Folks, a little while ago, I urged people to come to help support friends they know here on FA by sharing kind words and offering to help when things were down in the dumps. (And for those that were just plain emo to give them a kick in the pants).

But times are tough for folks here on FA, and if there's one thing a lot of people need is money. Some folks have cash to spare while others simply do not. Several people just lost their jobs, risk losing their homes, and are just trying to make ends meet to survive.

I've come across quite a few people in this situations, and so I'd like everyone to take a look at these folks here and see if there's any little spare change you can give for a commission piece or to donate out of sheer goodwill.

With this season of giving and caring, don't let your friends go food less or homeless. Anything you can do will be a big help. Here are the folks in need and where they stand in terms of danger:

EXTREME RISK!!! - Has already lost their home and is currently homeless.

 dragonofdarkness13 - Accepting Commissions

HIGH RISK - About to lose their homes / parents won't let them stay.

 Allan
 Arnavon
 janetmerai - Accepting Commissions
 LT_Max_W_Charger - Accepting Commissions [Coloring]
 Kyuubi_Shira - Accepting Commissions

GREAT RISK - Just lost their jobs and source of income.

 Amb0rg - Accepting Commissions
 AngelShadow
 BaldDumboRat - Accepting Commissions & Auctions - http://www.furbuy.com/seller/BaldDumboRat.html
 blade - Accepting Commissions
 BoodyismPillow
 ChunksTheMighty - Accepting Commissions
 DARKWOLFE
 fala - Accepting Commissions
 fiztheancient
 JennNekoChan - Accepting Commissions
 Kattywampus
 kittyoffandomdoom
 Lintu - Accepting Commissions
 Rinn-kun - Accepting Commissions
 tannith

GOOD RISK - Current job doesn't pay very well and needs income supplemented.

 Blackwind_Zero
 KittyFlame - Raffling off a Figure Commission
 Kyomana - Accepting Commissions
 NinjaHusky
 shirei-demon
 Skookum - Accepting Commissions
 tanukiyasha

I'll be editing and referencing this journal over time to keep up to date with everyone's status. Hopefully the community can all gather around to help everyone here. Let's hope we can make a difference.

Now in addition to getting help from the community, I am also providing resources for Unemployment Benefits and Food Stamps from all 50 States in the USA. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about other countries to really help as far as benefit programs outside the USA go. If there's a strong enough demand, I will do my best to find and post information for outside the USA as well.

In the meanwhile, here are the 50 US states listed alphabetically and the links for various benefit programs.

Alabama

http://www.dhr.state.al.us/page.asp?pageid=159 - Food Stamps
http://www.medicaid.state.al.us/ - Medicaid
http://dir.alabama.gov/uc/ - Unemployment Insurance / Benefits

Florida
https://www2.myflorida.com/fluid/ - Florida's Unemployment Internet Direct Claims
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/ess/ - ACCESS Florida, which is the hub page for Food Stamps, Temporary Cash Assistance, Medicaid, Workforce Innovation (Job search help), Emergency Food Assistance (provided by America's Second Harvest Feeding America, which is nationwide)

Oregon

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ - Dept. of Human Resources
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/assistanc.....odstamps.shtml - Food Stamps
http://www.employment.oregon.gov/ - Unemployment

This will take a little while as I go through each state, so bear with me as I update bit by bit.

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I'm going to search and draw attention to this journal to try and make a hub for everyone to rally to.

Here's for the best!

~Otaku-Man