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Can you afford to be a teen parent

Can you afford to be a teen parent. use some imagination and guessing skills. Can you afford it????????????????????????.

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Can you afford to be a teen parent

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  1. Can you afford to be a teen parent use some imagination and guessing skills

  2. Can you afford it???????????????????????? • You are a single teen parent living in Nebraska. The law in Nebraska reads that you must be in school to receive any benefits. Also assume you are able to work 10-20 hours a week at a minimum wage part time job. Here are the Medicaid benefits you will receive for the State of Nebraska: $300 per month for ADC or food stamps (not both) WIC, and some health care benefits for the child only.

  3. Rent for a one bedroom apartment per month? • $200.00 • $300 • $400 • Per Month

  4. Average utilities bill including gas, Electric, and cable and internet • $50 • $100 • $125 • Per Month

  5. Cell phone bill per month • $35 • $60 • $100

  6. Daycare per month • $250 • $625 • $400

  7. Disposable Diapers and other diapering supplies for a month. • $50 • $60 • $70

  8. Gas for one month for a small car • $50 • $100 • $200 • Per month

  9. Laundry for a one month period of time because you don’t have washer or dyer • $20 • $30 • $40

  10. Household items that food stamps will not cover like toilet paper, personal products, shampoo • A.$100 • B. $125 • C. $150

  11. Clothes and Entertainment for a month • $50 • $100 • $0 (you have nothing left)

  12. TOtals • 400 • 125 • 60 • 250 • 60 • 100 • 40 • 100 • 0 • Total = 1135

  13. How much money will you make at your part time job? • 7.25 X 15 hours = ______________________________ • X 4 weeks = ___________________________________ • $1135 • $735

  14. What happened? What are you going to do with this information? How will you make it work?What Conclustions can you make from this information?

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