I don't know. One thing Felicia knows is that she doesn't want her daughter, April, to follow her onto the welfare rolls. Felicia says she feels more independent and more able to be a positive example for her children. Being on the system, it's one check a month, and is not made for us to live off of. I mean, it's just not enough, but now, I still get paid once a month, but it's a lot more.
Independence is but a stone's throw from self-sufficiency.
That's where Felicia Hudson, the folks over at Applewood Center, and the county want her to be. Felicia says that taking care of other people's children is less of a challenge if you talk with the parents to make sure everybody is on the same page. Because I sit down with my parents, and let them know, this is how it is, the time you need to be here, the time your fee needs to be paid, or you know what I'm saying, because if you don't follow the rules, you lose your child's slot, as simple as that. But it's nothing that can't be taken care of. The first of six children arrives around 7 a.m.