She asked them a series of questions, hoping to point them in the right direction. Don't leave everything up to your caseworker when it deals with your life, so I had to obtain a lot of information and stuff on my own. I got a lot of tips and a lot of clues from my caseworker, because I have a good one. Newell thanks her self-sufficiency coach, LaTonya Fisher, for pushing her and following up. Newell is working as many hours as her employer can find for her, but the sting of having been on welfare weighs heavily on her mind.
People are so serious on stigmatizing people.
That's not even mentioning your shampoo or face soap or toothpaste or deodorant. Don't always feel like you're carrying us. I'm not saying it's OK that I'm on welfare, but I am saying everybody needs help at some point in time. Look at what you've got before you, give me a job, then you can't say you're carrying me. Bonnie Newell is carrying her own weight now as she supports her three young girls.