(To clarify this isn’t me I am letting my friend use my reddit account to ask this)
Location: Oregon USA
I (30 F) and my daughter (8F) were living with my ex (39) when I had to leave Oregon and go back to North Carolina to deal with a family emergency.
While I have been gone my boyfriend and I were non stop fighting and we broke up. I need to apply for HUD housing because I absolutely can not stand staying with my dysfunctional family indefinitely. We can couch surf at a friend’s on the opposite side of Oregon until something opens up but in order to get a HUD apartment I need mine and my daughters social security cards and birth certificates when I tried to get these things from my ex he told me he’s “lost” them. Which I don’t really believe. He is not the father of my daughter, her father is not in the picture.
I just need our important documents so we can find housing.
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Just request replacements. Do you know the SSNs, at least? Don’t worry if you don’t.
If you encounter any issues, contact your local state rep. They can be very helpful.
Go to the Social Security Administration replacement card website. Click “answer a few questions”. You will either be able to request new cards online, or be directed to set up a phone appointment to get a social security card.
Note you will have to request your card and your child’s card separately.
Contact the health department near you about getting birth certificates. Go to the social security website and get an appointment set up ASAP to go apply for replacement cards. Anyone under 18 has to be applied for in person and you’ll have to prove relationship and identity so you’ll need the birth certificates first. Anyone over 18 can set up an account on the social security website and request replacement card that way. Unfortunately ive had to do this several times, it can be frustrating but start with health department, they’ll print birth certificates out in person so you don’t have to wait on them to be mailed.