“Please do try to help the woman you referenced-she may be stupid and lacking in sense, but she is still a child of God, as are we all.”
Trust me, many in her family, and a former (rejected) church group, are doing just that. However we are limited by law. We can only do what she allows us to do; if we can even get to know the need. For example that child needs to not be raised in a shared junkie apartment. But there you are.
God bless you for your help and concern. Does she have a relative she could live with, or close to? If so, perhaps her family can gently lead her bit by bit into their sphere of influence, which would be better for the child. It sounds as if she might have too much time on her hands-does anyone need housework or some such thing? Even a few hours in the outside world would be beneficial. I don’t doubt at all that she needs to be gently led away from the junkie apartment situation-that is never good for anyone, especially a kid. But people who are borderline intellectual functioning and the like are notoriously stubborn-press her too hard and she’ll probably just dig in her heels.
Do you think she is focused enough to participate in some kind of training? That might give her a sense of purpose, as well as a way to assist with her own support and that of her child.
And hopefully, when the child is old enough for school there is a way to get her homeschooled-I shudder to think of the child of any gullible, senseless parent in a public school.