AUTONOMY = SELF SUFFICIENCY AGAIN.... THAT IS THE GOAL, SURVIVE & THRIVE & WIN YOUR LIFE BACK 
An estimated 65,000 Baby Boomers will soon be at retirement age, and those who are over 45 and just found yourself part of the economic drop, without a job, or a 401k pension, may be heading for a new crisis, a new poverty level, to become what we call the Akofiper. An Akofiper is anyone over 45, with adult children who are helping them survive and are their sole support for shelter and food,
(A ko fip er) Adult Kids Operating For Indigent Parents = an Akofiper.
Don't get nasty and say oh, it couldn't happen to me, and snub your nose, or find some excuse to look the other way. It is here folks, and it could be your neighbor, your aunt, your uncle, a sister, or manager, or even an attorney. We've known several who have fallen into this quagmire. No one is immune. Everyday, some one is slowly forced out a life they've known as normal to find themselves without access a quarter, a nickel or a dime, calling food banks for the first time in their lives, or applying for food stamps. They have lost their cars, their homes, sold most of what they own to pay the bills they could pay, or find themselves buried in toxic debt along with severe losses.
This is not a time for blame, it is what it is. And the nations' economic thermostat has almost everything to do with adding if not imposing the problem. It was like the Tsunami that most people don't see coming until it has already hit. It is like the Tornado that is predicted but never understanding the severity of the storm until the damage has been done. Too late. Now what?
You fight to survive. You research, you connect with others which is what this website is all about, your re-group, step back and take a breath, and step by step, pull yourself out of the storm. You rebuild your life and regain your autonomy, you leave the world of being an Akofiper. In the coming weeks, we will impart informative tools, share ideas, on things ranging from how squeeze every ounce out of every dime you have, how to begin to climb out of the mire, and regain control of your life and have autonomy. Items ranging from how to prepare food, using coupons, health care discounts, how to salvage every bit of information available to turn the sour tides of this financial crisis.
