Evicted and Dealing with Child Protective Services
In messages sent to Our Town Reno, Mimi Geren says she was recently evicted, receiving very short notice, saying she had not been properly warned.
“And so were running through the apartment trying to gather as much of our stuff as we can,” she writes. “We have four children that live in our home as well. We couldn't get a U-Haul the next morning. Of course the apartment was very messy when they came to lock us out as we were trying to gather what we could.”
She says police and staff at her former apartment complex called Child Protective Services, who she says indicated they didn’t feel comfortable letting her and her fiance take the children to a motel. She says CPS temporarily placed her kids with friends and one with grandparents.
“They originally told us if we didnt have a place by the 25th they would go legal to take custody,” she wrote Our Town Reno in her messages. “We found a place but can not move in until the 16th of November. CPS has agreed to extend the date and not go legal with our kids providing we move in. We both work and since this has all started we have spent over 1500 dollars on supporting the kids in different houses, motel rent, application fees, food (motel we are in has no microwave ), so if we want hot food we must eat out.”
Without stable shelter daily life can become much more expensive than with.
“Our issue isn’t the extremely high rent but the security deposit.” Green writes, saying her savings are depleted. “We need help and all the agencies I have called ha(ve) told me there are no funds. I even emailed our congressman but have not received a response. I need $1614 to keep my children. Help.”