The Second Job Fund
Paramedic Wives | A Uniform Families Foundation Fund
The Second Job Fund
Most paramedics work a second job. Their spouses usually work too, and it still does not close the gap. The Second Job Fund pays the bill that makes a paramedic wife's second job unnecessary for a month, so she gets that month back with her kids.
One bill paid. One month back. One paramedic wife home for dinner.
The Gap
Why a Paramedic Household Runs Two Jobs Each
The Paycheck
Paramedics are the lowest paid people on the scene. A household cannot run on it alone, so the spouse works, and then works again.
The Hours
He is on a 24. She is on a double. The kids are with whoever is available. Nobody is home.
The Math
The second job pays the car, the daycare, or the rent. Drop it and something does not get paid.
The Cost
A paramedic wife who works two jobs is not at the game, the recital, or the dinner table. That is the price nobody sees.
What the Fund Does
Buying a Month Back
The Bill That Requires the Second Job
We pay the one bill, car, rent, utilities, that the second job exists to cover, for one month.
A Month at Home
That month, she is home for dinner. That is the whole point.
Groceries Covered
A grocery card for the month so the freed up money does not disappear into the pantry.
Nominated by Someone Who Sees Her
Paramedics, kids, friends, and coworkers nominate the wife who is never home.
Private
No story, no photo, no name. A bill paid and a month returned.
Give
Buy a Month Back
Your gift pays one bill so one paramedic wife can drop one shift.
Nominate a Paramedic Wife
Who Needs a Month Back?
Why We Built This
Because the Wife of the Lowest Paid Person on the Scene Pays Too
Uniform Families Foundation was founded by the wife of an EMS Captain. She has watched paramedic families run two jobs each to stay afloat. The Second Job Fund cannot fix the paycheck. It can give a wife one month of dinners with her kids.
Uniform Families Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Assistance is subject to available funds and eligibility review. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Uniform Families Foundation
Serving the families behind the uniform: Fire, Paramedic and EMS, Law Enforcement, Medical and Frontline, Military, and Uniform Kids.
Uniform Families Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. EIN: 41-5063345.