https://www.youmadeaway.org

We are on a mission to help SINGLE MOMS

struggling to afford basic necessities and who lack a support system

get on the road to FINANCIAL FREEDOM!

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ABOUT US

DID YOU KNOW

Research has found that an overwhelming amount of women who...

-End their pregnancies...

-Don’t leave abusive relationships...

-Learn their child is being abused by their partner and side with the partner over their child...

...because of 2 main fears: condemning themselves and their babies to a life of poverty and lacking support.

DID YOU ALSO KNOW

Research has found...

-These 2 fears come true for the majority of single moms who move forward with their pregnancies or leave an abusive situation for their child(ren) or themselves.

-For example, in the State of New Jersey roughly 75% of single moms are unable to afford basic necessities and many lack support.

-For the majority of women, after they leave a relationship their net worth goes way down whereas for men, when they leave a relationship their net worth goes up a bit.

Here at You Made a Way we don’t think this is a fair choice and we don’t think this values these women and children's’ lives at all, so we are here to help.

Through speaking, working with single moms 1:1 and in a group setting, and working with our community partners, we raise awareness of how to...

-Prevent financial insecurity

-What to do if you are struggling to afford your families basic necessities

-How you can become a community partner in helping those in need get on the road to financial freedom.

MEET OUR FOUNDER

Let me introduce myself! I’m Crystal and I’m the founder & Executive Director of You Made a Way, a 501c(3) nonprofit on a mission to help single moms struggling to afford basic necessities and who lack a support system get on the road to becoming financially free.

Now I run an organization that helps single moms financially struggling, but once upon a time I was a single mom financially struggling myself.

I know exactly what it's like to move forward with my pregnancy despite knowing I had no support - no partner or family support whatsoever, to experience homelessness with my infant daughter, to go without eating at times so my daughter had enough formula, to be academically dismissed instead of given the accommodation that the law required of my former university so I could recover from a

condition directly related to my pregnancy and childbirth, and so much more.

I can’t even say that I pulled myself up by my bootstraps and got myself out of the financial nightmare I was in as a single mother because getting married to my husband is what did.

After I was able to recover financially, emotionally, etc. (because I was exhausted after being a single mom) I started You Made a Way to help other single moms who are still struggling. With support, there is a way for single moms financially struggling to get on the road to becoming financially free.

If you’re a single mom financially struggling, there is a path forward for you. You can financially recover and we will help you!

To your incredibly successful healing journey,

Crystal L. Fedeli

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BECOME a COMMUNITY PARTNER!

Do you want to partner with us in helping prospective, current and at risk single moms who are struggling to afford basic necessities and who lack a support system get on the road to becoming financially free? We are so grateful because we literally cannot do the work we do without our Community Partners! We invite you to click below, share some details with us and our team will be in touch ASAP.

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I WANT TO HELP!

SINGLE MOMS STRUGGLING to AFFORD BASIC NECESSITIES and LACKING SUPPORT

Are you a prospective, current or at risk single mom struggling to afford basic necessities who also lacks a support system? Do you want help getting on the road to becoming financially free? We invite you to click the link below, share some details with us and our team will be in touch ASAP!