If a woman searches seriously, she will come across a number of non profit organizations such as 'Helping Hands', 'The American Red Cross', 'The Salvation Army', 'Goodwill Industries', 'The United Way', etc. which provide financial aid for single mothers in need. Going through the websites of some of these institutions will give a better idea of what kind of assistance one can get from them and whether one is eligible to get assistance from them or not.

In order to know in detail about the various government run programs for single mother assistance, a woman can go to the state departments personally or search the Internet for 'County Social Services Department', 'WIC program for women, infants and children', 'U.S. Department of Education' and 'Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistant' and she will find free applications as well as basic guidelines to apply for the programs initiated by them. When applying for any of the grants, she should make sure that the application is well written, with all the required information such as the number of kids, her sources of income, how much income she is earning, etc. Also, a woman needs to be proactive and contact as many agencies, institutions, government departments as she can to ensure success in landing a grant.