems that the belief and teaching that homosexuality is wrong to such an extensive degree and marketing it as more of an abomination then any other sin listed in the bible is only perpetuating the problem. Openly gay people face the threat of being beaten up or murdered, refusal of employment and places to live, and loss of parental and community support simply because that they are known to be homosexual. Hate the sin love the sinner? How can we effectively separate the two and actively put this into practice? How can we show the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community that they are loved and accepted by the rest of humanity? Condemning their actions isn’t working, obviously, otherwise they wouldn’t still be crying out for love and acceptance (just a note here: not all transgender people are homosexual and there are LGBT people that are Christian). So, where do we start? In the classroom where young minds are forming? Instead of teaching that homosexuality is ok since it seems some Christians are very opposed to the idea, will you as a person or a Christian be willing to support or initiate a movement for schools to teach kids that it is not ok to harass, beat up, or discriminate against LGBT people (or anyone for that matter), that everyone deserves respect regardless of their differences, and that no one has the right to enforce their religious beliefs on others? Would you be willing to put pressure on teachers and authorities not to condone or ignore this kind of harmful behavior? If so, would you be willing to also promote teaching this not only in schools, but in churches, and (or at least) around the family table? Would you be willing to oppose religious leaders who televise and publish anti-gay material? If not, what other ideas or suggestions do you have on how we might solve this problem? Please be reasonable. Don’t offer that they should just keep quiet and go back into the closet as a solution. This is teaching people not to speak the truth. And remember, if human beings are treated with respect, they often respond in kind.

Answer: I personally raise my children to understand that no matter how we feel about a person or any of their beliefs it is not ok to hurt them physically, or emotionally. We are all God's children. I believe that this must be taught by the parents. However I would NOT permit my sons to attend any class that treated homosexuality as normal. Sorry but I do not believe that!

Question: has everybody read the email of starbucks denying US MARINES coffee because they do not support the war? it's a disgrace when a company that charges as much as they do for a cup of coffee only because since the beginning of this great countrys existence men and women have died giving them the right to prosper under a flag of freedom we as AMERICANS should respond in kind and voice our opinion by refusing ever to purchase their products,this additional detail & opinion is sent to you by Pvt John P Dunn 1st Battalion 2nd marines 2nd MARDIV OOHRAH my brothers and sisters

Answer: Yes, it's a hoax. My question to you is why don't you personally check on such a damning email. You are already advocating boycotting the company, yet haven't checked out the story??? It flies in the face of anyone's common sense, and you could check it out in a 2 minute Google search. I'm not affiliated in any way with Starbucks, but it offends me that legitimate businesses can be so easily defamed.