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Moshimalee Jonelle Johnson via Facebook Moshimalee Johnson says she just wanted her kids to be able to stay together — instead they were taken into foster care.
North Carolina mom turned away by social services asks Craigslist if anyone can shelter her children, gets them taken away
The Durham Department of Social Services turned away Moshimalee Johnson earlier this month, along with Urban Ministries and the Durham Rescue Mission — leaving the 8-month pregnant woman to turn for Craigslist. Social services quickly stepped in to put all five in foster care.
BY Lee Moran
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, July 21, 2014, 8:51 AM
A North Carolina mom-of-five used Craigslist to try and find a home for her kids saw them taken away and put in foster care.
Moshimalee Johnson, 32, took to Craigslist and pleaded for someone to take her kids in after the Durham Department of Social Services refused to help her earlier this month.
"I am currently homeless and looking for someone to take my five kids until I can find a job and a place to live," she wrote in the apartments wanted section of the site.
"I called DSS, and they won't take them," she said in the July 9 posting. "The shelter has a waiting list and Urban Ministries won't let you work if you come there. I am a certified nursing assistant but can't find work due to numerous doctor's appointments because my 6-year-old accidentally hung himself. Please help anyone."
craigslist.org Moshimalee Johnson, 32, asked Craigslist users whether they could provide temporary housing for all five of her children.
Johnson, who is 8 months pregnant, says that following the posting she had the children — aged 9, 7, 6 and twins who are 2 — taken away and placed into foster care.
Speaking to the News & Observer Wednesday, however, she claims she didn't want to lose her children — rather, she wanted to find a place for them all to live together.
"Maybe I didn't make myself clear. I didn't want to give the kids up. I wanted a place for me and my kids," she said.
Durham Rescue Mission via Facebook Officials at the Durham Rescue Mission in Durham, N.C., reportedly turned away Moshimalee Johnson and her children because Johnson hadn't worked in the past six months.
Durham County Social Services Director Michael Becketts would not confirm whether the kid were taken away due to the posting.
"You are assuming DSS was aware of the posting. If we don't see it, we don't know it," he told the News & Observer.
Johnson, who lost her health care agency job in 2013 after her minivan broke down and she was late to work too many times because of the bus, was evicted from her apartment and moved her family in with her mom soon after.
She hopes to be reunited with her children once she has a job and a stable home.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mom-asks-craigslist-shelter-kids-article-1.1874333
Is this the same woman who spoke in the video?
