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Ethan wasn\u2019t just any child. He suffered from severe asthma that required expensive medications and careful environmental control, something Maya could barely afford even when she had her nursing job. Now she was working two minimum\u2011wage positions\u2014morning shifts at a local coffee shop and evening work at a convenience store. She was barely seeing her son, barely sleeping, and barely keeping their heads above water.<\/p>\n

Then came the final blow.<\/p>\n

Their landlord decided to sell the building, giving Maya just thirty days to find a new place to live. In a rental market with soaring prices, there was nothing even remotely in her budget.<\/p>\n

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Nothing.<\/p>\n

All she had left was $900 saved in an emergency fund\u2014money she\u2019d been putting aside dollar by dollar for almost a year. It was their last financial safety net, and she knew that once it was gone, there would be nothing between them and complete disaster.<\/p>\n

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Ethan wasn\u2019t just any child. He suffered from severe asthma that required expensive medications and careful environmental control, something Maya could barely afford even when she had her nursing job. Now she was working two minimum\u2011wage positions\u2014morning shifts at a local coffee shop and evening work at a convenience store. She was barely seeing her…<\/p>\n

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