<prompt> Human: As in the title, my mom is not in a great financial position. She was talked out of finishing her degree by my dad when they first got married. He was in the military and she was going to stay home to take care of my older sister and myself. They were only married for a few years before getting divorce at a young age 26 I think. She has worked for several places doing everything from apartment management, shipping dispatching, shipping department of a furniture manufacturer, and now clerical work for the front office of a school in north Florida. She only makes about 11 an hour and essentially lives paycheck to paycheck shes happy if she has 20 left over after paying bills. My little brothers still live with her 1 is 17 and will be leaving for college hopefully next year, although he has suicidal thoughts, and my youngest brother who is in 8th grade now. She is working for a school district about an hour away from home and works part time at a second job managing a local ice cream parlor. Since my brother is been having issues with depression and severe acne recently, she has asked to cut back her hours to be home more often.She has been in a downward spiral since her divorce and cant seem to catch a break because she always puts her kids needs before her own. Shes a saint in that manner of thinking, but she can barely. Take care of herself. My 17 year old brothers child support 400 a month will leave with him next year and shes worried about being able to pay the basic bills. They dont eat out hardly ever and are very good about living off of very little, but it gets really fucking expensive to be poor late fees, bad credit, higher interest, etc.. I want to help as much as possible, but Im the only person in my family that seems to be living a somewhat normal life. I graduated from Texas AM in 2015 and now work for a small company doing network systems admin work. Im only in my second year Im 24, so Im still learning a lot and Im not paid a ton 35k a year before taxes. Im married, but our combined income is only about 55k.I want to help as much as I can, but also realize that Ill be of no help if I go broke myself plus I want to provide a good life for my lovely wife. We recently bought a cheaper house and paying about 250 less per month than what we were paying for rent. Ive thought about asking her to come live with us rent free so that she can focus on finishing her degree shes about 2 years shy being a full time student. I dont want to put any unnecessary strain on my wife or make her uncomfortable is why I havent. My mom would like to teach or be a nurse, but shes getting older and we arent sure how beneficial it would be to just get a bachelors degree at age 55. Since I was in high school she has joking said that me becoming successful was the only hope she had of not being homeless eventually. I dont like the pressure, but Im also the type of person who tends to put others needs before my own. Im starting to feel this is a very real reality and Im not sure I can do enough to be able to provide for everyone. Any advice for steps we can take to make my mom more financially independent in the next few years would be greatly appreciated.Edit: THANK YOU for all of your advice, suggestions, and recommend resources. I really do appreciate the replies of everyone. I received a ton of good information and have a lot to go home and look over. TIL personalfinance if full of some pretty wonderful people. Thanks again!  <response>: There are online counselors your brother could talk to. Please encourage him. No shame in getting mental health treatment, its the same as physical health treatment! 